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William “Blackie” Zupkoski

The self proclaimed “Toughest Man in Philadelphia”, who is so tough he doesn’t have a Wikipedia page, Zupkoski was sentenced to 70-140 years at Eastern State for over 40 counts of armed robbery. He was apprehended in 1927 following a shoot out with police in a local hospital. While at Eastern State Blackie continued his troublemaking ways. For example, he stabbed a man to death while in prison. In 1929. When the stock market collapsed. Coincidence? I think not.

Regardless, I totally wanna tap that. He looks so rakishly charming. Stabbing inmates, robbing banks, ripping off your clothes and pleasuring you like you’ve never been pleasured before, all in a days work. Just doing my job, ma'am.

But I have ADD, and not so great control of my impulsiveness. Finally, near the end of the night I asked. “So… can I ask, what happened to your hairs?”

She smiled and hugged me. I was the only person with the cajones to ask. “My best friend is pregnant, already has a 4 yr old, and was diagnosed with cancer, and her boyfriend left her because it was too much. So I’ve been helping her out, being supportive. And I promised her if she started losing her hair I would shave my head too.”

“Last night she called me, crying because her hair was falling out in clumps. I told her I’d be there in 10 minutes. She shaved me first, then I her.”