Fact? Or Urban Legend - Page 2

Mortis · 04-21-2011, 06:21 AM

I remember hearing that one, but I really can't remember if it was true or not. I do know that some of the hotels I've stayed at smelled like there was a corpse under the bed

orlok · 04-21-2011, 07:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Mortis

I remember hearing that one, but I really can't remember if it was true or not. I do know that some of the hotels I've stayed at smelled like there was a corpse under the bed

Well, if you will go to the Ramada...

Mortis · 04-21-2011, 07:52 AM

I stayed at a "4" star hotel here in Malaysia and it was one of the worst hotels I have ever been in and to add insult to injury, it was expensive!

orlok · 04-21-2011, 08:13 AM

I once stayed in a motel in Zimbabwe, and as part of the turn-down service they also left the door open (this was at night...). We got back to our room to find the bed had a new blanket of flying bugs - literally thousands of them. Nice.

poohbear_nc · 04-21-2011, 10:51 AM

I stayed at a motel in Texas a few years ago - where the room door had obviously been kicked in - the frame was bent and the door had to be pushed/pulled shut. Fortunately I could slide the recliner against it at night.

orlok · 04-21-2011, 12:17 PM

Well it is the truth. This actually happened, in Las Vegas. Also, Kansas City, MO and Atlantic City, NJ and several times in Florida and California. It seems that in or under the bed in a hotel room is a fairly popular destination for the recently deceased.

dsvick · 04-21-2011, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by orlok

Well it is the truth. This actually happened, in Las Vegas. Also, Kansas City, MO and Atlantic City, NJ and several times in Florida and California.

Sounds like a serial killer to me...

Billjr13 · 04-21-2011, 07:07 PM

Took an Urban Legend class in college. It was very interesting and informative. Snope.com is a great web site. For urban legends and so is Darwinawards.com

kindlekitten · 04-21-2011, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Billjr13

Took an Urban Legend class in college. It was very interesting and informative. Snope.com is a great web site. For urban legends and so is Darwinawards.com

I used to have friends that would forward every damn email rumour in the universe. snopes IS your friend! I would finf the particular rumour du jour and send them the link back. at least two of them have quite emailing me. oh well, that's ALL they ever emailed

Mortis · 04-21-2011, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

I used to have friends that would forward every damn email rumour in the universe. snopes IS your friend! I would finf the particular rumour du jour and send them the link back. at least two of them have quite emailing me. oh well, that's ALL they ever emailed

I had the same problem, then I just told all my forwarding friends to please stop, or I would have to block their email address and to this day my mother has to phone instead of email

Mortis · 04-21-2011, 11:08 PM

Ok, Fact of fiction.

A prominent government leaders wife was so upset when she found out that her husband was cheating on her, she had her husbands body guards kill the woman. The body guards killed the woman by shooting her and then used 6 hand grenades to (hopefully) dispose the body.

Fact of fiction?

kindlekitten · 04-21-2011, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Mortis

Ok, Fact of fiction.

A prominent government leaders wife was so upset when she found out that her husband was cheating on her, she had her husbands body guards kill the woman. The body guards killed the woman by shooting her and then used 6 hand grenades to (hopefully) dispose the body.

Fact of fiction?

why does it feel like the punchline is missing? ie; the 6 hand grenades blew up their escape vehicle

Mortis · 04-21-2011, 11:32 PM

Nope thats all there is to tell and there's no punch line.

Should I have added that it is still in the court system?

orlok · 04-22-2011, 04:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Mortis

Nope thats all there is to tell and there's no punch line.

Should I have added that it is still in the court system?

If that's the case, it must be true?

Mortis · 04-22-2011, 05:16 AM

I confess, I made a mistake about the hand grenades, they used C4. The case has been getting news here since 2006, there have been many accusations that the Deputy Prime Minister's wife has been openly connected to the crime, although not charged. This isthe way in Malaysia.

From a Wiki article here if you want more interesting reading on this case have a troll using "Murder of Shaariibuugiin Altantuyaa" as your search.

Shaariibuugiin Altantuyaa (Mongolian language: Шаарийбуугийн Алтантуяа; sometimes also Altantuya Shaariibuu; 1978 – October 18, 2006), a Mongolian national, was a murder victim who was either murdered by C-4 explosives or was somehow killed first and her remains destroyed with C-4 on October 18, 2006 in a deserted area in Shah Alam, Malaysia near Kuala Lumpur. The Shah Alam High Court meted out the death sentence to two of the accused on 9 April 2009, wrapping up the 159 day trial.

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04-21-2011, 06:21 AM	#16
Mortis Canucklehead in Malaysia Posts: 1,633 Karma: 3127774 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Device: iPhone, Kindle	I remember hearing that one, but I really can't remember if it was true or not. I do know that some of the hotels I've stayed at smelled like there was a corpse under the bed

04-21-2011, 07:52 AM	#18
Mortis Canucklehead in Malaysia Posts: 1,633 Karma: 3127774 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Device: iPhone, Kindle	I stayed at a "4" star hotel here in Malaysia and it was one of the worst hotels I have ever been in and to add insult to injury, it was expensive!

04-21-2011, 08:13 AM	#19
orlok Close to the Edit! Posts: 9,797 Karma: 267994408 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis, Amazon Fire 8", Kindle 6"	I once stayed in a motel in Zimbabwe, and as part of the turn-down service they also left the door open (this was at night...). We got back to our room to find the bed had a new blanket of flying bugs - literally thousands of them. Nice.

04-21-2011, 10:51 AM	#20
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 64,193 Karma: 135242149 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	I stayed at a motel in Texas a few years ago - where the room door had obviously been kicked in - the frame was bent and the door had to be pushed/pulled shut. Fortunately I could slide the recliner against it at night.

04-21-2011, 12:17 PM	#21
orlok Close to the Edit! Posts: 9,797 Karma: 267994408 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis, Amazon Fire 8", Kindle 6"	Well it is the truth. This actually happened, in Las Vegas. Also, Kansas City, MO and Atlantic City, NJ and several times in Florida and California. It seems that in or under the bed in a hotel room is a fairly popular destination for the recently deceased.

04-21-2011, 07:07 PM	#23
Billjr13 Addict Posts: 357 Karma: 550002 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Colorado Device: Sony PRS 700 & 650	Took an Urban Legend class in college. It was very interesting and informative. Snope.com is a great web site. For urban legends and so is Darwinawards.com

04-21-2011, 11:08 PM	#26
Mortis Canucklehead in Malaysia Posts: 1,633 Karma: 3127774 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Device: iPhone, Kindle	Ok, Fact of fiction. A prominent government leaders wife was so upset when she found out that her husband was cheating on her, she had her husbands body guards kill the woman. The body guards killed the woman by shooting her and then used 6 hand grenades to (hopefully) dispose the body. Fact of fiction?

04-21-2011, 11:32 PM	#28
Mortis Canucklehead in Malaysia Posts: 1,633 Karma: 3127774 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Device: iPhone, Kindle	Nope thats all there is to tell and there's no punch line. Should I have added that it is still in the court system?

04-22-2011, 05:16 AM	#30
Mortis Canucklehead in Malaysia Posts: 1,633 Karma: 3127774 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Device: iPhone, Kindle	I confess, I made a mistake about the hand grenades, they used C4. The case has been getting news here since 2006, there have been many accusations that the Deputy Prime Minister's wife has been openly connected to the crime, although not charged. This isthe way in Malaysia. From a Wiki article here if you want more interesting reading on this case have a troll using "Murder of Shaariibuugiin Altantuyaa" as your search. Shaariibuugiin Altantuyaa (Mongolian language: Шаарийбуугийн Алтантуяа; sometimes also Altantuya Shaariibuu; 1978 – October 18, 2006), a Mongolian national, was a murder victim who was either murdered by C-4 explosives or was somehow killed first and her remains destroyed with C-4 on October 18, 2006 in a deserted area in Shah Alam, Malaysia near Kuala Lumpur. The Shah Alam High Court meted out the death sentence to two of the accused on 9 April 2009, wrapping up the 159 day trial.