This one has been doing the rounds again from 2001. Read it and then have a look at this link about poor George Turklbaum.
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Excellent, I’m always interested by these stories and where they come from.
My favorite is one that was doing the rounds here a few years ago, basically the story went that a girl was babysitting a child of about two years old and couldn’t get her to settle in bed. After trying for a few hours, going up and down stairs everytime the child started to cry she got concerned and rang the Mother. She explained to the mum that the baby was restless and said that she thought the lifesize clown in the corner of the room was scaring her, at which point (of course) the mother tells her that there is no lifesize clown in the house and that she should go upstairs, get the baby and leave as quickly as possible.
When my mum told me this one (firmly believing that it was true) she said that the clown was a convicted criminal in Poland who had joined the circus and moved to Ireland… interesting how this story started around the time that immigration from Poland to Ireland was on the up and people were concerned about it, so it would manifest itself in the scariest way possible (As a clown!)
Poop. I thought it was genuine… (and yes I used the word poop).
Cheers
Rob
I have been dead at my desk for 5 years…..Turklebaum is a funny name isn’t it?
On a completely unrelated topic I was in HMV and found the box set of Derrens Specials in the Reality TV section. Next to The Best of Big brother (surely an oxymoron) and Top Gear!
Lol…without mentioning where I work, I think most of my staff are dying on their feet, I wouldn’t be able to tell the difference anyway!
I know the feeling!
… And I know the industry!
Best not get a job then.
Omfg, Siobhan, that story is damn creepy. O___O
Seriously I’m never gonna baby sit ever. Not that I probably would anyway. I hate kids.
Well, these stories can so be true … type of job, little interactions in person, no relatives or such … jup .. can see it happen quite simple. It’s not supposed to be funny, those symptons coming out via those stories.
I never have read those stories by the way, never encountered them. Only those of people who have been dead in their house for quite some time ..
this could happen to so many people, singles, without them having to be non-social people.
I read somewhere that Derren was gay .. also urban myth?
Snopes has it, as always
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/gruesome/fivedays.asp
Oh.. In a sick twisted way I had hoped that was true…
yep Derren came out last year. about time we had a good role model whose not camp.
cheers
Rob
Can we not discuss Derren’s personal life please and indirectly bringing your own fantsies into it too. If he wanted you to discuss it he would do a post about it so you could all chat about it.
@ Billy- Oooh someone’s touchy about the subject. ;D
Kidding, of course.
& @ Nopke- I’m pretty sure lotsa people die alone in their homes without people realising for a while. At least I think. Its not like I’ve ever researched the topic.
lol You’d have to be kidding seeing as though I have the same preference as DB.
As I am not Gay can I still have Derren as a role model? I wouldn’t want to upset the Pink Mafia!
Seriously what does it matter what sexuality a man/woman is? Didn’t bother me when I heard. Just shrugged and kept on reading Mark Wilson Encyclopedia Of Magic……(£14.99 at all good book stores and loads of rubbish ones!)
Back on topic…
How many dead people stories have we heard. Heres a real one cos I was there…
I used to be a Croupier in a big London casino. Early in the morning after last spin and hands a Pit Boss was checking the table when he noticed a bundle of rags under a roulette table. Curious he pulled at them and found a dead body crumpled in a tiny space. After checking the camera in the crows nest it was clear that the poor fella was sat in the middle of a busy table when he suffered a heart attack. The other gamblers at the table instead of alerting staff and getting him help, let him fall to the floor and push in under the table..where he died.
The callous nature of the human states amazes me sometimes. Still I hope they all enjoyed their winning and didn’t just play it back…..(No Chance!)
@Siobhan:
Ha ha, I love that one. Of course it had to be a Pole! Their not just scary but their scarier than clowns (and I can say that because I am decedent from one, or two actually).
Dead for five days, at a desk! Does anyone know how long it takes for bodies to start decaying and why it takes that amount of time? I was wondering whether you can smell someone dead before you see them.
Stop having Derren Brown as a role model, people. The world doesn’t need more than one person abducting people from bars to set zombies on them, or catching old ladies in fake buses. It’s only funny when just one guy does it.
The best dead person story ever is the one about the hotel room in Minnesota. Every time the hotel let someone stay in it, they got complaints about the smell. They cleared the drains, cleaned it several times, changed she sheets but nothing helped – until someone flipped the matress and discovered A ROTTING DEAD GUY. He was DEAD.
I love urban legends.