Grady franklin stiles jr wikipedia

Barbara Browning November 7, - February 14, divorced. Maria Teresa Herzog - May 9, divorced, 2 children. Barbara Browning? He spent the early part of his life in a traveling "freak show" billed as "The Lobster Boy" because of his deformed hands that looked like lobster claws. On November 29, , he had a violent encounter with his wife Mary Teresa.

Afterwards she became so fed up with his years of abuse that she asked her son-in-law to help her get away from him. His solution was to shoot Stiles three times in the head. The son-in-law was given a life sentence and Mary was given 12 years. Stiles was famous for his lobster-like hands but became infamous for his volatile temper.

Grady franklin stiles jr wikipedia

He was married three times and was known to have been violent toward his wives and his children. When his daughter became engaged, Stiles became so enraged that he shot and killed the groom the day before the wedding. He was found guilty but escaped a prison sentence because the prison said that it didn't have facilities to accommodate him.

So he was given a 15 year probation. Tithonus The Human Marvels. Retrieved 26 February Secrets of the sideshows. Lexington, Ky. ISBN OCLC Lobster Boy. Pinnacle Books. ISBN X. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved October 2, Huffington Post. Retrieved 4 February Archived from the original on Retrieved Strohm Songs, Reviews, Credits". All Things Comedy.

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Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Pages using infobox person with unknown parameters Articles with hCards Articles with trivia sections from February Grady was also a chronic alcoholic and regularly abused his family. His wife Mary told stories of Grady putting a butcher knife to her neck and threatening to kill her and the entire family.

She also claimed he beat and sexually abused her. He was tried and convicted of the murder but since no state institution was capable of handling a prisoner with his condition, he was given 15 years probation instead. After skirting the murder sentence, Grady became even more abusive to his family. Stiles was shot three times in the head on November 29, while watching TV in his mobile home.