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Editor’s note: Be sure to read both articles that Ox Drover links to.

By Ox Drover

I ran across two articles in NY Times that sort of got me to thinking about how it sometimes does pay off to act like a psychopath—in business or other ways.

The following  (quite long) article tells how an Internet seller terrorized his customer.  I think that many people who have been the victims of psychopathic-like stalking can relate to this woman’s story. The fact that it was over such a relatively small amount of money is amazing to me, though. The lengths to which this stalker pursued his victim are also amazing to me.

Read A bully finds a pulpit on the web on NewYorkTimes.com.

This follow up article tells how, eventually, through the persistence of the victim in pursuing justice for the bullying psychopathic-like stalking she got from the abuser, it turned out that the man didn’t get away with his campaign, and now local, state and federal authorities are getting on the band wagon to go after this guy.

Read U.S. arrests online seller who scared customers on NewYorkTimes.com.

The guy even got denied bail. Yea for that judge “getting it.”  It will be interesting to me to see how this plays out and just how much real jail/prison time this guy actually gets. While I can’t diagnose someone out of the newspaper, I really do feel that this man fits the criteria for many of the traits of a psychopath and he definitely is a stalker.

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  1. ErinBrock

    Oxy….it’s in the yard. I’m 95% sure on that.
    Previous statements and actions showed he buried ‘things’ in paint cans.
    When we sold our other house, he had guys helping him….guys I didn’t know at the time, but as the years went on, he became ‘friends’ with them…..and he screwed them, so when he left, all his secrets were told.
    Paint cans and all.

    I’ve torn the house apart. Pulled down a peice of drywall in thegarage I had the guys fix at one point, and when he came home he went balistic that I had it repaired…..it was a large area. The guys were waiting for another project to set and were standing around, so I threw them on the drywall patch…..His reaction was very ODD!

    I didn’t find anything there…..

    No crawl space….slab.
    and no attic.

    He wasn’t a ‘handy’ guy….in fact if he tried to screw in a lightbulb, he broke it. Tools scared him.

    My gut and all the signs and from things he would say…..like forbidding the kids to dig in the dirt in the yard (weird) and what others have shared…..point to the yard.

    This kid today, has slept over our house when much younger, he’s always friendly to me when I see him in town……so he would know I wouldn’t shoot him if he asked for help…..for christs sake…..strangers knock on my door for help when stuck!
    He was very awkward when I popped my head out, held his head down and had NO interest in having a convo……like he wanted to disappear.

    Spaths first approach was to have the stalker guy try to rent my MIL quarters in my home about a year and a half ago…..I didn’t take the bait. I played with him……offered him my rental (no intentions, just counter control), he told me my rental was too small……TOO SMALL? My MIL quarters is 1 bd with a kitchenette and LR. My rental is 1500sqft???? TOO SMALL?
    He wasn’t anticipating that offer…..I think they both thought I’d JUMP on renting the MIL unit. As I always insisted we have it rented when we were married. and he knew he pinched me financially, and it wasn’t rented at that time…..Oh yes, spath friend, I will do anything for money, so you can have access to my property……so what, the guy would all of a sudden take an interest in landscaping? YEAH, not!

    He can’t landscape if he doesn’t live here…….

    It’d be just like spath to ‘use’ these kids like this.

    I don’t know…..but there was footprints in the yard. So at least he’s narrowing down the spring search for me now.
    Hey, thanks dumbfuck! 🙂

  2. Ox Drover

    I am assuming you have tried metal detectors….

    I would figure if it was MONEY like in cash/greenbacks it would be buried in something that would keep it DRY, but also, even if it was in 100 $ bills a paint can wouldn’t have zillions of bucks, a few thousand, but maybe he is getting desperate to get his hands on it, but at the same time, if I had money buried some place I wouldn’t send some kid to dig it up for me, I’d be afraid he would steal it. Same song if it was gold or silver. Of course I am sure if he sent this kid to dig something up for him, he’s convinced the kid you are some kind of witch and this is “just between us guys” LOL

    Well, my P-son sent his buddy to rent a house from me, what better way to infiltrate a family than by renting? I fell for it. Didn’t even consider the guy would have been a “plant”! Sheesh, it is like you “see” but are “blind” to what is going on.

    The story makes you sound like you are a paranoid delusional nut job! Who in the world would believe something that crazy? (ME for one!!!! LOL)

  3. ErinBrock

    I fully realize how crazy this sounds!
    It does…..who does this shit?

    Yeah, no doubt i’m a crazy biatch to anyone he’s talked to.
    scares the heck out of them…..probably why this guy who called today didn’t ‘address’ me personally.
    He’s got one thing right…..I CAN be a biatch. Call me what you may….i’ll stick up for myself from here on out!

    NOW….get the fark off my property!

  5. soimnotthecrazee1

    EB,
    Could he possibly be sitting on that tropical island.. saying… watch me “gaslight” her and make her squirm… watch this guys and just be trying to ruin any good holiday spirit you have going on? Don’t give him the power to do that!!! If you really feel threatened…call the authorities!!
    soimnotthecrazee1!

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