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Lobster Boy (Grady Stiles, Jr.)

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The Resume

    (June 20, 1937-May 29, 1992)
    Born with deformed hands and legs

Why he might be annoying:

    He was an alcoholic.
    He married twice and divorced once.
    He physically abused his wife and two daughters.
    He shot and killed his eldest daughter's fiance on the eve of their wedding. Due to his handicap, the judge let him off the hook.
    On November 29, 1992, Stiles was murdered in the living room of his trailer home in Gibsonton, Florida. His family claimed he was a sadistic alcoholic who beat his wife, Mary Teresa. Fed up with the abuse, Teresa paid her son, Harry Glen Newman Jr., who hired his friend Chris Wyant to murder Lobster Boy. Teresa, Newman and Wyant were found guilty of murder and sentenced to prison.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He inherited the genetic disorder called Lobster Claw syndrome.
    Silverchair used his picture on the cover of their 1997 album 'Freakshow.'

Credit: Cosmic Princess


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 92.86% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 9 Votes: 88.89% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 39 Votes: 51.28% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 50 Votes: 62.00% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 23 Votes: 60.87% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 58 Votes: 68.97% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 114 Votes: 62.28% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 152 Votes: 77.63% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 126 Votes: 73.81% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 179 Votes: 72.63% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 312 Votes: 68.27% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 590 Votes: 70.34% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 1210 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 4465 Votes: 78.45% Annoying