Grady Franklin Stiles Jr. (June 26, 1937 - November 29, 1992) is a performer of a freak show. The deformity is ectrodactyly, in which the fingers and toes are combined together to form extremities such as claws. Stiles' stage name is " Lobster Boy ".
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The Stiles family has a long history ectrodactyly. Stiles is the sixth in line that begins with the birth of William Stiles in 1805. Grady Stiles' father is the attraction of the spectacle in a traveling carnival when his son is born and adds his son to act at a young age. Stiles is married twice and has four children, two of whom are also ectrodactyly. Stiles and his two children toured together as The Lobster Family. When not traveling with the carnivals the Stiles family lives in Gibsonton, Florida where many other carnival players live during the winter.
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Murder
Stiles is an alcoholic and rude to his family. Because of his ectrodactyly, he can not walk. While he often uses a wheelchair, he most often uses his hands and arms to move. He develops substantial substantial body strength which, when combined with bad temperament and alcoholism, makes it harmful to others.
In 1988 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Stiles shot and killed his eldest daughter's fiancee on the night of their wedding. He was taken to court, where he publicly confessed to killing the man and was convicted of murder. He was not sent to prison because no state institution was equipped to treat an inmate with ectrodactyly. Stiles instead was sentenced to fifteen years' probation.
Stiles stopped drinking afterwards, and during this period married again to his first wife, Mary Teresa (Teresa). However, he soon started drinking again and his family claimed that he became increasingly rude. In 1992, Teresa and her son from a previous marriage, Harry Glenn Newman Jr., hired a seventeen-year-old show player named Chris Wyant to kill Stiles for $ 1500.
Wyant was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 27 years in prison. Harry Newman was given life in prison for his role as a puppeteer and Teresa was sentenced to 43 years in prison for conspiracy to commit murder.
Stiles's son, Grady Stiles III, denied claims that Teresa had killed him. According to her, her mother, Teresa, and her father were arguing. Teresa said, "Something should be resolved." The son of Teresa heard this, and went to the neighbor and repeated it. Neighbors shot and killed Stiles shortly afterwards.
Media
Fred Rosen wrote a book about a case called Lobster Boy: Strange Life and Brutal Death Grady Stiles Jr. , and E! made an episode of True Hollywood Stories based on a case titled "Killing the Lobster Boy". A & amp; E Network also created an episode of City Confidential based on a case called "Gibsonton: The Last Side Show".
The Stiles' resemblance appears on the CD cover for Silveret's
People like Grady, going by the name of "Lobster Boy", appear in the Deadpool comic. Deadpool was hired to kill him, but failed when he knew he was possessed by Xaphan, the fallen angel, and began to have a soul. He was later rescued by two Ghost Riders, but was ultimately shot again in the head by Deadpool for being cruel to other strange people.
At HBO's CarnivĂƒ le le set on a carnival traveling during the Great Depression, the central character, Ben Hawkins, sent out by his boss to investigate rumors about Lobster Girl in the nearest town.
American Freakshow: The Terrible Tale of Sloth Boy, a graphical novel published by IDW Publishing, tells the story of Dante Browning, a carnival performer with a claw hand that, because of his harassment and cruelty to his family, was shot dead by a murderer who was hired by his wife and stepson while at his home in Gibsonton, Florida.
American Horror Story: Freak Show has a Lobster Boy character. It also includes a small statue in the form of Stiles in the opening credits. In addition, a snapshot of Stiles is briefly spotted at the American Morbidity Museum in the third episode ("Edward Mordrake, Part I").
John Strohm wrote "Ballad of Lobster Boy," inspired by Grady Stiles and recorded songs for the 1999 Vestavia album.
Podcasts The Last Podcast on Left and The Dollop has episodes in "The Lobster Boy".
References
External links
- An interview with Fred Rosen
- World Watch Articles
- Grady Stiles - Killer Lobster Boy
- Grady Stiles in Find Mausoleum
- Murder in the Tropics
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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