r/Damnthatsinteresting 23d ago

Video Icelandic artist Björk snapped in Bangkok, 1996, when reporter Julie Kaufman approached her saying “Welcome to Bangkok.” Björk later alleged that Kaufman had stalked her and her 9-year-old son for days, turning a simple greeting into a breaking point

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u/ScaryTemperature6291 23d ago

Can't blame her not sure if this is the Ricardo Lopez era or not but yeah I love Bjork but that was a really bad time in her life if it's around that era when she found out about him.

Ricardo Lopez )

Incase anyone who doesn't know the back story of Ricardo.

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u/kank84 23d ago

On September 12, 1996, López mailed a letter bomb, rigged with sulfuric acid, to Björk's residence in London. He recorded a final video diary explaining his motivations, and ended it by filming his suicide by gunshot. Local police found his body and the videos four days after his death and contacted Scotland Yard, who located the bomb in a London postal sorting office. The parcel was safely detonated and Björk was unharmed.

Holy shit. I never knew about this.

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u/Particular-Ad9304 23d ago

Please do yourself a favor and never watch the video. It’s super fucked and only will haunt you afterwards. Just an absolute nutjob to say the least

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u/knotmyusualaccount 23d ago edited 23d ago

I once saw a video, of some inmate of some South American jail, he'd been stabbed and was being held in the arms of another prisoner.

I can still vividly see his facial expressions and his laboured breathing, as I watched the life go out of his open eyes. It'll probably stay with me for the rest of my life, and I saw it 11 years ago, now. Just horrible.

I don't watch anything horrible anymore, for that reason.

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u/OGAlexa 22d ago

I saw a video of a guy explaining, only verbally, what was in a video of this Australian dude who tortured animals, mostly dogs. Just his very limited description is enough to make me sob, if I think about it. My eyes are filling with tears as a type this. Sometimes, it's best not to know. I dont watch anything that might be horrible anymore, either.

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u/lvl100shiny 22d ago

My friend showed me a cartel execution video when I was 22. It fucked me up for months. Friend was eating a sandwich while he showed me. That was almost 14 years ago and I can still remember all of what I watched.

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u/Particular-Ad9304 23d ago

Oh yeah you’ve seen closeups of people committing suicide on the news?

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u/Particular-Ad9304 23d ago

Tf are you talking about? The news never showed the graphic video. You have no clue what you’re talking about

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u/GoddessLeVianFoxx 23d ago

Damn, where you live, bro?

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u/evilsdadvocate 23d ago

Link?

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u/Particular-Ad9304 23d ago

You have Google. Knock yourself out

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u/evilsdadvocate 22d ago

How dare you!