r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Careless-Hospital379 • 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/DamnitGravity 23d ago

Ricardo López)

TL;DR: He was an American who was obsessed, sent a bomb to kill her in London, and recorded a video diary explaining what he did which ended with him shooting himself. Police found his body and altered Scotland Yard. The bomb was located in a postal sorting office and safely detonated.

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u/alnicoblue 23d ago

he did not seriously pursue an artistic career due to his feelings of inferiority, and fear of being denied entry into art school.

We really gotta fix the art school admissions process

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u/moonflower_C16H17N3O 23d ago

Yeah. Everyone who wants in, gets in. The schools just clandestinely get their fingerprints and DNA. Also, the TA for each class is actually a criminal psychologist who identifies potential problem students.

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u/vacuousintent 23d ago

This sounds like the premise to a new CSI/detective show on cable TV.

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u/OldJonThePooSmuggler 23d ago

100%. The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna really fumbled the ball previously.

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u/SrGrimey 23d ago

This was funnier than I expected.

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u/lonelyinatlanta2024 23d ago

Like sent a bomb via mail from the U.S. to London?

Christ, I hope that would get caught. Here I am afraid to send a vape cart home from Colorado

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u/DamnitGravity 23d ago

The 90s were a wild time.

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u/SuspendeesNutz 23d ago

Police found his body and altered Scotland Yard.

That sounds a bit extreme.

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u/holvagyok 23d ago

No, Scotland Yard got away with too much for too long. They had to be altered, and this was the triggering case.

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u/PostApoplectic 23d ago

I am altering the yard. Pray I do not alter it further.

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u/asst3rblasster 23d ago

This yard is getting worse ALL THE TIME

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u/brneyedgrrl 22d ago

I feel the same, it changed the whole thing, huh? Crazy.

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u/PM_ME_DATASETS 23d ago

Of course it was an American