Last Saturday's fatal Brooklyn fire started by voodoo sex rite

New York Post ^ | February 26, 2011 | JOHN DOYLE, JAMIE SCHRAM and TODD VENEZIA

[Venturer]

If that’s what he had sex with $300.00 isn’t near enough.

[Venturer]

LOL,,and maybe a good lube would help?

[RobinOfKingston]

"He poured rum on the floor near the door to prevent evil spirits from getting inside," the source said.

There's the problem, the evil spirits were already on the inside when he pour the rum on the floor.

[Miss_Meyet]

:)
Thanks!
The lyrics are making me laugh in connection with the story...

[Fast Moving Angel]

"He poured rum on the floor near the door to prevent evil spirits from getting inside," the source said.

Waste of good rum ... that's alcohol abuse!

[ETL]

I didn't even realize these lyrics were in the song! (re: bold type)

___________________________________________________________

"That old black magic has me in its spell, that old black magic that you weave so well.

Those icy fingers up and down my spine

That same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine.

The same old tingle that I feel inside, and then that elevator starts its ride

And down and down I go, round and round I go, like a leaf that's caught in the tide.

I should stay away, but what can I do?

I hear your name and I'm aflame
Aflame with such a burning desire that only your kiss can put out the fire.

For you're the lover I have waited for, the mate that fate had me created for.

And every time your lips meet mine, darling, down and down I go, round and round I go

In a spin, loving the spin I'm in, under that old black magic called love."

[Miss_Meyet]

Laughing again.
Thanks.

[lonevoice]

Geeze, after reading the sequence of events that lead to the fire, I can’t stop laughing!

1. Voodoo priest guy pours rum on the floor of a room with many lit candles
2. The couple’s sexual activity knocks some candles onto the floor
3. Their clothes (on the floor) catch on fire
4. Voodoo priest’s roommate (who is ironing his pants at the time...LOL!!) sees the fire, throws a window open, letting wind blow in, which fanned the flames into a massive inferno
5. The three of them flee the apartment, leaving the door open behind them
6. Wind gusts of 40 mph created a blowtorch effect as winds whipped in through the open window and pushed fire through the open door and out into the hallway, engulfing the whole apartment building in flames
7. It took 200 firefighters to put out the 5-alarm blaze

I think it’s safe to say, the voodoo priest guy didn’t change his client’s bad luck.

[Miss_Meyet]

Geeze, after reading the sequence of events that lead to the fire, I can’t stop laughing!

I can't stop, either, even though I know I shouldn't laugh. Plus, ETL has given us background music...

[listenhillary]

You know that it would be untrue
You know that I would be a liar
If I was to say to you
Girl, we couldn’t get much higher
Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire

The time to hesitate is through
No time to wallow in the mire
Try now we can only lose
And our love become a funeral pyre
Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire, yeah

The time to hesitate is through
No time to wallow in the mire
Try now we can only lose
And our love become a funeral pyre
Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire, yeah

You know that it would be untrue
You know that I would be a liar
If I was to say to you
Girl, we couldn’t get much higher
Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire
Try to set the night on fire
Try to set the night on fire
Try to set the night on fire

[Godwin1]

Tell us again that “diversity” enriches America.

[EinNYC]

And a 64 year old retired teacher DIED. Still laughing?

[ETL]

I think people are just focused on the weird and idiotic aspects of the story. I’m sure everyone here is sickened by the teacher’s death. Poor woman, at age 64, may well have only just started her retirement.

[ETL]

In a bizarrely related story also from yesterday, also from New York...

Accidental Church Burn Victim Dies
Feb 26, 2011

The 89-year old Hicksville [Long Island, NY] man who accidentally set himself on fire has died.

Vito Badlamente passed away late Friday night at Nassau University Medical Center after suffering third-degree burns over 60 percent of his body.

The incident happened early Thursday morning before morning Mass at the Holy Family Catholic Church. Police say the World War II veteran and Purple Heart recipient had been lighting a candle in memory of his late wife when he accidentally set his clothes on fire.

A priest , Father Henry Reid, heard a fire alarm from the rectory nearby and rushed to Badlamente's aid, using a fire extinguisher to put out the blaze.

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Accidental-Church-Burn-Victim-Dies-116991968.html

[RobinOfKingston]

Apparently it happens in the best of families.

[Miss_Meyet]

I didn’t really realize that someone had also died in the Voodoo rite thing.

[ETL]

Hard to imagine a more horrific way to go.

[Miss_Meyet]

Hard to imagine a more horrific way to go.

Indeed. I thought the fatality referred to one of the voodoo sex people, which made me laugh. Knowing it was some innocent person who died makes it much less funny.