Dingle ordered the dead Herbert Cummings, 51, beheaded because he didn't want police to trace the bullet back to his gun. He then fled the strip club Herb's Bar with two women hostages and the head in a box. Too bad for Dingle -- but lucky for the rest of the us -- he stopped the car in upper Manhattan and passed out behind the wheel of the stolen cab he was driving.

Two days later, his shocking crimes were retold in the New York Post which headlined the story, "Headless Body In Topless Bar" -- catapulting the crime into infamy.

Dingle was convicted of murder, rape and robbery and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. This week he comes before the parole board for the third time but it seems unlikely that the sociopath will be released since he has been far from a model prisoner, attacking prison staff and hiding weapson. In a 2010 interview, Dingle denied having committed the crimes. "Don't think I don't have hope," he said. "The board might let me go one day, but until then, I'm gonna fight. That's all I can do."

Via New York Post