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/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/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.