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Jonathan Davis' Serial Killer Museum

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Jonathan Davis' Serial Killer Museum
Rob Brink
Stance December 2002

Jonathan Davis is the front man for one of the most influential metal bands in recent times. He is adored by millions, he is dating the adorable porn star Devon, he has his own record label, he is rich, and just when you though he couldn't get any cooler—he goes and announces the opening of his serial killer museum in Los Angeles.

As if the time he spent working in a morgue when he was younger wasn't enough exposure to the grotesque, Davis has been accumulating art and other items by serial killers for years. He is now collaborating with artist Joe Coleman and true crime artifacts collector and archivist Arthur Rosenblatt to build a home for his extensive collection of murderer memorabilia.

A few things his museum include:

• The "Pogo" and "Patches" clown suits worn by John Wayne Gacy when he entertained kids at his local children's hospital, (before he decided to murder 33 people).
• Original drawings by Richard Ramirez, the "Night Stalker." Ramirez felt that he was a disciple of Satan and killed 13 people because of it.
• Ted Bundy's old Volkswagen. (The one he picked up his murder victims in.)
• A confession letter from cannibal Albert Fish, written in 1928. Fish killed over 100 children and detailed the murders in letters that he sent to the victim's families. Fish was also known for inserting needles into his groin as some sort of sado-masochitic thing he had going on. Later, when he was put in the electric chair and the lever was pulled, the chair shorted out from all the metal in his body, and the execution had to be rescheduled.