Florida Stripper Arrested for Threatening Killing Spree in ‘Public Place’: Police
Threats were posted under Tumblr username “taking-lives,” police records show.

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A Florida stripper who admitted to having an affinity for mass murderers threatened to commit a violent killing spree in a “very public place,” police said. Brein Basarich, 31, was arrested Wednesday after posting threats of widespread carnage on her Tumblr page under the chilling username “taking-lives,” according to a police affidavit, the New York Post reports. Basarich also told police she’s a big fan of “serial killers and mass murderers,” the affidavit states. “I had a vision… of a very public place, only one way in and one way out,” one post by Basarich was said to read. “Preferably a bar/club on a busy night. 2019 has a lot in store if my plans go accordingly!” When asked by a user if she had homicidal urges, investigators said, Basarich responded: “I feel at times a lot of us have urges, whether they will admit or not is the question. So yes, I have.” She is now facing felony charges of written threats to kill, do bodily injury, or conduct a mass shooting or act of terrorism. She was released Thursday after posting $5,000 bond.
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