Grrave Robbing for Morons - SOLVED.

"The mystery began with a simple video upload to YouTube. Two years ago, a user by the name of Simon Predj uploaded a clip titled “Grave Robbing for Morons.” In the video, a teenage boy with a speech impediment claims to have robbed a grave, showing the camera a realistic looking skull throughout the footage.Show more

The creator displays his inexperience throughout the half-hour film, admitting that this was only the second time he had been grave robbing and provides the viewer with ridiculous tips like “knocking out” any witnesses “so when they wake up they think it was a dream.” At the end he identifies himself as Anthony and his camera man as Gino, and also credits two others not in the film named Bucchi and Taco before signing off with the promise to rob Houdini's grave."

"In the years since "Grave Robbing for Morons" was released online, theorists have tried to figure out the identities of the people involved. Namely, of the young man at the center of the video, who seemingly identifies himself as "Anthony." It even seems like this young man begins to give away his own last name (which begins with "Cas-"), but cuts himself off, not wanting to incriminate himself any further than he already has.

This has become one of the major clues in the story, as online theorists throughout the years have used this name in their searches; looking for anyone with the name "Anthony" who might have been involved with "grave robbing." Because of his accent, it's assumed that he lived in the New York area, and that also fits in with many of the searches.

Because of all of this information, a lot of attention has been drawn online to an individual named Anthony Casamassima, a man from Queens who found himself featured in a New York Times article in September of 1999 by Patricia Leigh Brown titled "A Passion for Graveyard Art That Took a Criminal Turn; Tiffany Glass and Other Tales From the Crypt." This article detailed the then-40-year-old Casmassima's illicit career as a grave-robber, who had been stealing from tombs and mausoleums throughout the New York area for roughly 15 years (dating back to 1982, when he would have been in his early 20's). However, unlike our Anthony (from "Grave Robbing for Morons"), this Anthony stole things like artwork, sculptures, and Tiffany glass windows; stuff that he could refurbish and repurpose to preserve and/or sell.

The New York Times article details how Casamassima was being brought in to testify against one of his clients, who had purchased and then re-sold a 9-foot-tall Tiffany window, which he knew Casamassima had stolen from a graveyard. Both were later convicted on grave-robbing crimes.

While some online theorists continue to believe that Anthony Casamassima might be our Anthony from "Grave Robbing for Morons," I consider it very unlikely. Namely, because of the age discrepancy. "Grave Robbing for Morons" was filmed sometime after 1987, which we can surmise from the "Evil Dead 2" VHS cover seen on a table nearby. If we compare that to Anthony Casamassima, the noted New York grave-robber, then we come to an issue: in 1987, Casamassima would have been around thirty years old, which is significantly older than the Anthony from "Grave Robbing for Morons," who is no older than 21 or 22. Besides, Anthony Casamassima was never arrested or charged with crimes relating to pilfering body parts. He was only ever accused of stealing artistic works from tombs and mausoleums, not wanting the artwork to fall into disrepair or be vandalized. The pieces just don't fit together.

Other theorists have speculated that the young man from "Grave Robbing for Morons" might have simply been trying to give a shout-out to someone else named "Anthony," but begins to stutter or stammer when he gets to the last name.

It's possible that "Anthony" from the video was loosely connected to Anthony Casamassima, having been sent out to collect trinkets or pieces of art from graveyards and bring them in for a small commission. That, I believe, could be possible, but there's no evidence to support it, making it little more than a baseless theory. "

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In fact, the moron in the video was identified, and he was murdered by being folded in half backwards and dumped in the trash in New York. He was one of a group of thieves used by the Tiffany thief in his various sick schemes. The moron fell foul of organized crime thugs who executed him horribly.

"The Guy with the Grave Robberies is from Red Hook, goes by the name of Screws. He's been dead damn near twenty years now. He used to sell bones to some of Hougnans over in Sheepshead Bay. I'm surprised that no one knew that, common knowledge by me.

"It's common knowledge around me, I'm from Ozone Park, originally. It was the local Scuttlebutt back in the early 90s when I was a teenager. He ran a chop shop, too, Back in the day. Bootleg movies, knock off clothes, you name it. That's how he got the nickname screws, he used to screw everyone over. From what I heard, they found him over in White Stone in a dumpster by the bridge with his knees parallel with his ears, he'd been bent backwards in the wrong direction, his head was resting against his ass..."