Columbia, South Carolina - When Daniel Webb, 33, was released from the hospital in MarchMarch reviews after being treated for a knee injury, he weighed over 500-pounds. When he returned home, he sat in a recliner in the mobile home he shared with his girlfriend. He sat there for 8-months until he died of a heart attack – weighing 800-pounds. He simply could not get out of the chair. Ever. He slept in the chair, he shit in the chair, he would preach the word of God online from the chair. When his mother made the call to 911 that her son was in a lot of pain, firefighters had to cut him out of the chair. They also had to cut a hole in the wall of the mobile home to get him out of it. He died a few hours later, his body covered with sores and a “very bad odor.” His girlfriend blames all of this on the fact that they did not have health insurance and no one would come out to see Webb. [Read more...]

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina – There was a disturbing shooting incident at Carolina Forest High School on FridayFriday reviews involving an autistic teen and the school’s resource officer. On Friday morning 15-year-old Trevor Varinecz asked to speak with resource officer, Marcus Rhodes. The two went inside his  office and shut the door. Teachers described hearing shouting from inside the office and when they entered, witnessed Varinecz attacking Rhodes with a large knife. Rhodes was stabbed multiple times and in self-defense, returned fire hitting Varinecz multiple times. Both of them were taken to Conway Medical Center where Varinecz was pronounced dead, and Rhodes was later released. Rhodes has been been an employee of the Horry County Police Department for almost ten years. Neighbor’s say Varinecz wasn’t a trouble maker, but rather a functioning autistic teenager whose parents integrated him into normal activities.  No word on why Varinecz wanted to talk to Rhodes, or how the altercation started. [Read more...]

Sumter, SC – Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th President of the U.S., and the first American to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Rumor has it the ‘teddy bear’ was named after him, and he had a guinea pig named Father O’Grady and a snake named Emily Spinach. Really. Where the fuck was I going with this? Oh, yeah. Teddy once said: “Walk softly, but carry a big stick.” Perhaps 31 year old Carlos Lincoln was thinking about that sage advice when, during an argument on September 5th, he picked up a piece of wood to beat the shit out of 21 year old Reginald Gass. Perhaps that is when Gass recalled his favorite Teddy Roosevelt quote, “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are”, when he plunged a potato rake into Carlos’ chest. Ouch. Did anyone else accidentally read “potato cake” at first and giggle? [Read more...]

Georgetown, South Carolina Well, it’s not exactly an axe today but I think a machete deserves to be right up there with the growing number of domestic disputes resulting in the use of wicked implements. I’m sure many victims can claim to be beaten with fists, kicked, burned, etc. but it takes a special asshole to use out-of-the-ordinary measures to settle their dispute…or quiet the bitching. And I’ll have to admit, coming from an area where summers were filled with machete wielding employees paid to cut corn out of beans, many an accident took place when carelessness took over resulting in legs being split wide open. So when John Aelick allegedly threatened to cut his friend’s head off with one, I imagine she took that threat seriously. [Read more...]

Horry County, South Carolina The community of true crime bloggers, enthusiasts, and authors are coming together in the virtual world with hopes of finding answers to the disappearance of one of our own. William Dale Hudson, 56, has made his name authoring several true crime books including Kiss and Kill and All I Want To Do Is Kill – often spotlighting heinous murders that occurred in his part of the country. His 2006 novel Dance Of DeathThe Dance of Death reviews is a tale of a North Carolina woman who’s double life and the thirst for money resulted in a life sentence in prison for arranging her husband to be murdered on their 3rd wedding anniversary. With his curiosity and aptitude in exploring the motivating factors into the most bizarre criminal acts, it’s no wonder people are trying to speculate what may have happened to Dale when he left his home for a business trip Wednesday morning. [Read more...]

Newberry, SC – Terry Gibbs, an admitted child molester, had his ass handed to him on a plate. And then some. His victims?  His own grandchildren, all under the age of 10. The relatives of those children put a severe beating on the skeevy grandpa – severe enough to put the asshole into cardiac arrest – before delivering his ass to the county jail. Bra-fuckin-vo. Here on the Dreamin’ Demon, there have been way too many instances where family members have turned a blind eye to the sexual abuse doled out on their children by other family members. While I can’t condone the violence, (much) it is refreshing to see a family taking care of business. It all started SundaySunday reviews evening, when officers at the Newberry County Detention Center witnessed a man being ‘dropped off’ in the parking lot. That man, Terry Gibbs, had been severely beaten, and, when confronted by officers, admitted that he got his ass kicked by his own family because he had been molesting his grandchildren. Then, the skeevy bastard had a heart attack. [Read more...]

Greenville, SC – Demonites, please allow me to introduce 71-year-old Sieglinda Falk Bass. Just look at her – does she remind you of anyone in your life, present or past? Your grandmother, perhaps? The adorable little old lady down the street who spends her days knitting afghans, baking cookies, and weeding her garden? Your kindergarten teacher? What could this harmless looking woman possibly have done to earn herself a spot here on the Dreamin’ Demon of all places? To put it bluntly, she wanted to have her husband taken care of. No, not put in a home for the elderly and infirm taken care of – beaten and broken taken care of. And, if he happened to keel over during the ass whoopin’, no big deal! Bass suspected her husband was cheating on her. Seeking revenge, she went as far as contacting a Voodoo Witch Doctor to put a spell on him. The witch doctor took too damn long conjurin’ up a spell, so Bass hired a hit man to put a hurtin’ on her husband. The hit man later changed his mind. This is one determined senior citizen though, folks. She wasn’t finished searching. [Read more...]

North Augusta, South Carolina – I’m sure everyone is aware of the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. Because it is odorless and colorless, it’s extremely hard to detect. Those of us that live in older homes with older furnaces know how important it is to have a CO detector. If it weren’t for some moments of clarity, my youngest daughter and I would not be here today – that’s how quickly carbon monoxide can affect you…without knowing. And this is why some people opt to use CO poisoning as a means to commit suicide. I’m not sure how I’d handle sitting in a running car knowing that the end to my worries are coming soon, knowing I was going to die in “X” number of minutes. And I don’t think Melissa Sawyer’s children were real hip on the idea of dying that way either. [Read more...]

Conway, S.C.- Every man has his own preferences in what they like about their ladies. While some men prefer blonds, others prefer brunettes, and brave ones go for redheads. I’ve heard some men say that big boobs are better and some believe a handful is plenty. Even 50-year old Rodell Vereen has his own unique preferences about the ladies he chooses to get a little action from. Vereen likes his females to have long muscular legs, large teeth, and a big ol’ booty with a swishy tail. Whether the mare is in season or not, I don’t think it really matters to this wanna-be stallion. Unfortunately for him, it does matter to the horse’s owner and she put a stop to his nightly horse-play when she caught him behind her barn. [Read more...]

Conway, South Carolina There are many different flavors of criminals/perpetrators that grace the front page of the Dreamin’ Demon. I don’t know what goes in to picking your crime of choice. Baby rapers – who the hell knows what goes through their head – the reasons behind damaging a child in such a brutal and despicable manner. Of course the same can be said of any adult who chooses to inflict any kind of pain on any child. It’s most definitely a control issue mixed in with crossed-wiring and quite a bit of mental issues. But it seems like most perps we feature here pick one area of expertise and run with it. Since I’ve been around this site, I’ve not seen many “all inclusive” assholes who don’t care for picking just one avenue to establish themselves as one brutal son of a bitch. Such is the case with Edward Bilton. He beats women and children alike, mixed in with a little cruelty to animals, and a propensity for arson. [Read more...]

Aiken, South Carolina Meet Erica. Her self-described MyspaceMySpace entry states her interests are kids, butterflies, and shopping. Her favorite television shows are American Idol, CSI, General Hospital, Dragon Tales (PBS), and The Big Comfy Couch (ABC Kids). Newly married and cute as a button, why parents would have a problem choosing her as their children’s daycare provider is beyond me. But I’m thinking, after her stint in prison, she might be looking for a new career other than running a daycare. Who the fuck knew that children cried and screamed? I mean, it’s not like that in any of those shows she watched. Well CSI maybe, but it’s never more than a minute or so and it just shows things that happen to other people, not this sweet Southern Belle. [Read more...]

Clover, S. CarolinaCarolina reviews–Please, allow me to introduce you to Carl Johnson. A top-notch and upstanding member of society…a fellow that any parent would be proud to call their son. Ok, not really. Carl’s 70-year-old father was just hanging out in the camper behind his home on Thursday when Carl came busting through the door. Carl said something like, “I’ve come to kill you.” He then picked up a metal chair and whacked his dad on the head with it about 4-5 times before swiping the old dude’s wallet from his back pocket. [Read more...]

Ladson, South Carolina–A 6-week-old child was brought into the emergency room at Trident Medical Center last Thursday, suffering severe second-degree burns to his hands and left foot. Hospital officials called authorities and later transported the baby to the Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta, where he remains today. The party responsible for the burns? Mom’s boyfriend, 20-year-old Alexander Perry.

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Berkeley County, S. CarolinaCarolina reviews–Marvin Douglas Clark, 27, was looking for some young stuff, and found a potential victim with the click of a mouse. Clark came across a MyspaceMySpace that had a cell phone number listed in the profile. The profile, and the cell number, belonged to an 11-year-old girl. Hey kiddos, posting your cell phone number on Myspace? Bad, bad idea. [Read more...]