Murderabilia - A business we should get into?

[The Diabolical Mr. Lieman]

Hm. Never really thought too much about this. Do I own any? No. Would I? I would say no, because it just doesn't fascinate me in any way, but I'm not at all repulsed by the idea of someone being into that at all, either.

I guess some of us express interest in that kind of thing differently. Some would grab collectibles, and some would just come here every day and read about it every day....:D...I find nothing wrong with either. We're not the ones committing the crimes.

[Raq me darkly]

I mean, if you could but the semen spattered shirt of one of Bundy's victims or maybe even a tooth that was knocked out of the face of one of Bundy's...you would want that? Why would you want ANYTHING attached to any of these crimes they committed. Why would you want any thing they have created?

None of those items has anything to do about wondering what makes these people tick.

I think a lot of the items have to do with celebrity. Ted Bundy, Charles Manson, David Berkowitz are famous people. You mention those names and you know who they are. Murderabilia can be a way of getting a piece of fame (as I recall, Newman claimed to have Berkowitz's mail bag). How much are people paying for Britney Spear's chewed gum?

[Abroad]

As for murderabilia, I would not even be able to have something like that in my house, I would have a very unreasonable fear of the item. I have certain things in my house and on me at all times that I associate with good, I know they are just items but still, I would never be able to have things associated with bad or evil acts in the house. I know they are inanimate before anyone jumps on me that is why I say unreasonable.

I don't know that I would fear the item (unreasonable or not), but I would not be comfortable with having it in my home either. I will happily go to museums to see the hatchets and guns and blood-stained shirts. In fact, I am planning to go to the Museum of the Docklands sometime between now and November to see their exhibit on the grandad of all serial killers. But I wouldn't want any of those objects in my private space for all the tea in China.

At the same time, I can understand the intellectual thrill it might give to have an item from a crime scene or the buzz that owning a sketch drawn by the hand attached to a diseased mind might be. What I have a hard time following is the attraction to nail-clippings and locks of hair. Unless of course they are trying to clone the murderers.......