Hitman DJ - by Ken Freedman and Liz Berg
During the late '80s, WFMU had a DJ who worked as an underling for an
extremely depressed man in a local scuba diving shop. The boss couldn’t bear to
commit suicide, but had been searching for someone to take care of the task for
him. He offered the DJ $10,000 and a new Mercedes in exchange for ending his
misery. The DJ, who had once chased another WFMU staffer through the Upsala
College parking lot with a knife in his hand, accepted the offer. After the
compensation had been dealt with, the two drove out to a wooded area in Western
New Jersey, where the DJ shot and killed his boss, turning himself in to the authorities
shortly thereafter. He served about 5 years in jail.
Artwork by Takeshi Tadatsu
Um, what?
Just when you think these little slices of life couldn't get any more, uh... slicey... well, damn it all, this is just sad and weird, but I guess that no self-respecting freeform radio station's history would be complete without these unexpected morbid tidbits.
Still, really very weird.
Posted by: Jim | May 26, 2008 at 09:37 AM
Hehe, it was just like that episode of "WKRP in Cincinatti" when Les Nessman cuts Herb Tarlecs cock and balls of with a straight razor and uses them to sodomize Jennifer Marlow...
Posted by: K | May 26, 2008 at 01:08 PM
was he compensated in the end?
Posted by: nff | May 26, 2008 at 02:13 PM
...but ever since getting out, Irwin has been on the straight and narrow, so why re-hash the past?
Posted by: Mr Mannn | May 26, 2008 at 08:13 PM
It cannot be true. My friend worked at a scuba shop and his friend did the deed . Did you change the name? Because his name was not Irwin but Fred? Could this have happened in tow different scuba shops. Money and make of the car are the same.
Posted by: Larry | January 03, 2009 at 03:52 AM