#the Knick Knack Man

[rainbow-murderers]

WILLIAM MaCDONALD

THE SYDNEY MUTILATOR

AKA: Alan Ginsburg (birth name) The Sydney Mutilator, The Knick-Knack Man, Sydney's Jack The Ripper, Australias first serial killer, Alan Edward Brennan, David Alan.

Born: 17 June 1924, Liverpool, England.

Death: Natural causes, complications arising from a gastrointestinal obstruction, 12 May 2015 (aged 90)

Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia

Family: Daniel Ginsburg (father), Henrietta Frank (mother), Michael Ginsburg (eldest brother, born 1921), Geoffrey David Ginsburg (youngest brother, born 1927)

Life & Trauma: Ginsburg was born into a wealthy Orthodox Jewish family in England. He was the middle of three boys and attended Newborough Kindergarten. From aged 8 he attended the prestigious Liverpool Institute school. He suffered as a student, distracted by constant headaches and fits of depression. He was frequently bullied and kept to himself. He formed no close relationships with either family or friends and his father publically referred to him as "The Idiot Child."

Behaviour & Emotion: Antisocial, non violent as a child, emotionally immature, secretive, introverted, easily distracted, disconnected, humiliated and un-nurtured by his family. He was a loner his whole life and lived inside his own head.

1942-MacDonald (19) joined the British Army, signing up with the Lancashire Fusiliers in Lanark, Berwick-Upon-Tweed. He is raped in an air raid shelter by his senior officer, 45 year old career soldier, corporal Alexander Rice. With no prior experience of sex, sexual desire or acts of self pleasure, this violent attack would be his introduction to male sexuality. "I believe (this circumstance) changed my life forever....and doomed me to a life of homosexuality."

1947-He was Honourably Discharged.

1948-Attended Rushworth & Dreaper's Tobias Matthay Private College of music, Islington. Learns Piano, cello, organ and violin.

1948- He explored his homosexual urges, approaching men in public bathrooms and hotels. He was discovered by police who informed his brother Geoffrey. He was sent to Crichton Mental Institute at Dumbfries, Scotland and recieved electroconvulsive therapy 5 days a week and was heavily sedated.

1949-Ginsburg leaves UK, for Canada. Within a few weeks he'd spent all his money and was both jobless and homeless. He lived on Salvation Army handouts on the streets of Montreal. He was too ashamed to ask his parents for help. After 12 months of sleeping on park benches and in derelict houses, the Salvation Army contacted his mother.

1950-Henrietta Ginsburg sends her son money and he returns home to the UK.

Alan Ginsburg legally changes his name to William MacDonald and undergoes rhinoplasty surgery. He works 4 years in the family business saving money to leave the UK.

1954-Emigrates to Australia on the ship Orcades.

Murder Timeline: 1961-1962- responsible for the death of one men in Queensland (Brisbane) and four men in New South Wales (Sydney). At least 3 other known victims survived attacks. In 1964 he killed a prison inmate and served time in Morriset Home for the Criminally Insane, then returned to prison in 1980.

Methodology: The urge to commit murder was commanded by incessant voices inside his head saying "Kill, Kill, Kill." The frenzied attacks were fuelled by delusion and performed with maniacal rage. MacDonald believed his heroic mission was to destroy his rapist, Alexander Rice. In each victims face he saw Rice staring back at him."When the corporal attacked me, he took my life away, so I thought I'd destroy his sex the same way."

The first murder takes place in Brisbane. Amos Hurst is strangled. He was the only victim not baring the killers trademark of excessive stab wounds and genital mutilation.

1960-Macdonald moves to Sydney assuming the alias, Allan Brennan. His inner city dwelling allows immediate access to the nocturnal pleasures that keep the beast awake at night. He preys on the lost souls who litter the streets after hours. The homeless vagrants are easy prey, lured by a false companion offering alcohol.

He beats and stabs the men to death, to the point of overkill. He attacks their face, throat and heart with a long blade knife, in excess of 40 times. The final act of mutilation becomes the killers trademark: The complete removal of the dead man's genitals.

June 4, 1961- Constable Robert Greentree and a crew of divers search the waters of Wooloomooloo Bay, hoping to find evidence to assist with the case. 10 meters from the shore Greenfield resurfaces, with a man's penis and balls clutched in his hand. It was easily identified as being that of Alfred Greenfield, who was circumcised and tattooed along his shaft with the words "all for a nights love"

Victims:

1. Amos Hugh Hurst (63) March 19, 1960 Strangulation

2. Alfred Reginald Greenfield, AKA Alan Thomas (40) June 4, 1961 Stabbing

3. Ernest William Cobbin (47) Body found November 21, 1961 Stabbing

4. Frank Gladstone McLean, March 31, 1962 Stabbing

5. Patrick 'McNulty' Joseph Hackett (42) November 3, 1962 Stabbing

Occupation: Rent collector (Clerks association), Junior clerk (Evans, Lescher & Ware) Store owner (sandwiches, mixed goods) Postal worker, Railway worker, British Armed Forces (Lancashire Fusiliers) during WW2. Coal miner at Newcastle-on-Tyne, worked in family furniture and piano shop. In Australia and New Zealand he was fired from several jobs for insubordination and his inability to work well with other employees.

Medical diagnosis: Suffered migraines and fits of depression in childhood and adolescence, homosexuality (then considered a mental illness), Paranoid Schizophrenia (diagnosed in army, 1947) Schizoid personality (1961).

Cosmetic rhinoplasty to fix the "hooked nose" inherited by his father.

After arrest (1963) McDonald was diagnosed as clinically insane by three independent psychologists.

His autopsy report revealed Macdonald suffered from leg clots, a peptic ulcer, hernias, dementia and occasional diarrhoea.

Conviction & Arrest:

Macdonald was first arrested for two counts of gross indecency after touching an undercover police officer in a public toilet.

May 13, 1963 arrested for murder. Macdonald made a full confession to 5 murders. Jailed for life in 1963, Long Bay Jail (Sydney)

Justice McLennan sentenced the Mutilator to five consecutive life sentences with a strong recommendation that he never be released.

After 52 years behind bars, he became the longest serving prisoner in NSW history.

Hobbies: The family owned a furniture and music shop called The Piano Galleries. Music was perhaps the one thing Ginsburg ever had a connection with. He grew up listening to the classics (Beethoven, Mozart, Berlioz, Handel, Brahms, Wagner.) His childhood dream was to become a concert pianist. He loved classic literature and Crime and Punishment magazine. As a child he fixated on the macabre and loved violent movies and tales of murder. His favourite film was I Am The Fugitive From a Chain Gang. His unhealthy obsession with Jack The Ripper clearly influenced the method of killing.

References:

The knick-knack man : inside the mind of Australia's most deranged serial killer: Paul B. Kidd

WickedWe: WILLIAM MACDONALD / THE MUTILATOR / AUSTRALIA’S MOST FEARED SERIAL KILLER: Robbie Ruinsburg

Murder Down Under: The Mutilator Dead Man Walking by Anthony Ferguson

Daily Mail: Australia's First Serial Killer

[knicks-knacks]

billf0rd shippers still insufferable I see

[alukaforyou]

love & hate gacha / blind boxes LOL and i found a baby madara button?! hello!!

[self-insert-nightshade]

I did some doodles on class worksheets when I should've been taking notes and these are def not accurate (no refs in class) so all from memory/vibes.

One day ill have more than just doodles for these too cuties (and some for cove actually)

[josecariohca]

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[eddiegettingshot]

we rewatched the episode last night and it is very good overall it's literally just eddie's thing that's stupid lmao. i have come to the conclusion that probably nothing that actually happens in this season is going to matter in the long run, only the end result, so i'm making peace with the shitty ass storytelling and will only be considering unhinged speculation from now on

[mcmadcanvas]

When you FINALLY organize your hobby closet. 👍

Whos next? 💪💜👊

[zapinatorhoundog]

Todays knife, coyote jaw blade˚ֶָ‧࿔

[afterthegoldrushes]

anyone here who understands the psychological burden of moving house?

[hauntingmiser]

MERMAY DAY XXIII

Introducing the lion merseal that bodied several amounts of dolphins.....

Kanji tatsumi !!!!

Fun fact : kanji has been in the lower part of the sea ever since he was a kid and has been a mamas boy due to his dad died to mysterious circumstances he's been trying to find out who killed his father for his mother's sake and when he got kidnapped in the TV world he fist fighted shadows and shadows feared him all because he was punching them left and right without no persona

and when this man was rescued he hugged yu and yosuke and said thank you to them because he got tired of killing shadows with his bare hands also he joined the investigation team and has been the greatest homie and the brawn of the team

and ever since the fog has been rising he's been trying to find a way to prevent it by using empty metal barrels to keep the fog contaminate and it somehow worked out a little bit but he still needed some more help so it's a good thing nato confronted him and wanted to help out of the situation he's in

so they both did try and scoop up some crystals with the middle barrels with protection against the radiation-like crystals and they sealed with metal top containers it worked by it basically reduced to like a little bit of fog and his area but it started to grow when he was asleep really fast and he woke up and he swam to get away from the fog

until he bumps into yu again and he however never told him much but told him about how he didn't get contaminated with the cursed crystals of "mother nature" all because he was wearing protective gear that will probably be important later

yu was kind of surprised and was curious but he congratulate him on trying to get rid of the crystals that were growing the fog

no matter how kanji tries help out he always feared all because of his strength and his aggressiveness but due to all this his feminine side shows no bounds,when he's alone he likes stitching seaweed together into baskets because he thought it was kinda pretty and he has been doing it when no one is around

[alexparozi]

paying to have my name in fnf credits was actually a great financial decision thanks 15 year old me you get a pat on the back

[saltofmercury]

His bucket hat is cute he looks so cute!!! 🫶 but I fear he has bad fashion sense in general, my man is dedicated to always being in the line of fire that when he does go home he doesnt know what to wear? He hates not having pants and shirts with multiple pockets to keep his knick knacks. Hates that wearing gloves isnt acceptable at all times in public day to day, he gets the ick if his bare hands brushes a surface or anything he doesnt like the material of. He also carries a backpack everywhere he goes.

YES YES AND YES. I LOVE YOU MY LIL BABE!!!

he lowkey probably does have a bad fashion sense… I always imagine him at home with sweats of some sort. Has to be black or grey. He doesn’t wear his hooded thingy but he does like to wear face masks/ turtle necks.

I agree with the backpack like have you fuckin seen his pants/backpack — MANY MANY pockets!!! He probably owns a fanny pack but won’t wear it bc he saw on some football player sporting it.

but (not to be me bc you know im a romantic and love softness) I feel like he DOES try to make an impression with his s/o like he’ll know it’s date night so he puts on something nice that he saw one of the athletes he follows/saw in a press conference and tries that on. Sometimes he makes mental notes of some random guy who had on a nice outfit and tries that on.

Maybe he likes to garden so he has a lil hobby that involves wearing gloves a lot, he wears gloves to the gym to workout bc callouses ~

What kind of Knick-knacks would he have? I feel like maybe a knife? He has to have a Lego man hulk or venom lol he also collects rocks, a bracelet you guys made together, and something that reminds him of Austria

[weepingfoxfury]

The strains of the Flower Duet peter out and the man on the radio is talking about a 17 year old duck called Irma that was given a huge Birthday party by Rhode Island sanctuary. Didn't hear the traffic lady but I think I can take a wild guess at what's going on out there.

Two days of the shiny metropolis ... in-ing and out-ing just seems to take longer these days. Distracted by all manner of shiny things. Always figuring on being efficient, but then there's books (just can't help myself, they call to me), clothes (always looking for the colourful amongst the sea of beige), knick knacks (holy relics, crockery, things that I have absolutely no idea what they are) ... and, of course, I can never just pass by the box marked 'Free'.

The seen better days chandelier that sits outside was in a 'Free' box. Scooped up, brought home, left outside to see what happened.

You can imagine my delight when I noticed that one of Cathweegia's offspring had decided to set up home in this discarded bit of treasure. Very tempted to pop in some extra soil and let it grow ...

[imwritesometimes]

I blog for the girls who were teased mercilessly the entire time they were growing up for the things they were into but learned to embrace them fiercely later in their life cause fuck everybody

[persbaderse]

cute first date ideas: watch our pirate captain get his ass beat by his grandpa during the village potluck

[hale-nathan]

Trump Weird News - This Old Man Trump...

"This Old Man [Trump], He Played You

He Lied The Lies You Thought Were True

With A Knick Knack, Eat A Cat

There's Nothing To Debate

He's A Fool, A Racist Tool

So Full Of MAGA Hate!"