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  • Serial Killer: Head Newly Linked to Joel Rifkin

    Many murders go unsolved, and many murderers are reluctant to reveal the extent of their crimes, even when they have no hope of being released from prison. This week, New York police have revealed that a severed head found in 1989 has been linked to one of New York’s most notorious serial killers.

    According to an Associated Press report, New York state police have revealed that a woman named Heidi Balch was likely serial killer Joel Rifkin’s first victim. The 25-year-old’s head was found on a New Jersey golf course in 1989. She, like most of Rifkin’s victims, was a New York City prostitute. Police cited physical evidence and statements by Rifkin in making their determination that Balch was murdered by Rifkin.

    Joel Rifkin is believed to have killed more than a dozen women from 1989 to 1993, most of them prostitutes. He was convicted of nine of the murders in 1994 and sentenced to 203 years to life in prison. He is currently serving his sentence in the Clinton Correctional Facility in Clinton County, New York.

  • Game of Thrones Apologizes for Severed George Bush Head

    “Game of Thrones” has apologized for the appearance of former President George W. Bush’s head in an episode of the popular HBO series. Although the prosthetic is almost unrecognizable unless you’re really looking for it — an image of the offending cranium has been embedded below — the head was pointed out during the episode’s DVD commentary, prompting HBO, as well as the program’s executive producers, to issue an apology for the gaff.

    “We were deeply dismayed to see this and find it unacceptable, disrespectful and in very bad taste. We made this clear to the executive producers of the series who apologized immediately for this inadvertent careless mistake. We are sorry this happened and will have it removed from any future DVD production,” HBO said in a statement.

    Executive producers have addressed the issue, as well. “We use a lot of prosthetic body parts on the show: heads, arms, etc. We can’t afford to have these all made from scratch, especially in scenes where we need a lot of them, so we rent them in bulk. After the scene was already shot, someone pointed out that one of the heads looked like George W. Bush.”

    For those curious parties who own the first season on DVD, the former President’s head appears in episode 10, roughly 12 minutes in. When you get to the part where King Joffrey introduces Sansa Stark to the severed head of her father, you’ll know you’re in the right place.

    HBO has also stated that they intend to remove the offending image from future versions of the DVD set. In other words, you’d better snap them up quick before George W. Bush and his severed head vanish from the kingdom forever.

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