It can be seen frequently throughout his recordings. In addition, he also kept a physical diary, which, by the time of his death, had surpassed 800 pages. Lopez recorded roughly 20 hours of video diary footage from January 14th, 1996 (his 21st birthday) up until and including his suicide, documenting his reasoning behind the attack (namely because, on account of his extremely racist views, he detested the fact that Björk had, at the time, dated two men of color, fellow musicians Tricky and Goldie), the process of creating the device and giving insight into his life and mind in general. On September 12th, 1996, after mailing the deadly device, Lopez shot himself in the head while listening to Björk's cover of the 1941 love song 'I Remember You'. He rose to notoriety in late 1996 after creating an acid dispensing device disguised as a promotional package and mailing it to the London residence of Icelandic singer Björk, with whom Lopez had an unhealthy obsession.

Ricardo Lopez, now infamously known as the 'Björk stalker', was a pest control officer who lived in Hollywood, Florida. Mental health is a huge factor here for sure- my next video is a compilation of Britney’s greatest moments and is much lighter.Lopez as he appears on the first day of his recordings.įound by: bun39, Gavin aka glbracer, Death Addict and Nonoseacrest

I also really appreciate you watching the video! I hope it kept you on the edge of your seat. Glad nothing happened to her and I'll make sure to check out her work.Īlso I did see Beyonceee in there, great work Rik.Ībsolutely- it feels a bit exploitative but I tried to handle the available footage in the most respectable way possible, without shielding his truth I guess. They said he was an exterminator right? I think maybe all those chemicals might have messed with his mental health. JK seriously though I really don't know what to say, I usually don't watch things like these (or much of anything actually) this was really sad overall. Ok so I watched it and all I have to say is thank you Riky now I'll have nightmares the rest of the year I think it’s just that there wasn’t really a platform to address these things outside of press conferences idk? I think that they were definitely intrusive interview questions by today’s standards but they aren’t the worst either. I am so happy for all of your kind comments and I’m feeling so much LOVE U KNOW?!!? I definitely wanna buy a new laptop soon, I’ve been making these all my phone so farĪnd yes totally on the found footage stuff! I thought it fit so well w the format of my other stuff too Great job! Wish I had a platform to spread these. I found myself increasing and decreasing the volume from clip to clip, but other than that it was stellar. I think you should try to normalize the volume levels of the different clips next time around. Did any Exhell users do the voice-overs? I have one complaint, though. It feels so intrusive yet fascinating, and it has that dirty, grimy feel and atmosphere of your typical found footage film (except it's real ). They really make you feel like you're up-close-and-personal with that man who's deteriorated past the point of no return.

The clips would honestly be scary enough on their own. I also wonder if her replies to the journalists' questions would be considered insensitive today. I didn't know he killed himself and taped it on top of that.

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