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World's Worst Thug
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son with fifty spears embedded in his flesh. This shows how much torment the human body can stand under certain mental conditions. Believe it or not. In a moment I'll tell you about the world's worst thug.
The Thagi sect was a gang of professional murderers who flourished in India in 1830 before they were suppressed by the English. They were worshipers of Bawani, and to this God they sacrificed anybody that came handy.
However, they were careful to keep the dead man's things themselves as they believed the God cared only for the corpse. The world's worst thug was Durham. In 40 years, he gleefully murdered 931 men. Believe it or not.
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