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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Sun Jul 29, 2018, 09:58 AM Jul 2018

Serial Killer 'Accidentally' Kills Himself

(NEWSER) – It involves a lamp—that's all you need to know. For those reading on, serial killer Egifius Schiffer died in what appears to be an autoerotic sex act while serving life in a German prison, Oxygen reports. Schiffer, 62, was found last week hooked up to a lamp cable at Bochum prison in Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia.

"He removed a cable from his bedside table lamp, then wound it around his nipples and his penis and stuck the end in a power socket," a prison spokeswoman tells the Times of London. A post-mortem found that Schiffer died from heart failure due to excessive electricity in his chest.

Known as the "Aachen Strangler," Schiffer initially got away with murdering five female hitchhikers in the 1980s. But the former insurance salesman was picked up in 2007 for stealing scrap metal, and agreed to give up a DNA sample that linked him to the murders, per the Sun.

A self-proclaimed sadomasochist, Schiffer then admitted his guilt because he was apparently excited about going to prison—but later changed his mind and claimed innocence. Police say they doubt anyone killed Schiffer, and his lawyer says he wasn't at all suicidal.

http://www.newser.com/story/262577/serial-killer-accidentally-kills-himself.html

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Serial Killer 'Accidentally' Kills Himself (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Jul 2018 OP
Charged with another killing. peekaloo Jul 2018 #1
Shocking! Simply shocking! 😏 Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #2
Maybe the German police could send the operating instructions to trump. Turbineguy Jul 2018 #3
Giving a serial killer with sadistic masochistic tendencies access to electricity. gordianot Jul 2018 #4
Yikes! Thanks for this! I was going to try that today. LuckyCharms Jul 2018 #5
Ohm mein GOTT! Cirque du So-What Jul 2018 #6
You should write for a humor magazine. nt PCIntern Jul 2018 #8
What a sad and ugly story. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2018 #7
Looking for a jolt from the bolt, ended up as a smote. Historic NY Jul 2018 #9
What a re volting person ProudLib72 Jul 2018 #10
Good. smirkymonkey Jul 2018 #11
He died under strange circuit stances. miyazaki Jul 2018 #12

gordianot

(15,237 posts)
4. Giving a serial killer with sadistic masochistic tendencies access to electricity.
Sun Jul 29, 2018, 10:08 AM
Jul 2018

Is like giving a Malignant Narcissist access to high government office, a cell phone and twitter account. Eventually they will self destruct.

Cirque du So-What

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6. Ohm mein GOTT!
Sun Jul 29, 2018, 10:10 AM
Jul 2018

I tried that stunt in my early adolescence
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I got caught
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I was grounded

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