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Grady Stiles Jr. came from a long line of sideshow performers who had a genetic condition known as ectrodactyly. When this defect occurs in the womb, the middle digits of the hand and foot are missing and the remaining ones fuse into two parts. Grady was born with two-fingered hands that resembled lobster claws, and footless legs ending just below the knee.\xa0\n\nLike many of his relatives, Grady capitalized on his physical defects by appearing in traveling carnivals. It\u2019s easy to imagine that a lifetime spent as a public spectacle could be emotionally taxing. But Grady had a coping mechanism: alcohol. For Grady, drinking heavily blurred out the pain of ridicule and rejection. Unfortunately, alcohol also made him incredibly mean and violent. This tendency toward violence would manifest into murder, with Grady being the perpetrator. Later, the man known as \u201cLobster Boy\u201d would find himself on the other side of murder \u2026falling victim to two bullets in the back of his head.\n\nFollow Jami on Instagram & TikTok @JamiOnAir and join the Serial Streamers true crime TV club!\n\nSubscribe to Jami\u2019s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@jamionair\n\nSponsors\nShopify: Visit shopify.com/murderish (all lowercase) for a $1/month trial period.\nNom Nom: Visit TryNom.com/MURDERISH for 50% off your no-risk 2-week trial.\nSideshow: Visit sideshow.com and use promo code MURDERISH for $50 off a $200 purchase.\n\nMURDERISH x Generation WHY meetup: Happening Saturday, 2.24.24, at Idle Hour Bar: 4824 Vineland Ave., Los Angeles at 5:00 PM. The meetup is FREE \u2026bring a friend!\n\nDirty Money Moves: Women in White Collar Crime - Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dirty-money-moves-women-in-white-collar-crime/id1619521092.\n\nLipstick & Lies - Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lipstick-lies/id1704189120?i=1000625570159\n\nWant to advertise on this show? We\u2019ve partnered with Cloud10 Media to handle our advertising requests. If you\u2019re interested in advertising on MURDERISH, send an email to Sahiba Krieger sahiba@cloud10.fm with a copy to jami@murderish.com.\xa0\n\nResearch & Writing: Alison Schwartz.\xa0\n\nVisit Murderish.com for more info about the show and Creator/Host, Jami, as well as a list of sources for this episode.\xa0\n\nAd-Free episodes: Visit https://www.patreon.com/Murderish to join MURDERISH | Behind the Mic and get access to bonus episodes, ad-free episodes, and other cool perks.\n\nMissing person: 44-year-old Cynthia Acevedo. Contact the FBI\u2019s Phoenix Field Office at (623) 466-1999, or go to fbi.gov with any information you have regarding Cynthia\u2019s disappearance.\n\nListening to this podcast doesn\u2019t make you a murderer, it just means you\u2019re murder..ish.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices