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Top 13 Most Outrageous Celebrity Stalkers By Jennifer Lee [43 more lists]
Being a celebrity comes with itâs obvious perks of receiving the unconditional attention and love from eager fans who have fallen in love with their public image, but in an age where public media has blown the celebrity market to incredible heights, crazed, obsessed, and not so shockingly, mentally unstable people have taken their pursuit and affection for their favorite stars and starletts to threatening boundaries, or more appropriately, have erased these boundaries. Psycho knows no boundaries, and itâs chilling to see to what extent of stalking these maniacs have gone to prove their devotion.
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Edward Jones, Queen Victoria's Panty Sniffer
“ When a stalker is willing to get down and dirty with their interestâÂÂs underthings, thatâÂÂs when you know they mean serious business, but it seems as if Edward Jones was merely a oversexually driven and deprived teenager searching for the most prized panties of his nation. If youâÂÂre going to stalk, go for the gold, right? Staking his claim as the original celebrity stalker, and perhaps the most unabashedly vile, Jones gained headlines in the 19th century as the Buckingham Palace intruder, which wasnâÂÂt too difficult of a task at the time since security was loosely organized and guards themselves would be busy occupied socializing with prostitutes and getting drunk. Typical to a large majority of stalking cases, Jones sought out a figure out of his reach, socially and economically. Raised in extreme poverty among five or six siblings by his alcoholic father, it is purported that his infatuation may have began at the sight of an illustration of Queen Victoria from a newspaper clipping, in which portraits of royalty would often be exaggerated in beauty and image, the Photoshop of the 19th century. His most infamous of all his break ins occurred in 1838 when he as caught red-handed in Queen VictoriaâÂÂs dressing room with several pairs of the QueenâÂÂs underthings stuffed inside his trousers along with opened letter to the Queen and an entire portrait of his beloved. At the point of his interrogation, Jones claimed to be doing some hands-on research for his book on the palace he was working on, but to the disregard of palace officials, he was put on trial, but found not guilty by judges. After a few more busts within the palace, Jonesâ shenannigans began to exhaust the royal family, and they resorted to an illegal means of disengaging him with his precious Queen by kidnapping him and forcing him into working the rigorous profession of a seaman within the Royal Navy Vessel. An outstanding ploy and solution, Jones kept this occupation for six years before being allowed to settle in Perth, Australia, where he resorted to alcohol as a means to suppress his calamities and eventually contributed to his death in 1893. Proving his enormous loyalty to the queen, he failed to show any interest towards other women and died without any children, which is probably a good thing for all of humanity. „ - 2
Margaret Mary Ray, David Letterman's "Wife"
“ A class case of a schizophrenic stalker, Rayâs obsession with Letterman began in the mid-80âs when her marriage fell apart, leaving her in custody of her five children, all while managing a stealthy pursuit of talk show host David Letterman. One of the most infamous incidents which catpulted Ray to notoriety took place in 1988 when she, along with her three year old son, drove off in Lettermanâs Porsche parked in his driveway claiming that they were married and that her son was their child. Ray was found guilty of trespassing eight times and of other incidents over the next few years including leaving letters and books in his driveway, and cookies and an empty whiskey bottle behind in the foyer of Lettermanâs Connecticut home. Agitation escalated when Letterman found Ray sleeping on his tennis court, and Ray was finally sent to Niantic State Prison for 10 months for the continual harassment. Playing the passive victim role, Letterman refused to press criminal charges against Ray, stating, âI wasnât comfortable with the humanity of that.â Ray was finally released from prison in the 1990s, after which her obsessive demeanor turned to astronaut Story Musgrave, sending him letters, packages, telephone calls, and even posing as a reporter to gain a closer proximity. Once again she appeared unannounced at Musgraveâs Florida home and was sent to jail for trespassing. Once released for the last time from prison, Ray established home in Hotchkiss, Colorado until comitting suicide by kneeling on a railroad track in front of an oncoming train. „ - 3
Tom Jones Slinger
“ Besides being incredibly terrifying in their pursuit of their victim, stalkers, just like others have utterly disgusting fetishes and arenât afraid to unleash them, as is the case in Tom Joneâs horrifying account of an on-stage encounter with his all-too dedicated fan whoâs fetish canât help but be translated into a sickening sense of humor. The living, breathing, singing incarnate of all things sexy, Tom Jones never found it unusual for womenâs panties to make their way to him on stage during his performances, but during a particular concert in Swansea, he found himself in the midst of panties other than those of his adoring fans and he recounts the incident, â I felt something damp and rancid smelling land on my face and everything went black...it was an extra-large pair of menâs y-fronts! They were in bloody disgusting condition too, boyo! There were huge skid marks all down the back, and weird yellowish stains down the front - some were still damp!â Poor Jones, this disgusting act of perversion can only be linked to jealousy, who would want to terrorize the icon of foxy that is Tom Jones? Targeted a second time in Port Talbot while performing âDelilah,â he was knocked unconscious for four minutes after an object was hurled at him onstage. Upon regaining conscious, he realized he had been hit by a jockstrap. The terrorizing didnât end here, and poor Jones recounts once again an incident involving human excrements during his performance of âSex Bombâ at Neath Town Hll, this extra large condom full of stale j**m came flying out of the audience and hit me in the face. I was spattered with cold semen - it took hours to get off. I'm telling you boyo, I had to scrub my face so hard I thought the tan was going to come off!â By now, the stalker is just patting himself on the back for his impeccable timing and aim. It wasnât until the ultimate misdemeanor that nearly drove Jones out of the business and into insanity completely when his codpiece was stolen on one of the stops of his Welsh tour. Jones claims the horriffic incident to have been the âlast strawâ and recounts his performance that night, "In the end I had to go on stage with half a dozen rolled up rugby socks down my trousers. It just wasn't the same - my groin looked too lumpy and my thrusting just wasn't energetic enough! Several members of the audience left early!" Detectives took matters into their own hands, as well as the manly excrement that was thrown on Jonesâ face, tracking down the semen to a Tom Jones impersonator in Aberystwyth who had built a shrine to the stolen codpiece in his spare bedroom. Upon retrieval of his beloved codpiece, Jones retorted, âI'm just glad to have it back - I feel a complete man again!â And the world is back on itâs axis and relieved to have the tantalizing entertainer feeling 100% sexbomb again! „ - 4
John Hinckley Jr., Jodie Foster Stalker, Ronald Reagan Attempted Assassin
“ Upon Jodie Fosterâs 1976 breakout role as a child prostitute in âTaxi Driver,â Hinckley watched the film in a conitunous loop, developing his sick obsession with the 14 years old actress. After achieving success as an actress, Foster enrolled herself in school at Yale University, where Hinkleyâs persistent contact with the actress gained motion with him moving to New Haven Conneticut to be in proximity of Foster, slipping letters and poems under her door and contacting her constantly via telephone. With Foster ignoring his lingering attempts and his pursuits getting him no closer to her, Hinckley originated plans to gain Fosterâs attention by hijacking an airplane or committing suicide in front of her, and ultimately devised to assasinate the president at the time, Jimmy Carter, failing a such, and then turning his attention to Ronald Reagan in 1981. Hinckley attributed his attempt of assassinating Reagan to impress Foster, which he explained in a letter to the actress, âOver the past seven months I've left you dozens of poems, letters and love messages in the faint hope that you could develop an interest in me. Although we talked on the phone a couple of times I never had the nerve to simply approach you and introduce myself. [...] the reason I'm going ahead with this attempt now is because I cannot wait any longer to impress you.â Hinckleyâs attempt at assassination proved to be a failure, and if anything, he only increased Reaganâs popularity by 73%. „ - 5
Mark David Chapman, John Lennon's Obsessive Murderer
“ The world stopped spinning the day John Lennon died, and is still in grievance and disbelief at the loss of such a beautiful talent. The target of an obsessesive and mentally unstable Mark David Chapman, Lennon, unlike most victims, had no preceding hints leading up to homicide, although the idea of killing Lennon had been simmering in Chapmanâs mind months prior to the assasination. In October 1980, Chapman arrived in New York, Lennonâs residence at the time, and his erratic behavior leading up to Lennonâs demise included offering cocaine to a taxi driver, professing to James Taylor in a maniacal manner, dripping with sweat how he needed to get in touch with Lennon, and waiting for Lennon outside his hotel, in which he had him sign a book hours before he was killed.Chapman spent the day lurking around Lennonâs hotel, which wasnât unfamiliar behavior for die-hard Beatles and Lennon fans, and upon Lennonâs return from a recording session at Record Plant Studios at around 10:49 pm, Chapman fired five shots from behind, fatally wounding Lennon in the left lung and left subcavian artery causing external and internal hemorrhage.Consequently following the assasination, Lennon made his way through various mental institutions, having served evaluations by countless psychologists, and now resides in Buffalo NY at Attica Correctional Facilties, having been denied parole ever since his allowance to trial every two years since 2000, with Yoko Ono as the main force behind his retainment. „ -
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Dawnette Knight, Catherine Zeta Jones' Arch Enemy Stalker
“ Knight claimed to have wanted to âcut Zeta-Jones into little pieces and feed her to the dogs.â If these arenât words reason enough to be fearful of you life, then the fact that Knight memorized the coupleâs nannyâs name and layout of their house is more than reason. In 2003 and 2004, Knight sent out the letters of terror to the famous couple that brought her obsession to light. Assuming Barbara Walters as her devious partner in crime in her plots to murder Zeta Jones, a portion of Knightâs letter to the aging news anchor states, âWhen we finish with this b***h/whore, she will not be this pretty face actress. You won't be able to recognize her in her cassket! [sic]'" The obscenities in the letter donât even rival up to the fact with Knightâs delusions involving little old Barbara Walters, of all people, as her scheming partner in crime. Out of the total of 22 letters sent, other explications of death threaten in reference to Zeta-Jones to âslice her up like meat on a boneâ and claimed, âShe will be dead before she'll be able to blink an eye. Michael can finally be happy with his kids when the b***h is dead.'" Aside from the delusions and apparent knowledge of some of the most intimate details of Douglasâ life recorded in her letters sent to the couple, it should be known that Knightâs initial life pursuit is to become a child psychologist and has written them a less threatening letter of apology, stating, "It would be a wonderful good deed if you would all forgive me so that I can go back to college to finish my studies in child psychology." Because sheâs finally aware of her role in society-analyst and examiner of childrenâs mental health. „ - 7
David Ajemian, Conan O'Brien's Devoted Stalker
“ Even from a sane perspective, itâs nearly justifiable why one would attempt to force their way into Americaâs beloved redheadâs life. Everyone wants a slice of the pasty redhead, and for some, his late night talk show simply isnât enough to suffice their Coco addication.David Ajemian, Roman Catholic priest of Boston, took the active role of pursuit in stalking Conan, including following him around the world, forcing his way into tapings, (Disregarding the fact that one can sign up for free tickets online- sloppy stalking indeed!) and sending terrorizing messages he felt Conan would get a kick out of. Ajemian has managed to avoid jail time, but has voluntarily checked himself into several menatal insitutions, receiving psych evaluations along with medication to suppress his bi-polar disorders among other complications. Shortly after leaving his priestly practice, he was informed by his bishop he would no longer be able to pursue such a position, and was arrested on harrassment charges once again.If all this wasnât a call to attention on behalf of all die hard Team Coco fans to the NBC execs to bring Conan back on air, then how much further do we need to take things? „ - 8
Christin Keleher, George Harrison's Housemate
“ Being a rock star of the century comes with the obvious benefits of women, drugs, and a life of luxury, but also the predisposition to unwanted, mentally unstable fans, as George Harrisson experienced after Christin Keheler crossed the boundaries between an obsessed fan girl to obsessed and clinically insane psycho. Carrying out the deeds to prove her fixation with the former Beatle, in 1999, she broke into Georgeâs Maui home and proceeded to make herself at home at the legendary rockstarâs quarters, fixing herself up a nice supper of frozen pizza, root beer, doing laundry and calling her mother before authorities arrived to arrest her on counts of breaking and entering, and theft. Keleher faced four succeeding months in prison before being released and making her way to settle down in California. For Keleher, this time was most likely a slap on the hand for the ultimate Beatle's fan, she presented the opportunity to herself to forage through his refrigerator and digest what he would have digested, use the very telephone his particles of spit were spewed on, and to use his laundry machine that soaked away his very own sweat and filth! It sounds like a Willy Wonka-esque giveaway! In 2006, Keleher was found victim to a fatal murder-suicide attack, ending her pursuits abrubtly, like the hefty majority of celebrity stalkers. Like the true peace loving gentile man that he was, Harrisson openly expressed his remorse or the death of Keleher. „ - 9
Dante Michael Soiu, Pizzaman turned Gwyneth Paltrow's Stalker Turned Pyramid Schemer
“ Gwyneth Paltrowâs 2001 testimony sealed the deal for Dant Michael Soiuâs fate, securing him in a high-security psychiactric facility until recovery, which has apparently come, as Soiu is out and about, and has even taken up a twitter to share with the world what else heâs up to besides creeping (which isnât much besidesretweeting vitamin schemes) and labels himself as an âentrpreneur and public speakerâ in his biography. Soiu can also add author under his belt, as his kindle ebook, "How to Get Miracles From God" is available for purchase on amazon.com for $15. It's a fitting read for those who appoint a former stalker as a source of advice, and can expect to read about self pursuit, taking miracles into one's own hands and disregarding the remarkable grace of actual miracles. By the time of the 2001 testimony, Soiu, a 51-year old piza deliveryman hailing from Ohio, had sent Paltrow hunderd of letters, pizza, p*********y, showed up at her parentâ home in Santa Monica, and had been found lurking around her own residence at the time. Paltrow testified to feeling sexually assaulted, terrorized with nightmares, and the inclination to believe that Soiu would eventually physically harm her, which sent him to detainment within a mental hospital. Upon conviction, in true 51-year old pizza delivery man style, Soiu shouted, âIf a man gives a woman unconditional love, she is blessed.â As if Paltrow isnât blessed enought with her multi milion dollar career and staggering good looks. „ - 10
William Lepeska, Scary Spice turned Anna Kournikova Stalker
“ William Lepeska, 40 year old homelss man, has admitted to not always beinf in love with Anna Kournikova, and that he had previously falling for Mel B. aka Scary Spice for five whole years before going for his true love, stating in his testimony, "but finally I said the heck with her, moving on to greener pastures." From one muse to the next, by this time, Lepeska had perfected his craft in creeping people out and narrowed down his inventive tactic of using nudity to gain his true love. Lepeska swam nude across the Biscayne Bay to seek out Kournikovaâs Miami Beach waterfront home, ending up unsuccessful before being arrrested after being found chilling in the nude three houses down in a neighborâs pool area, shouting out to Anna to save him upon his arrest. Attempts before the arrest include emails and letters to the tennis icon suggesting âseveral alarming statementsâ and indicated to officials that he believed Anna was expecting him at her residence upon his arrival. Which completely explains why he had to make the trek completely naked. Aside from his past criminal history of stabbing a college student and undecent exposure to young children, Lepeska was immediately detained in a psychiatric unit on $250,000 bail and faces up to 30 years in prison if found guilty of two counts of battery of police officers, resisting arrest and burglary, misdemeanor charges of stalking, indecent exposure, and criminal mischief. „ - 11
Athena M. Rolando, Brad Pitt's Doppelganger
“ If anyone who should be on the watch for a stalker, itâs Americaâs most revered hunk, Brad Pitt. Athena M. Rolando couldnât get enough of the hunk and made it her own personal business to see what it was like to be Mr. Pitt, and took a walk in his shoes, literally. In 2000, Rolando, an aspiring actress hailing from Billings, Montana, was found in Pittâs house 10 hours after her intrusion by a caretaker dressed in the actorâs blue hat, green sweatshirt, black tracksuit trousers, and shoes, later explaining to police that she had been dressed in such a manner because she was âcold,â but she most probably meant that she wanted to see what it was like to be a hunk of an actor and to do it just to say she did it. At the same point of intrusion, police found her to be carrying a book on witchcraft, a note to Brad, and a large safety pin decorated with ribbons she claimed to be a doll. Not suspicious at all. „ - 12
Karen McNeil, Justin Timberlake, Axl Rose, and Metallica Stalker
“ Karen McNeil, 50 year old apparent transient and incredibly persistent fan girl, has gone through a wide array of victims, Axl Rose, Lars Ulrich of Metallica, and most recently, Justin Timberlake. McNeil has been purported to be a frequent uninvited visitor at Timberlakeâs home, but it wasnât until October 22nd 2009 that she was found by housekeepers attempting to make her way onto the premises after taking a taxi cab up to the residence, and trying to bluff her way in. Police escorted her to a psychiatric evaluation placing her on a 5150 hold, but upon not meeting the criteria of the category, she was released. Already having served a year in prison prior to the Timberlake incident, McNeil was chraged of violating a court order banning her near Axl Rose and his property. But of course, not even the cold, iron bars canât stop even the most persistent stalker, and McNeil was sending Rose letters on a regular basis from prison. As for her relations with the members of Metallica, she was ordered to stay at least 150 ft. away from the members, their family, and their fan club workers. What the rest of America wants to know is who is this woman and how is it that sheâs been able to make men who sing about suicide, death, violence, and all sorts of darkness in the world cower in fear behind restraining orders? „ - 13
Kim Kardashian's Joker Faced Stalker
“ Shaun Bowman, 26-year old Geogia native, made the trek all the way out to Calabasas, California, Kim Kardashianâs current place of residence in order to pursue his delusional romantic relations with the reality tv starlet. Bowmanâs initial form of contact took place via Twitter, tweeting his determined adoration for her, and subsuquently tweeting Kardashianâs boyfriend at the time, Reggie Bush, in a provoking manner. When his viral pursuits proved no gain, he began showing up to Kardashianâs events, dressed as Heath Ledgerâs infamous character, the Joker, for reasons unknown. Kim Kardashian had been granted a temporary restraining order against her âjoker-faceâ stalker as of February 2010, and a revised restraining order forbids Bowman from any contact with Kardashian, enforcing him to stay at least 500 ft away from her, and even forbids attempts to contact her through Twitter until 2013, which the two mutually agreed upon through signed documentation. Bowman has been keeping his profile relatively low since this incident, and has most recently shaved his head in an attempt to try out for a role in the Twilight Saga's "Breaking Dawn." Checking out his twitter is highly recommended. Hilarity ensues.http://twitter.com/BoWmiNaToR „
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