The Divine Comedy
Travelling through the Asperen Fortress with DDV


Joseph Kallinger
Joseph Kallinger, aka The Shoemaker is not unknown amongst True Crime lovers from Hell. If any serial killer ever came close to creating hell on earth it would have been Joseph.
This piece especially remembers the event where Joseph murdered his 9-year-old son Joey, helped by his other son, 11-year-old Mike, they went to the inundated basement of an abandoned house, telling Joey they would be taking some kinky pictures, tied little Joey to a ladder and then threw the ladder into the water in the basement. Joey drowned and became Charlie, the floating head that kept popping up in Joseph's psychotic mind, and haunts him until this day.
A slide with Kallinger's picture is projected onto the surface of an inondated room of the Asperen Fortress. The light shines onto the floor of the room -people are throwing money in it as a kind of penance- and reflects on the surface of the water, projecting the image onto the wall. From a hidden source, you can hear a telephoned interview with Joseph Kallinger where he discusses the murder of his son and other crimes he committed.


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