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ms liberty

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35. Bobby Joe Long, serial killer in Tampa Fla in the mid eighties

Reply to Tommy Carcetti (Original post)

Fri Mar 6, 2026, 09:45 PM

11 hrs ago

He was why I kept an axe by my bed.

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I know it's silly and superficial, but the name "Markwayne Mullin"... [View all] Tommy Carcetti 23 hrs ago OP

Sounds rather judgemental based on a name. True Dough 23 hrs ago #1

I hear ya. 3_Limes 23 hrs ago #3

I was thinking of a meth-addicted, backwoods hillbilly, but yeah. 3_Limes 23 hrs ago #2

Kinda like Jim Bob Cooter. I think he was actually a big time college football coach. chicoescuela 23 hrs ago #6

If Markwayne Mullen was driving around in a white van, no one would get in. Swede 23 hrs ago #4

That his parents chose to combine two first names is bad enough but that he didn't hlthe2b 23 hrs ago #5

That's the best they could do for a compromise William Seger 21 hrs ago #22

;-{).... Goonch 23 hrs ago #7

Funny you should say that. "Wayne" seems to be serial killers' favorite middle name. Ocelot II 23 hrs ago #8

Truth, and then on top of it there's Mr. Bobbitt of the thingie fame. carpetbagger 21 hrs ago #23

THANK YOU for this.... bleedingulcers 21 hrs ago #24

Maybe Moskowitz will mistakenly call him MarkWayne Gacy during hearings. Probatim 21 hrs ago #30

'The Number of Murderers and Murder Suspects With the Middle Name 'Wayne' Is Insane' sop 23 hrs ago #9

Is it just killers from 70's and 80's? MustLoveBeagles 22 hrs ago #13

Wayne Mark McMuffin Johonny 23 hrs ago #10

a Bluesky poster said it sounded like the name of a cocktail Quiet Em 23 hrs ago #11

The fake tuff guy who hid behind a row of seats johnnyfins 23 hrs ago #12

All he needs is a mullet... kentuck 22 hrs ago #14

And if he liked getting breakfast at McDonalds... Tommy Carcetti 22 hrs ago #15

it's the classic "Wayne" serial killer middle name. nt Javaman 22 hrs ago #16

Is he SSS... lame54 21 hrs ago #17

Sounds like a character in a James Joyce novel. Martin68 21 hrs ago #18

Stately, markodochartaigh 21 hrs ago #29

Exactly! Martin68 20 hrs ago #34

Corey will just call him Kristi... Ol Janx Spirit 21 hrs ago #19

LOL - it really does. Maybe because it triggers the thought of John Wayne Gacy. Vinca 21 hrs ago #20

His parents obviously couldn't agree on anything nuxvomica 21 hrs ago #21

The character "Richard Wayne Gary-Wayne" from the TV show LeftinOH 21 hrs ago #25

You beat me to it. Arrgh 20 hrs ago #31

He will kill or maim more people than any serial killer Whyisthisstillclose 21 hrs ago #26

Since he is a plumber, he is used to shoveling crap so he should fit right in this administration. appleannie1 21 hrs ago #27

My mentor mocked him years ago jfz9580m 21 hrs ago #28

Don't really Tom Cotton to Markwayne either! czarjak 20 hrs ago #32

We are locked in what might be mortal combat with an enemy that absolutely EMBODIES silly and superficial. BobTheSubgenius 20 hrs ago #33

Bobby Joe Long, serial killer in Tampa Fla in the mid eighties ms liberty 11 hrs ago #35