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- dcmcderm, on 11/03/2009, -1/+52Raise your hand if you assumed the article would be about the owner of the sausage shop making "human meat" sausage.
*raises hand* - Shiner76, on 11/03/2009, -0/+46Quote from an unnamed source in the article: "Not many people know what a dead body smells like," - that's probably a good thing
- RJ0534, on 11/03/2009, -1/+41The thumbnail, while completely unrelated, pretty much explains everything.
- publiclurker, on 11/03/2009, -1/+35Unfortunately, it would also appear that most people do not know what sausage smells like.
- Insightful, on 11/03/2009, -1/+33Lame article.
The sausage shop did not hide the killer for years.
The police did.
"The police in Cleveland were notified repeatedly about violence in the house of a convicted rapist where the decomposed bodies of six women were found last week, a neighbor said Monday."
"Mr. Bess said that a month earlier, he had been approached by another woman who showed him bruises and blood on her neck that she claimed were from an attack by Mr. Sowell. The woman told Mr. Bess that the police had taken a report but appeared to do little investigating, he said."
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/us/03rape.html?_ ...
In a more perfect world, some heads at the police department would roll as well. However, I imagine the opposite would happen - an officer or two would be promoted for capturing a serial killer. - NBCLocal, on 11/03/2009, -0/+26This is horrible that it took so long to find these women, but at least now maybe the families will get some closure. I just feel like rotting flesh + sausage cannot be that similar.
- jester55, on 11/03/2009, -0/+20"He compared the odor [of decomposing bodies] to a pile of rotting meat. " Maybe because that's exactly what it is?
- Chris_F, on 11/03/2009, -1/+19When I read the title the first thing that came to mind was Miss Lovett's meat pies, the best pies in London.
- patond33z, on 11/03/2009, -0/+17I wouldn't know, but once I had a mouse die inside my printer and the thing stunk up my entire apartment in ~3 days before I figured out what it was. I couldn't imagine 6 bodies, but I would think the smell would be fairly similar and WAY more potent.
- Drepon, on 11/03/2009, -1/+17Not sure what Luca Brasi has to do with this, but it got my interest.
- heyjohnsullivan, on 11/03/2009, -1/+16Cleveland... Atleast We're Not Detroit!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZzgAjjuqZM - dscan, on 11/03/2009, -2/+13Dugg for thumbnail
- mkriss5681, on 11/03/2009, -1/+12The stench in the air near East 123rd Street and Imperial Avenue left residents baffled for years.
Drain pipes were flushed. A sewer line was replaced. But the smell still lingered.
Some residents believed the overpowering odor came from a 57-year-old sausage shop on the corner. Others were still convinced it was the sewers.
Last week, police discovered the source of the odor -- THE CLEVELAND BROWNS. - barbapapa78, on 11/03/2009, -0/+10My fridge full of meat failed when I was on summer vacation, you can imagine how my apartment smelled when I got back. It took weeks to get the smell out.
- robertisaar, on 11/03/2009, -0/+7i've dealt with quite a few dead and rotting animals before, i know the scent WAY too well. if rotting people smell even remotely close to what the average rotting animal smell like, then it's pretty unique compared to the scent of sausage.
- Black6x, on 11/03/2009, -0/+7I was in the decomposing lab of the Miami Medical Examiner once. It's where bodies go when the dead person isn't fresh (found hanging a week after death, etc.). The moment that you step in, the smell hits you like a wall. I have a strong stomach and had just come from an autopsy, and the smell had me fighting to keep my breakfast down for about 2 minutes. After that, I was fine, but my brain has completely blocked me from being able to compare it to anything else. I'm sure that I would know it if I smelled it, though.
- cookiemonster01, on 11/03/2009, -0/+7FTA: `A man familiar with decomposing bodies said it takes someone familiar with rotting bodies to detect the odor. ``...`He compared the odor to a pile of rotting meat. ``
Never would have guessed. - Solkre, on 11/03/2009, -0/+7Assumed, and disappointed in the end.
- xcpleprechaun, on 11/03/2009, -1/+7Nice thumbnail
- jahru77, on 11/03/2009, -0/+6Do you really think he cared? he had five bodies laying around.
- feelmypimphand, on 11/03/2009, -0/+6Bring out yer dead!
- Jeegus21, on 11/03/2009, -1/+7At first was was like... no way they were turning them into sausage. Its a shame it took so long but now the families can finally have some peace.
Also, wtf thumbnail? - jester55, on 11/03/2009, -0/+5Here's a picture of the guy
http://media.cleveland.com/metro/photo/anthony-sow ... - hoodedrobin, on 11/03/2009, -0/+4Thank god. Reading the title I thought he was putting dead people in sausages.
- infinitus64, on 11/03/2009, -0/+4i can't take him like that it is against regulations.
- DarkCanuck12, on 11/03/2009, -0/+3"A man familiar with decomposing bodies said it takes someone familiar with rotting bodies to detect the odor. The smell is extremely pungent and hard to describe, said Albert Samuels, chief investigator for the Wayne County medical examiner in Detroit.
He compared the odor to a pile of rotting meat"
Well no *****. Rotting flesh smells like rotting meat? Really? Really?! - goobly, on 11/03/2009, -0/+3You figure after a few murders he would have figured out a way to tone down the smell...
- cuervoman914, on 11/03/2009, -0/+3well, at least you have oceans. here we have a river that catches fire, greeeaatttt, lol.
- spunalot, on 11/03/2009, -0/+3You have a long way to catch up with FL.
- BossKey, on 11/03/2009, -0/+3Now I feel like watching the movie "Delicatessen"
- cookiemonster01, on 11/03/2009, -0/+3I find it odd how the article focused primarily on the smell and not on the rapist.
- fragomatik, on 11/03/2009, -0/+2Every city needs their own Dexter to take care of this *****...
/s - chriswastaken, on 11/03/2009, -0/+2or SC
- jeremanrox, on 11/03/2009, -0/+2"I think I'm gettin' Betta!"
- Black6x, on 11/03/2009, -0/+2Isn't the thumbnail of someone being choked from behind? That would seem related to a killer.
- jennagen, on 11/03/2009, -0/+2double digg
- SteveC123, on 11/03/2009, -1/+3Rotting animals smell different than rotting people. I have the unfortunate first-hand knowledge of this from 10 years of Search and Rescue experience. Cadaver dogs are trained to specifically sniff out rotting human scent. The nastiest part is how cadaver dog handlers keep donated human blood, organs, bones, etc in mason jars so they have something to train the dogs with. The first time I saw this, I think the sight grossed me out more than the smell.
**takes crying game shower** - cawfee, on 11/03/2009, -3/+4No denying times is hard, sir!
Even harder than the worst meat in Cleveland!
Only lard and nothing more --
Is that just revolting,
All greasy and gritty?
It looks like it's molting,
And tastes like, Well, pity
A butcher alone,
With limited wind,
And the worst meat in Cleveland!
Ah, sir, times is hard,
Times is hard! - MatlasK, on 11/03/2009, -0/+1God, that's good!
- robertisaar, on 11/03/2009, -2/+3if dead and rotting animals smell anything like dead and rotting people, it's not that similar of a smell...
- Fogdelune, on 11/03/2009, -0/+1I was just thinking of that movie. Very quirky film.
- kcress0217, on 11/04/2009, -0/+1We had a hamster die in our heating ducts a few years ago... didn't figure out what it was for a few days and the smell was HORRIBLE, probably the same smell as the mouse except it was circulating through the house when the heat came on. I can't imagine living near the smell of 6 bodies rotting like that, I think I would be moving out.
- Impossibilium, on 11/03/2009, -0/+1Someone here (or maybe Fark) called this... they said that the sausage place next door may have hidden the origin smell after a google street view of the house was posted.
- ModernTenshi, on 11/05/2009, -0/+1Please don't take this as an indication of all of Ohio. Cleveland is notorious for being one of the most crime ridden places in Ohio, but pretty much everywhere else is no where near as bas as Cleveland is.
I've been living here since 1995, in the Central Ohio area, and have really come to like it here. - illDecree, on 11/03/2009, -1/+2am i the only one who thought this was a white guy?
- Sylocat, on 11/03/2009, -0/+1I guess I'm not the only one who saw the title and thought he was hiding the people in sausages...
- Rizzen, on 11/05/2009, -0/+1Excellent job.
- ldsan, on 11/03/2009, -2/+1wtf did u just try to say?
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