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> I actually met a serial killer who did this, heh Would love to hear the story behind this one.

by karmakurtisaani 1y ago

astura 1y ago
A stranger was trying to impress GP by pretending to be a serial killer and the GP is naive enough to believe them.
- jibal 1y ago
  No ... read above why they have good reason to believe, after the fact, that he was a serial killer.
lordnacho 1y ago
When I was an intern in a small town, I took a trip to London. On my way back, I caught a cab from the provincial station to my house. The cabbie seemed fun. We were talking about football. Just ordinary banter with a cab driver. Out of the blue, he asks me "hey mate, just for fun, what would you do if you'd murdered someone and had a dead body to dispose of?" I was a bit surprised, but it's not that odd a thing to think about. People watch crime flicks all the time. But I hadn't thought much about it and gave a bland answer like "maybe dig a hole in the roadside, something like that". But I did think it was an odd switch in mood. He drops me off, end of that. A few years later, I've graduated, I'm watching the news. A cab driver has been convicted of murdering multiple women, in the town I was in. Over the same period. He's buried the bodies in various places. I happened to run into a detective from the same town, to whom I explained my anecdote. He's pretty sure it's the same guy, but the cabbie has been sent down for life, so I wouldn't really be adding anything if I reported it.
- DaiPlusPlus 1y ago
  Still a better conversion than the typical Reform party bollocks I get from the cabbies at the airport. EDIT: if I had to dispose of a body I’d find a farmer willing to lend-out his pigs with no questions asked.
  - dmd 1y ago
    I'd be smart from the very beginning. https://ask.metafilter.com/7921/If-you-killed-somebody-how-would-you-dispose-of-the-body-without-getting-caught#155715 https://ask.metafilter.com/7921/If-you-killed-somebody-how-w...
  - notahacker 1y ago
    A Russian backpacker once told me about a conversation with an Afghan cab driver on a trip to the US. Apparently it was quite friendly for a conversation that started "I used to kill people like you". Think I'd take the Reform bollocks to that opening line though
- loudmax 1y ago
  That is an interesting story, thanks for sharing. However, the prospect of speaking to a serial killer does not make me more likely to want to strike up conversations with strangers.
  - jibal 1y ago
    So never talk to anyone because there's some small possibility that they might be a bad person? I think you've missed the point of the OP.
- sixothree 1y ago
  He got caught, so I don't think you gave him very good advice.
- lovecg 1y ago
  > Out of the blue, he asks me "hey mate, just for fun, what would you do if you'd murdered someone and had a dead body to dispose of?" Ah yeah, the exact sort of thing you want to hear from your cab driver
- exolymph 1y ago
  It is bizarre to me that you relate this experience like it's fun and whimsical trivia. Maybe that's because I'm a woman and identify more with the victims...

> I actually met a serial killer who did this, heh Would love to hear the story behind this one.

astura 1y ago

A stranger was trying to impress GP by pretending to be a serial killer and the GP is naive enough to believe them.

jibal 1y ago
No ... read above why they have good reason to believe, after the fact, that he was a serial killer.

lordnacho 1y ago

When I was an intern in a small town, I took a trip to London. On my way back, I caught a cab from the provincial station to my house. The cabbie seemed fun. We were talking about football. Just ordinary banter with a cab driver. Out of the blue, he asks me "hey mate, just for fun, what would you do if you'd murdered someone and had a dead body to dispose of?" I was a bit surprised, but it's not that odd a thing to think about. People watch crime flicks all the time. But I hadn't thought much about it and gave a bland answer like "maybe dig a hole in the roadside, something like that". But I did think it was an odd switch in mood. He drops me off, end of that. A few years later, I've graduated, I'm watching the news. A cab driver has been convicted of murdering multiple women, in the town I was in. Over the same period. He's buried the bodies in various places. I happened to run into a detective from the same town, to whom I explained my anecdote. He's pretty sure it's the same guy, but the cabbie has been sent down for life, so I wouldn't really be adding anything if I reported it.

DaiPlusPlus 1y ago
Still a better conversion than the typical Reform party bollocks I get from the cabbies at the airport. EDIT: if I had to dispose of a body I’d find a farmer willing to lend-out his pigs with no questions asked.
- dmd 1y ago
  I'd be smart from the very beginning. https://ask.metafilter.com/7921/If-you-killed-somebody-how-would-you-dispose-of-the-body-without-getting-caught#155715 https://ask.metafilter.com/7921/If-you-killed-somebody-how-w...
- notahacker 1y ago
  A Russian backpacker once told me about a conversation with an Afghan cab driver on a trip to the US. Apparently it was quite friendly for a conversation that started "I used to kill people like you". Think I'd take the Reform bollocks to that opening line though
loudmax 1y ago
That is an interesting story, thanks for sharing. However, the prospect of speaking to a serial killer does not make me more likely to want to strike up conversations with strangers.
- jibal 1y ago
  So never talk to anyone because there's some small possibility that they might be a bad person? I think you've missed the point of the OP.
sixothree 1y ago
He got caught, so I don't think you gave him very good advice.
lovecg 1y ago
> Out of the blue, he asks me "hey mate, just for fun, what would you do if you'd murdered someone and had a dead body to dispose of?" Ah yeah, the exact sort of thing you want to hear from your cab driver
exolymph 1y ago
It is bizarre to me that you relate this experience like it's fun and whimsical trivia. Maybe that's because I'm a woman and identify more with the victims...