Re: Kidney-nappers

S.J. Van Sickle (sjvan@csd.uwm.edu)
Mon, 8 Sep 1997 17:28:53 +0000


> >I wish to warn you about a new crime ring that is targeting business
> >travelers. This ring is well organized, well funded, has very skilled
> >personnel, and is currently in most major cities and recently very
> >active in New Orleans. The crime begins when a business traveler goes
> >to a lounge for a drink at the end of the work day. A person in the bar
> >walks up as they sit alone and offers to buy them a drink. The last
> >thing the traveler remembers until they wake up in a hotel room bath
> >tub, their body submerged to their neck in ice, is sipping that drink.

This is, of course, urban legend. However, if it were true, New
Orleans would be the place for it (speaking as a former long-time
resident). They'd come in from the sticks, we'd keep telling them
"the best looking women aren't women" but would they listen to us?
Nooo....