8/23/08
The Strangest Disaster of the 20th Century
Odd Person of Note: Michael Carroll
The tragic Michael Carroll won 10 million pounds in the British lottery and earned his tabloid title “Lottery lout” by using his winnings to be the biggest jerk ever. Of course, he bought expensive homes, cars, cocaine and jewelry—but he also spewed death threats at most, was a notoriously paranoid thug and avid racist. To the horror of his neighbors, he turned the back yard of one his residences into his own private demolition derby. When he ran out of derby cars, he and his entourage would smash the luxury cars! He became an infamous tabloid media monster, amateur boxer, drug addict, and criminal. He squandered his millions in an astonishing 18 months, he also lost his family. Not surprisingly, he inspired countless news articles and a documentary.
Clip from Keith Allen's documentary on Carroll "King of Chavs" 1 of 3... check em all out, they made me crave Stella Artois.
7 Lottery Winners Who Lost Their Millions
Curse of the Lottery, THS Investigates on E!
Odd Person of Note: Myra Davis
From Uncle John's Bathroom Reader:
Story: Davis was Leigh’s stand-in, she was one of several people who provided the voice of Norman Bates’s mother, and it was her hand that was seen in the famous shower scene in which Leigh’s character is stabbed to death.
Final Irony: On July 3, 1988, Davis was found strangled in her Los Angeles home, murdered by a 31-year-old "caretaker and handyman" … just like the character portrayed by Anthony Perkins in Psycho.
Whorror Favorite... Teeth
8/22/08
Waverly Hills Sanatorium.. done!




