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"Everybody thought he was nuts."A neighbors description of Philip Schuth, the Campbell, Wisconsin man who told authorities he kept his mother's body in a freezer for more than four years to collect her Social Security checks. It turns out that's he wasn't just nuts, he was bat-shit crazy.
Man Who Put Mom in Freezer Had Odd History - [AP]
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Comments (19)
Good thing he wasn't from K... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Mac | April 26, 2005 5:00 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Good thing he wasn't from King County or he might have voted for her. However, maybe they do that in Wisconsin as well.
1. Posted by Mac | April 26, 2005 5:00 PM |
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Posted on April 26, 2005 17:00
2. Posted by Don | April 26, 2005 5:16 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Crazy...like a fox. I'm off to the appliance store.
2. Posted by Don | April 26, 2005 5:16 PM |
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Posted on April 26, 2005 17:16
3. Posted by Rick13 | April 26, 2005 5:38 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
So, what's the problem? Do you have any idea how much a funeral costs these days?
3. Posted by Rick13 | April 26, 2005 5:38 PM |
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Posted on April 26, 2005 17:38
4. Posted by Master of None | April 26, 2005 5:46 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Maybe he overheard her say that she wished to be stuffed into a freezer rather than to be kept alive artifically.
4. Posted by Master of None | April 26, 2005 5:46 PM |
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Posted on April 26, 2005 17:46
5. Posted by bullwinkle | April 26, 2005 5:50 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Having a freezer full of momsickles certainly explains the need to buy Spam by the case. The spam buying trip wasn't a sign of insanity, it was a necessity. I think I'll stick to keeping mom in the urn on the mantle and steaks in the freezer though.
5. Posted by bullwinkle | April 26, 2005 5:50 PM |
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Posted on April 26, 2005 17:50
6. Posted by Lyana | April 26, 2005 6:19 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Well, at least that's a refreshing change from the but-he-was-such-a-nice-boy-he-always-seemed-so-normal statements that you usually hear in these cases.
6. Posted by Lyana | April 26, 2005 6:19 PM |
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Posted on April 26, 2005 18:19
7. Posted by Marc | April 26, 2005 6:20 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Emmmm... Mom Pops. Yummy!
7. Posted by Marc | April 26, 2005 6:20 PM |
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Posted on April 26, 2005 18:20
8. Posted by Old Coot | April 26, 2005 6:39 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
It's posts and comments like this that keep me coming back here. Momsickles & Mom Pops.....ROFL! Good job folks.
8. Posted by Old Coot | April 26, 2005 6:39 PM |
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Posted on April 26, 2005 18:39
9. Posted by McCain | April 26, 2005 6:49 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I never have enough room in the fridge for mom.
9. Posted by McCain | April 26, 2005 6:49 PM |
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Posted on April 26, 2005 18:49
10. Posted by Tom | April 26, 2005 6:54 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
He could have used the freezer space for frozen dinners if Mom had been covered by a private Social Security annuity with a 30-year-certain payout option.
10. Posted by Tom | April 26, 2005 6:54 PM |
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Posted on April 26, 2005 18:54
11. Posted by t. z. | April 26, 2005 8:35 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Dude,
He was shooting at his nieghbors, that's what got him busted. Is shooting at your neighbors normal in Wisconsin.......or anywhere?
Just askin'
TZ
11. Posted by t. z. | April 26, 2005 8:35 PM |
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Posted on April 26, 2005 20:35
12. Posted by tee bee | April 26, 2005 9:23 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
TZ - shooting in your backyard is normal in Wisconsin, especially since it's turkey season. Shooting your neighbors after they complain about you smacking their kid is not.
12. Posted by tee bee | April 26, 2005 9:23 PM |
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Posted on April 26, 2005 21:23
13. Posted by wavemaker | April 26, 2005 9:43 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
What's the market for her stems cells?
13. Posted by wavemaker | April 26, 2005 9:43 PM |
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Posted on April 26, 2005 21:43
14. Posted by Jewels | April 26, 2005 10:04 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Well if that isn't motivation to reform social security, I don't know what is.
Social Security: it turns normal criminals into crazed nutjobs who freeze their mothers.
I can just see the public awareness ads now.
14. Posted by Jewels | April 26, 2005 10:04 PM |
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Posted on April 26, 2005 22:04
15. Posted by LargeBill | April 26, 2005 10:23 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Actually, I'd expect there are more than a few of these situations out there thanks to the Direct Deposit System. If someone had to forge mom's signature on the check over and over he would hesitate to hide her in the basement. But if you're some lazy loser still living at home and mom is paying all the bills and you're on her accounts and you realize her account will dry up if she stops getting her SS checks.
All kids should be thrown out on their own once they turn 17.
15. Posted by LargeBill | April 26, 2005 10:23 PM |
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Posted on April 26, 2005 22:23
16. Posted by Donna B. | April 27, 2005 4:38 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
LargeBill,
That's so harsh! Give 'em until the day before their 19th birthday.
16. Posted by Donna B. | April 27, 2005 4:38 AM |
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Posted on April 27, 2005 04:38
17. Posted by fatman | April 27, 2005 6:24 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
First the the woman embezzler who has to donate her Packers season tickets to charity or go to jail, now this. Has anybody checked the water in Lake Michigan lately?
17. Posted by fatman | April 27, 2005 6:24 AM |
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Posted on April 27, 2005 06:24
18. Posted by Larry | April 27, 2005 7:53 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Stories like these always make me proud to be from Wisconsin!
18. Posted by Larry | April 27, 2005 7:53 AM |
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Posted on April 27, 2005 07:53
19. Posted by charles austin | April 27, 2005 1:19 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Maybe it was all the talk about privatizing Social Security that caused him to flip. I blame Harry Reid.
19. Posted by charles austin | April 27, 2005 1:19 PM |
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Posted on April 27, 2005 13:19