TRU The truth is in here and out there
Je ziet het niet maar toch is het er... Alles over mysterieuze, onverklaarde, spirituele en occulte zaken.
Yup, de een denkt dat ie 't met paarden kan, de ander met aliens, de volgende met dode mensen.quote:Op dinsdag 11 mei 2010 12:57 schreef Captain_Zappa het volgende:
Nacht na nacht, zat Von Cosel naast haar doodskist en begon, zo geloofde hij, met Elena te communiceren.
Allemaal dezelfde zelfbesodemietering en een toonbeeld van de kracht van de fantasie
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Dat kun je niet beoordelenquote:Op woensdag 12 mei 2010 10:50 schreef _Led_ het volgende:
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Yup, de een denkt dat ie 't met paarden kan, de ander met aliens, de volgende met dode mensen.
Allemaal dezelfde zelfbesodemietering en een toonbeeld van de kracht van de fantasie
Maar het word ook geen discussietopic. 
The truth was in here.
Hij was waarschijnlijk behalve een romanticus ook een onzettende necrofiel
Remember there's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over.
Wat een mooi verhaal over die Count Carl Von Cosel, hoewel het natuurlijk ook erg ziek en bizar is.
Ergens kan ik het me nog heel goed voorstellen ook, als je heel veel van iemand houd is het moeilijk om deze te laten gaan.
Ik kan me echter niet voorstellen dat ik zelf met het stoffelijk overschot van mijn vriend zou gaan rondzeulen, mocht hij komen te overlijden. Dan eerder iets minder luguber's zoals een kledingstuk of een sieraad.. Of weet ik het wat, maar nee.. Zijn lichaam, dat is toch iets te luguber.
Ergens kan ik het me nog heel goed voorstellen ook, als je heel veel van iemand houd is het moeilijk om deze te laten gaan.
Ik kan me echter niet voorstellen dat ik zelf met het stoffelijk overschot van mijn vriend zou gaan rondzeulen, mocht hij komen te overlijden. Dan eerder iets minder luguber's zoals een kledingstuk of een sieraad.. Of weet ik het wat, maar nee.. Zijn lichaam, dat is toch iets te luguber.
Dat verhaal van Robert the doll is zeer interessant, moet ik eens op gaan zoeken
Voor 14,99 kan hier jouw opmerking staan!
Of je kan het heel lief vragen.
Of je kan het heel lief vragen.
leuke verhalen allemaal of het waar is of niet interesseert me eigenlijk niet, het prikkelt iig wel mijn fantasie 
of het waar is of niet interesseert me eigenlijk niet, het prikkelt iig wel mijn fantasie
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Jij kunt niet beoordelen of ik dat kan beoordelenquote:
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Dat kun je niet beoordelen
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vandaar ik het topic heb gestart.... ik ben namelijk zelf het type die wel uren lang van dit soort verhalen op internet aan het zoeken is.quote:Op vrijdag 28 mei 2010 09:55 schreef Schunckelstar het volgende:
leuke verhalen allemaal
het hoeft natuurlijk ook niet allemaal waargebeurd te zijn.... zolang ze maar een realistisch effect hebben dat je echt wel dagen lang aan het denken zet....
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi-Fi_Murders
quote:Pierre and Andrews entered the Hi-Fi store in Ogden just before closing time, brandishing handguns. Two employees, Stanley Walker, age 20, and Michelle Ansley, age 19, were in the store at the time and taken hostage. Pierre and Andrews took the two into the basement of the store, bound them, and then began robbing the store. Later, a 16-year-old boy named Cortney Naisbitt arrived to thank Walker for allowing him to park his car in the store's parking lot as he ran an errand next door. He was also taken hostage and tied up in the basement with Walker and Ansley. Later that evening, Orren Walker, Stanley's 43-year-old father, became worried that his son had not returned home. Cortney Naisbitt's mother Carol Naisbitt, also arrived at the shop looking for her son who was late getting home. Both Orren Walker and Carol Naisbitt were taken to the basement and tied up. At this point, Ansley began begging and crying, as did Cortney Naisbitt.
Pierre then ordered Andrews to go out to their van and bring him back something. Andrews returned with a bottle in a brown paper bag, from which Pierre poured a cup of blue liquid. Pierre ordered Orren to administer the liquid to the other hostages, but he refused, and was bound, gagged and left face-down on the basement floor.
Pierre and Andrews then propped each of the victims into sitting positions and forced them to drink the liquid, telling them it was vodka laced with sleeping pills. Rather, it was liquid Drano. The moment it touched the hostages' lips, enormous blisters rose, and it began to burn their tongues and throats and peel away the flesh around their mouths. Ansley, still begging for her life, was forced to drink the drain cleaner too, although she was reported to have coughed less than the other victims (by Mr. Walker). Pierre and Andrews tried to duct-tape the hostages' mouths shut to hold quantities of drain cleaner in and to silence their screams, but pus oozing from the blisters prevented the adhesive from sticking. Orren Walker was the last to be given the drain cleaner, but seeing what was happening to the other hostages, he allowed it to pour out of his mouth and then faked the convulsions and screams of his son and fellow hostages.
Pierre became angry because the deaths were taking too long and were too loud and messy, so he shot both Carol and Cortney Naisbitt in the backs of their heads. Pierre then shot at Orren Walker but missed. He then fatally shot Stan Walker before again shooting at Orren, this time grazing the back of his head.
Pierre then took Ansley to the far corner of the basement, forced her at gunpoint to remove her clothes, then repeatedly and brutally raped her, after telling Andrews to clear out for 30 minutes. When he was done, he allowed her to use the bathroom while he watched, then dragged her, still naked, back to the other hostages, threw her on her face, and fatally shot her in the back of the head.[2]
Andrews and Pierre noted that Orren was still alive, so Pierre mounted him, wrapped a wire around his throat, and tried to strangle him. When this failed, Pierre and Andrews inserted a ballpoint pen into Orren's ear, and Pierre stomped it until it punctured his eardrum, broke, and exited the side of his throat. Pierre and Andrews then went upstairs, finished loading equipment into their van, and departed.
[edit] Investigation
The victims were discovered almost 3 hours later when Orren's wife and other son came to the store looking for them. Orren's son heard noises coming from the basement and broke down the back door while Mrs. Walker called the Ogden police. Stan Walker and Ansley were already dead; Carol Naisbitt lived long enough to be loaded into an ambulance, but she was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital. Although Cortney was not expected to live, he did survive, albeit with severe and irreparable brain damage, and required hospitalization for 266 days before being released. Orren Walker survived, although with extensive burns to his mouth and chin, as well as the damage to his ear caused by the pen.
Hours after news of the crime broke, an Air Force officer called the Ogden police and told them that Andrews had confided in him months earlier, "One of these days I'm going to rob that hi-fi shop, and if anybody gets in the way, I'm going to kill them." Hours after that call was received, two teenage boys dumpster diving near Hill Air Force Base where Pierre and Andrews were stationed discovered the victims' wallets and purses, and, recognizing the pictures on the drivers' licenses, called the police. A crowd of airmen quickly formed, including Pierre and Andrews. The detective who responded to the scene, believing that the killers might be in the crowd, put on a show, speaking dramatically and waving each piece of evidence in the air with tongs as he removed them from the dumpster. He later noted in his report that out of all the Airmen gathered around the dumpster, most of whom stood still and watched in relative silence, two in particular paced around the crowd, spoke loudly, and made frantic gestures with their hands. The detective later identified these two Airmen as Pierre and Andrews. The detective later received an award from the Utah branch of the Justice Department for his use of proactive techniques.
Based on Pierre's and Andrews's reactions to the evidence being removed from the trash bin, and the officer's implication of Andrews, Andrews and Pierre were taken into custody and a search warrant was issued for their barracks. Police found fliers for the hi-fi shop and a rental contract for a unit at a public storage facility. Police obtained a warrant for the storage unit, where they discovered several pieces of stereo equipment which were later identified from serial numbers as having been taken from the hi-fi store. During the course of removing the equipment from the storage unit, detectives discovered the half-empty bottle of Drano that had been used on the hostages. Based on this evidence Pierre and Andrews were formally charged with the crimes.
A third person, Keith Roberts, who had waited outside the hi-fi shop in a car, was also charged with robbery.
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k Vind het prachtig en heb net met veel plezier zitten lezenquote:Op vrijdag 28 mei 2010 12:15 schreef Pantoffelsalade het volgende:
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vandaar ik het topic heb gestart.... ik ben namelijk zelf het type die wel uren lang van dit soort verhalen op internet aan het zoeken is.
het hoeft natuurlijk ook niet allemaal waargebeurd te zijn.... zolang ze maar een realistisch effect hebben dat je echt wel dagen lang aan het denken zet....
Ik heb in Key West een ghosttour gedaan..
In Port Arthur (Tasmania) trouwens ook een Ghosttour gedaan, erg gaaf:
Verder heeft daar een paar jaar geleden een vent 35 mensen doodgeschoten:
The following is a list of those killed in the Port Arthur massacre.[10]
Winifred Joyce Aplin, 58
Walter John Bennett, 66
Nicole Louise Burgess, 17
Sou Leng Chung, 32
Elva Rhonda Gaylard, 48
Zoe Anne Hall, 28
Elizabeth Jayne Howard, 26
Mary Elizabeth Howard, 57
Mervyn John Howard, 55
Ronald Noel Jary, 71
Tony Vadivelu Kistan, 51
Leslie Dennis Lever, 53
Sarah Kate Loughton, 15
David Martin, 72
Noelene Joyce Martin, 69
Pauline Virjeana Masters, 49
Alannah Louise Mikac, 6
Madeline Grace Mikac, 3
Nanette Patricia Mikac, 36
Andrew Bruce Mills, 49
Peter Brenton Nash, 32
Gwenda Joan Neander, 67
Moh Yee Willing Ng, 48
Anthony Nightingale, 44
Mary Rose Nixon, 60
Glen Roy Pears, 35
Russell James Pollard, 72
Janette Kathleen Quin, 50
Helene Maria Salzmann, 50
Robert Graham Salzmann, 58
Kate Elizabeth Scott, 21
Kevin Vincent Sharp, 68
Raymond John Sharp, 67
Royce William Thompson, 59
Jason Bernard Winter, 29
In Port Arthur (Tasmania) trouwens ook een Ghosttour gedaan, erg gaaf:
Verder heeft daar een paar jaar geleden een vent 35 mensen doodgeschoten:
Fatalitiesquote:Initially Bryant pleaded not guilty to the 35 murders, laughing hysterically as the judge read out the charges against him.
The following is a list of those killed in the Port Arthur massacre.[10]
Winifred Joyce Aplin, 58
Walter John Bennett, 66
Nicole Louise Burgess, 17
Sou Leng Chung, 32
Elva Rhonda Gaylard, 48
Zoe Anne Hall, 28
Elizabeth Jayne Howard, 26
Mary Elizabeth Howard, 57
Mervyn John Howard, 55
Ronald Noel Jary, 71
Tony Vadivelu Kistan, 51
Leslie Dennis Lever, 53
Sarah Kate Loughton, 15
David Martin, 72
Noelene Joyce Martin, 69
Pauline Virjeana Masters, 49
Alannah Louise Mikac, 6
Madeline Grace Mikac, 3
Nanette Patricia Mikac, 36
Andrew Bruce Mills, 49
Peter Brenton Nash, 32
Gwenda Joan Neander, 67
Moh Yee Willing Ng, 48
Anthony Nightingale, 44
Mary Rose Nixon, 60
Glen Roy Pears, 35
Russell James Pollard, 72
Janette Kathleen Quin, 50
Helene Maria Salzmann, 50
Robert Graham Salzmann, 58
Kate Elizabeth Scott, 21
Kevin Vincent Sharp, 68
Raymond John Sharp, 67
Royce William Thompson, 59
Jason Bernard Winter, 29
tvp
"Purple is the last color of the rainbow colors. It means I will trust and love you for a long time"
quote:Op woensdag 2 juni 2010 19:40 schreef Leigh het volgende:
Dat verhaal van Robert de pop is echt creepy
mooi heah
hahaNu heb ik zelf sowieso al een angst voor poppen
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haha herkenbaar,quote:Op zondag 6 juni 2010 11:34 schreef mousy31 het volgende:
Ik vind poppen ook niet leuk en vooral Chucky niet
met name dit soort "dolls'
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Bizar en waargebeurd:
Werd vanmorgen wakker in een lucide waas.... een wekker ging af, ik hoorde kerk klokken luiden....
heel vreemd, ik woon aan het water, opende mijn ogen en plots teletijd machiende professor Barabas mij naar Oekienulja-Zuid, waar ik breezers dronk met uitgewoonde kever sletjes, vreselijk!
Een Ferrari prius schepte mij en plots werd ik wakker in mijn stamkroeg met zeventien dartpijltjes in mijn voorhoofd, een rekening omdat ik iedereen een rondje had gegeven, en de gun van een verstrooide crimineel op mijn voorhoofd, of ik nog vloei had...
dat was me teveel, ik slingerde mijn broodje kebab met chilli saus zo hard naar zijn neus, dat zijn tenen braken, krak krak..
Toen ben ik naar huis gewandeld en weer hoorde ik de klokken...
maar dat waren mijn ballen gemangeld in een beren klem...
Hoog spiritueel, maar dan heb je ook wat!
Werd vanmorgen wakker in een lucide waas.... een wekker ging af, ik hoorde kerk klokken luiden....
heel vreemd, ik woon aan het water, opende mijn ogen en plots teletijd machiende professor Barabas mij naar Oekienulja-Zuid, waar ik breezers dronk met uitgewoonde kever sletjes, vreselijk!
Een Ferrari prius schepte mij en plots werd ik wakker in mijn stamkroeg met zeventien dartpijltjes in mijn voorhoofd, een rekening omdat ik iedereen een rondje had gegeven, en de gun van een verstrooide crimineel op mijn voorhoofd, of ik nog vloei had...
dat was me teveel, ik slingerde mijn broodje kebab met chilli saus zo hard naar zijn neus, dat zijn tenen braken, krak krak..
Toen ben ik naar huis gewandeld en weer hoorde ik de klokken...
maar dat waren mijn ballen gemangeld in een beren klem...
Hoog spiritueel, maar dan heb je ook wat!
Nou, ik moet zeggen dat ik even heb getwijfeld of ik dat filmpje van die Robert wel wilde zienquote:Op woensdag 2 juni 2010 @ 23:24 schreef Pantoffelsalade het volgende:
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mooi heah
Nu heb ik zelf sowieso al een angst voor poppen
Liej
kijk dat zijn nog eens bizarre waargebeurde verhalenquote:Op zondag 6 juni 2010 16:29 schreef assiemenou het volgende:
Bizar en waargebeurd:
Werd vanmorgen wakker in een lucide waas.... een wekker ging af, ik hoorde kerk klokken luiden....
heel vreemd, ik woon aan het water, opende mijn ogen en plots teletijd machiende professor Barabas mij naar Oekienulja-Zuid, waar ik breezers dronk met uitgewoonde kever sletjes, vreselijk!
Een Ferrari prius schepte mij en plots werd ik wakker in mijn stamkroeg met zeventien dartpijltjes in mijn voorhoofd, een rekening omdat ik iedereen een rondje had gegeven, en de gun van een verstrooide crimineel op mijn voorhoofd, of ik nog vloei had...
dat was me teveel, ik slingerde mijn broodje kebab met chilli saus zo hard naar zijn neus, dat zijn tenen braken, krak krak..
Toen ben ik naar huis gewandeld en weer hoorde ik de klokken...
maar dat waren mijn ballen gemangeld in een beren klem...
Hoog spiritueel, maar dan heb je ook wat!
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hahahquote:Op zondag 6 juni 2010 17:10 schreef Leigh het volgende:
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Nou, ik moet zeggen dat ik even heb getwijfeld of ik dat filmpje van die Robert wel wilde zien
dat soort filmpjes vertik ik dan ook om in het donker te kijke ;p
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Het is altijd zo'n leuke wisselwerking: heel erg geļnteresseerd, maar er tevens bang voorquote:Op zondag 6 juni 2010 @ 18:36 schreef Pantoffelsalade het volgende:
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hahah
dat soort filmpjes vertik ik dan ook om in het donker te kijke ;p
Liej
inderdaad jaquote:Op zondag 6 juni 2010 19:17 schreef Leigh het volgende:
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Het is altijd zo'n leuke wisselwerking: heel erg geļnteresseerd, maar er tevens bang voor
heeft iemand trouwens nog leuke filmpjes? ik heb zelf wel wat....
maar ik ben meer op zoek naar antieke behekste poppen
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The Curse Of James Dean's “Little Bastard”
When we think of the Porsche 550 Spyder, the first thing that comes to mind is James Dean. We suggest you stop thinking about it if you enjoy your health.
Since James Dean’s death in 1955, the Porsche 550 Spyder has become infamous as the car that killed him. As young Jalops we watched an Unsolved Mysteries episode on the curse of the James Dean Porsche. These stories not only made the famous car seem more like Christine than Porsche, they downright scared us. We decided to share some of the stories with you. Read on if you dare.
While filming Rebel Without A Cause, James Dean had upgraded from the 356 to the 550 Spyder and decided that he wanted to make it uniquely his. Dean called upon George Barris, of movie car fame, to customize the Porsche. He gave it tartan seats, two red stripes over the rear wheels and plastered the number ‘130’ on its doors, hood and engine cover. The name “Little Bastard” was given by Dean language coach, Bill Hickman, and was later painted on the car by master pin striper, Dean Jeffries. On September 23 of 1955, Dean met actor Alec Guinness (Obi-Wan Kebobi) outside of a restaurant and had him take a look at the Spyder. Guinness told Dean that the car had a “sinister” appearance and then told Dean: “If you get in that car, you will be found dead in it by this time next week.” Seven days later, Dean would be killed in his beloved “Little Bastard.” Cue the Unsolved Mysteries theme song.
That “Little Bastard” not only killed James Dean, but killed and maimed others who came in contact with it causing many to say that the damn thing was cursed. George Barris, who customized the 550 originally, bought the wrecked carcass of “Little Bastard” for $2500 and soon after it slipped off its trailer and broke a mechanics leg. Not long after Barris sold the engine and drivetrain to Troy McHenry and William Eschrid. While the two were both racing against one another in cars that had parts from the “Little Bastard,” McHenry lost control and hit a tree, killing him instantly and Eschrid was seriously injured when his car suddenly locked up and rolled over while going into a turn. Barris still had two tires from the 550 which were untouched in Dean’s accident. He sold them and not long after, both blew out simultaneously causing the new owner’s car to run off the road. Barris had kept the car in his possession sans the sold parts and it caught the attention of two would-be thieves. One of the thieves arms was torn open trying to steal the steering wheel while the other was injured trying to remove the bloodstained tartan seat.
Due to all the incidents involving “Little Bastard,” Barris decided to hide the car but was convinced by the California Highway Patrol to lend the cursed heap to a highway safety exhibit. The first exhibit was unsuccessful as the garage that housed the car caught fire and burned to the ground. Mysteriously the car suffered virtually no damage from the fire. The next exhibition at a local high school ended abruptly when the car fell off its display and broke a nearby student’s hip.
The curse continued when the “Little Bastard” was being transported when the truck carrying the car lost control which caused the driver to fall out and somehow get crushed by the car after it fell off the back. The car fell off of two more transport trucks while travelling on the freeway fortunately not injuring anyone. The CHP decided that it had had enough of the “Little Bastard” and while transporting the car to Barris, the car mysteriously vanished and has not been seen since.
There are stories of a single piece of “Little Bastard” residing at the Historic Auto Attractions museum in Illinois, but we’re not brave enough to find out.
When we think of the Porsche 550 Spyder, the first thing that comes to mind is James Dean. We suggest you stop thinking about it if you enjoy your health.
Since James Dean’s death in 1955, the Porsche 550 Spyder has become infamous as the car that killed him. As young Jalops we watched an Unsolved Mysteries episode on the curse of the James Dean Porsche. These stories not only made the famous car seem more like Christine than Porsche, they downright scared us. We decided to share some of the stories with you. Read on if you dare.
While filming Rebel Without A Cause, James Dean had upgraded from the 356 to the 550 Spyder and decided that he wanted to make it uniquely his. Dean called upon George Barris, of movie car fame, to customize the Porsche. He gave it tartan seats, two red stripes over the rear wheels and plastered the number ‘130’ on its doors, hood and engine cover. The name “Little Bastard” was given by Dean language coach, Bill Hickman, and was later painted on the car by master pin striper, Dean Jeffries. On September 23 of 1955, Dean met actor Alec Guinness (Obi-Wan Kebobi) outside of a restaurant and had him take a look at the Spyder. Guinness told Dean that the car had a “sinister” appearance and then told Dean: “If you get in that car, you will be found dead in it by this time next week.” Seven days later, Dean would be killed in his beloved “Little Bastard.” Cue the Unsolved Mysteries theme song.
That “Little Bastard” not only killed James Dean, but killed and maimed others who came in contact with it causing many to say that the damn thing was cursed. George Barris, who customized the 550 originally, bought the wrecked carcass of “Little Bastard” for $2500 and soon after it slipped off its trailer and broke a mechanics leg. Not long after Barris sold the engine and drivetrain to Troy McHenry and William Eschrid. While the two were both racing against one another in cars that had parts from the “Little Bastard,” McHenry lost control and hit a tree, killing him instantly and Eschrid was seriously injured when his car suddenly locked up and rolled over while going into a turn. Barris still had two tires from the 550 which were untouched in Dean’s accident. He sold them and not long after, both blew out simultaneously causing the new owner’s car to run off the road. Barris had kept the car in his possession sans the sold parts and it caught the attention of two would-be thieves. One of the thieves arms was torn open trying to steal the steering wheel while the other was injured trying to remove the bloodstained tartan seat.
Due to all the incidents involving “Little Bastard,” Barris decided to hide the car but was convinced by the California Highway Patrol to lend the cursed heap to a highway safety exhibit. The first exhibit was unsuccessful as the garage that housed the car caught fire and burned to the ground. Mysteriously the car suffered virtually no damage from the fire. The next exhibition at a local high school ended abruptly when the car fell off its display and broke a nearby student’s hip.
The curse continued when the “Little Bastard” was being transported when the truck carrying the car lost control which caused the driver to fall out and somehow get crushed by the car after it fell off the back. The car fell off of two more transport trucks while travelling on the freeway fortunately not injuring anyone. The CHP decided that it had had enough of the “Little Bastard” and while transporting the car to Barris, the car mysteriously vanished and has not been seen since.
There are stories of a single piece of “Little Bastard” residing at the Historic Auto Attractions museum in Illinois, but we’re not brave enough to find out.
Voor de mensen die poppen eng vinden en voor mensen die een gezonde dosis humor hebben. Hier een episode van mijn favo serie:quote:Op maandag 7 juni 2010 11:06 schreef Pantoffelsalade het volgende:
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inderdaad ja
heeft iemand trouwens nog leuke filmpjes? ik heb zelf wel wat....
maar ik ben meer op zoek naar antieke behekste poppen
Death is lighter than a feather, duty heavier than a mountain.
The only easy day is yesterday
stay frosty
The only easy day is yesterday
stay frosty
Ik was er van overtuigd dat die pop, toen ze op het eind die pop omdraaide, een eng gezicht zou hebbenquote:
Bah, ik weet nu al dat ik enge poppen-nachtmerries krijg vannacht
Wajang poppen vind k ook engquote:Op zondag 6 juni 2010 13:36 schreef Pantoffelsalade het volgende:
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haha herkenbaar,
met name dit soort "dolls'
[ afbeelding ]
Die laatste scared the shit out of mequote:
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inderdaad ja
heeft iemand trouwens nog leuke filmpjes? ik heb zelf wel wat....
maar ik ben meer op zoek naar antieke behekste poppen
"Purple is the last color of the rainbow colors. It means I will trust and love you for a long time"
Jezus.quote:Op vrijdag 28 mei 2010 15:19 schreef _Led_ het volgende:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi-Fi_Murders
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I liked it. I was good at it. It made me feel alive.
Er gebeurd toch niets bij die laatste ?quote:
Op dinsdag 28 februari 2006 13:50 schreef Avery het volgende:
ik ben dan nieuw ik zie zo dat jij irritant ben jpg
PieAir
Ik denk altijd heel goed na voor ik iets stoms zeg...
ik ben dan nieuw ik zie zo dat jij irritant ben jpg
PieAir
Ik denk altijd heel goed na voor ik iets stoms zeg...
Een olifant wordt geėlektrocuteerd omdat hij 3 man heeft vermoord:
"Meet 'Topsy', the circus elephant executed for killing three men.
She was killed by electrocution at Luna Park, Coney Island on January 5th 1903.
The owners of Luna Park, Thompson and Dundy, had previously tried to kill Topsy with cyanide-laced carrots which she wolfed down without effect. They then planned to hang her, but protests by the ASPCA deemed it a 'cruel and unusual' punishment and they backed down. New York State had recently replaced the gallows with the modern electric chair, so electrocution was decided upon as the more humane method of execution.
Enter Thomas Edison.
At this time he was engaged in his own free-for-all, battling George Westinghouse for control of America's electric infrastructure. Edison had declared that his direct current system was safe, but that Westinghouse's alternating current was a deadly menace. To prove it, Edison had been publicly electrocuting cats and dogs (aswell as the occasional calf, horse and orangutan) for years. It was Edison who convinced New York to use Westinghouse's 'deadly' AC for the electric chair, and it was Westinghouse's AC that Edison used to publicly execute Topsy.
A huge crowd gathered to witness the event. Using six thousand volts of electricity, she died twenty two seconds from the moment the electricity was turned on."
Filmpje: http://www.voltini.com/HTMLobj-371/edisonelephant.mpeg
En hier staat dat verhaal van Carl von Cosel ook: http://www.voltini.com/id43.htm
"Meet 'Topsy', the circus elephant executed for killing three men.
She was killed by electrocution at Luna Park, Coney Island on January 5th 1903.
The owners of Luna Park, Thompson and Dundy, had previously tried to kill Topsy with cyanide-laced carrots which she wolfed down without effect. They then planned to hang her, but protests by the ASPCA deemed it a 'cruel and unusual' punishment and they backed down. New York State had recently replaced the gallows with the modern electric chair, so electrocution was decided upon as the more humane method of execution.
Enter Thomas Edison.
At this time he was engaged in his own free-for-all, battling George Westinghouse for control of America's electric infrastructure. Edison had declared that his direct current system was safe, but that Westinghouse's alternating current was a deadly menace. To prove it, Edison had been publicly electrocuting cats and dogs (aswell as the occasional calf, horse and orangutan) for years. It was Edison who convinced New York to use Westinghouse's 'deadly' AC for the electric chair, and it was Westinghouse's AC that Edison used to publicly execute Topsy.
A huge crowd gathered to witness the event. Using six thousand volts of electricity, she died twenty two seconds from the moment the electricity was turned on."
Filmpje: http://www.voltini.com/HTMLobj-371/edisonelephant.mpeg
En hier staat dat verhaal van Carl von Cosel ook: http://www.voltini.com/id43.htm
Children of the night. What music they make.
Dat verhaal van Carl Tanzler / Count Carl Von Cosel heb ik volgens mij een keer op tv gehoord. Nogal 
-waardig voor mij.
-waardig voor mij.
Gelukkig maar dat het onzin is. Net als dat verhaal van Robert the Doll. Leuk om te lezen, maar toch echt onzin 
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