Transgender Woman Dies In Voodoo Ritual

07/14/2009:

LUCILLE HAMILTON paid $621 to have her "spiritual grime" removed by a voodoo high priest in an ordinary townhouse on a winding street in Camden County, a friend said.

Hamilton, 21, a male living as a woman, flew in on Friday from her home in Little Rock, Ark., to the house on Loch Lomond Drive in Gloucester Township, friends said, to take part in a three-day spiritual cleansing referred to on the priest's Web site as "Lave Tet."

Read the whole story: 07/14/2009

Comments

[tlgeiger62]

Probably alcohol poisoning or some type of poisoning. Probably not intentional but still very sad for her. May she rest in peace.

[FDRbyGodDemocrat]

Easily makes Top 10 Weirdest Headlines. My congratulations.

[wdcvhi]

I'm sorry, but if you're transgendered, you've gotta shave the beard to make it at least semi-convincing

[proggirl]

That's the voodoo priest, yutz. Read the article.

[Zoe28]

LOL!

[YEHWEH]

Well we have our strongest contender yet for, "Headline of the Year."

[HummusGringo]

I felt almost compelled to click the link.

Just gets stranger and stranger, Reality does...

[PlaceboStudman]

How can anyone defend the heinous magic and witchcraft voodoo of Catholic exorcisms?? And anyone who doesn't see a connection between voodoo exorcisms and catholic exorcisms is blind to any empirical evidence of reality

[sense oar sheep]

people believe what they believe for tens of thousands of years.

[Janet Barnes]

How can anyone defend calling a man with a beard who dresses in women's clothing a woman?

[jweider]

What's up with the pirate outfit?

[Zoe28]

Maybe piracy is part of voodoo. Who knows?