Talk:Michael H. Kenyon

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Redirect and rewrite?

Suggest page be moved to Michael Kenyon with a redirect from Illinois Enema Bandit. And it certainly needs a bit of rewriting. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.128.123.176 (talk • contribs)

Lot of information was not accurate. So I edited it. I knew the real Kenyon. Seemed normal but one never knows. He never let on to his secret. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.2.243.179 (talk) 22:33, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, the attack mentioned as his first attack in March 1966 was not his first attack. His first was in a Champaign home of a 30 year old UI english professor. He tied up the husband when gave her an enema. His second was a 14 year old girl. He got her downstairs while her parents slept upstairs. His third was 2 late 20's women while their husbands were bowling in a league. These attacks were not reported in the newspapers. The March 1966 attacks made headlines and caused panic in the Champaign community. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.2.243.179 (talk) 06:31, 23 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What the Deuce???

Is this supposed to be a legitimate encyclopedic article, or a joke? Is it meant to slander Michael Kenyon in bad faith, or what? This is NOT written in a serious tone, and is hardly believable. I doubt this is of ANY merit, and i don't even think this happened. RaccoonFox • Talk • Stalk 17:10, 7 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is supposed to be a legitimate encyclopedic article. It is not meant to slander Michael Kenyon, who is a different person with the same first and last names. It seems to me to be written in as serious a tone as any article; it is the content which makes it seem derisive, yet as pointed out, the content is all completely true. The Zappa song was recorded in 1978, that much is easily verified.--Parsleyjones 18:31, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not slander

This is absolutely true. The Zappa tune isn't that offensive, it is satirical. I dig it! --b3x 01:47, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The enema bandit story is a true one, aduly film director Shaun_Costello adapted it in the film "Waterpower."

The Michael Kenyon reference noted above is for a British novelist, not the convict noted for the enema attacks.

Removed

I removed the following two items:

The rumor was that she had to drop out of the University, and received psychological counseling to recover from this insult. (About the girl who he called ugly. If this is just a rumor then it isn't verified per our MOS. Also, let the poor girl alone).

RJFJR 19:21, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Dates

This has dates of March and Aprill 1966. Can we get more accurate? RJFJR 19:16, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete?

I have no idea whether the content of this article is legit, but it does not appear a worthy candidate for speedy deletion. It lacks online sources ( that I could verify right now), but the content appears plausible. I think a regular afd is more appropriate.--The Fat Man Who Never Came Back 03:54, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lacking online sources is not the same as lacking sources. I don't see any criteria met for deletion.--Parsleyjones 18:25, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Needs confirmation

There's no way a mortal man could do something this utterly humiliating. "Get in the closet, you're too ugly to receive my enema."--71.177.243.209 01:25, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Amazing, but true!! I've added a newspaper report reference from 1975. You can verify it by using Google news archive search. --Ragib 02:55, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Per comments, I moved this and add more sources. Jokestress 03:02, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Scurrilous Nonsense

I suppose nobody checked the sources to see if "John Bambenek" is really the same person with a changed name. A simple google search confirmed for me that it's certainly not true. I don't know who he is but he must have some childish enemies out there.

Death

Can anyone provide any evidence that this piece of crap is actually dead? Austinmayor (talk) 03:34, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

He died in July 2004 in Chicago. I went to his furneral service. He was cremated and his ashes scattered. The family had no obit notice in any newspaper for oblivious reasons. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.210.243.130 (talk) 20:20, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This claim is unconfirmed. Until sourced, this needs to be treated under WP:BLP. Jokestress (talk) 22:44, 30 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]