Category: True Crime

It’s a gray, rainy day today, and I thought I’d tell you all about a real crime case which created a real sensation in Greece back in the days. Hey, it was even turned into a movie!
Firstly, it’s important for you to have some background information, as I’m afraid there are some details you won’t be able to get. Let’s start with the fun stuff, Greek dances!

You have all probably seen the classic Greek dances where many people hold each other and dance around in circles. That’s not all though; there are many more. The one that plays a huge part in today’s story, is called “Zeimbekiko” and it is a very proud, male dance. I don’t know how much sense you can make out of this, but it’s a dance that symbolizes a dignified defeat – it’s a death dance if you may. The steps might look random, and the dancer drunk (well, they are sometimes), but it is all about a man trying to stand tall and keep balance through life’s misfortunes. There’s usually one man on stage dancing this, and the song they dance has usually been ordered to the band beforehand. It is very offensive, I repeat, very offensive, for another man to step up next to the dancer. The designated behavior is to watch and/or clap at the dancer. Good? Let’s move on!

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Usually I take pride in my general knowledge about true crime, but there’s always a serial killer that can skip one’s radar. This is one of them. His existence eluded me, and it’s a shame, since he combines all the traits of a serial killer, with ancient religions, drugs, and exotic landscapes… Ladies and gentlemen, this is the story of Alfonso Constanzo.

Alfonso was born in 1962, in Miami, Florida. His mother was an immigrant from Cuba who married three different men, and had one child with each one of them, Alfonso being the oldest. I’m not being judgmental, on the contrary. The problem was that each of those men, added a huge piece to the jigsaw of Alfonso’s troubling life. Let me get into the details…

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Hello my dear readers, and please excuse the delay, but this writer has been hit hard by Spring! Fear not though; birds may be chirping, trees may be blooming, and the sun may be shining, but the list of weird people and bizarre stories is endless…

I’ve always been fascinated by serial killers. It’s an endless topic, which, although macabre, offers a real insight into the people’s psyche. There are all sorts of killers out there, psychotic, cold-blooded, sociopaths, and so on, and there’s another category that rarely makes the headlines; the medical ones. Introducing Hu Wanlin, and be warned – this text contains human stupidity.

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Ok people, I know that the sun is shining, and that spring is already here, but, I did come across a wonderfully macabre story which I must share. It’s the rather sad story of a man who managed to attract all the bad luck of the world, even after his death. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the story of Elmer McCurdy.

Elmer was born in Maine in 1880, in a broken up family from an unknown father, something that was a huge social stigma back in the day. To cover up the shame, he was adopted by his uncle. When he learned the truth, he was a teenager, and as all teenagers, the news didn’t really sink in. He rebelled against everyone, took into drinking and was soon an alcoholic.

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Have you seen those idiots, that used to run around on horses, covered in white hoods, burning crosses and performing crimes of unspoken cruelty? Well, I sure hope you have only seen them on TV, books, or websites, and never up close and personal! This is the infamous Ku Klux Klan. Bad news is, they still exist, although they have been fought, and gone through some turbulent times themselves. Well, the latter is no wonder, considering not only what they stand for, but also their collective IQ of 20 more or less… I won’t be writing a full article on the KKK here, I just want to give some insight on the details you probably don’t know, like the fact that a big part of this, is indeed a bad joke, based mostly on fandom… *sighs * Let’s begin.

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