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The Long Island serial killer case is hot stuff on eBay, where merchandise tied to accused killer Rex Heuermann is fetching bucks in online auctions.
EBay's new policy also bars sales through the Web site of most historical items associated with Nazi Germany and groups that promote or glorify racial intolerance or violence.
DETROIT (AP) -- Online auction site eBay pulled a listing Monday for a van used by Dr. Jack Kevorkian to perform several assisted suicides, saying the sale of the van would violate the company's ...
Kahan led the effort in 2001 to have EBay ban the sale of murderabilia on its auction website. But since then, traders in murder memorabilia have created their own websites to auction and sell the ...
Partly due to Kahan's relentless criticism, eBay eventually prohibited sales of murderabilia on its site.
The market for "murderabilia" is not new. In London during the late 1880s, British subjects paid to stand in the rooms where Jack the Ripper slashed his victims. These days, most murderabilia is ...
Here’s a word I’ve never heard before: Murderabilia. The background: Dylan Klebold’s black BMW was being advertised for sale on Ebay. The seller asserts he bought the car not knowing it was Klebold’s ...
EBay wrestled with a similar issue last month when copies of O.J. Simpson's book, If I Did It, showed up for sale on the website. They were quickly pulled off, although the murderabilia policy ...
DETROIT — Online auction site eBay pulled a listing today for a van used by Dr. Jack Kevorkian to perform several assisted suicides, saying the sale of the van would violate the company’s ...
The bill is called the "Stop the Sale of Murderabilia to Protect the Dignity of Crime Victims Act of 2010," and comes after several individual fights over the issue. Auction site eBay no longer ...
'Murderabilia' owned by suspected Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann has been pulled from eBay for breaching the site's sale policies. Heuermann's ex-wife Asa Ellerup was allegedly trying to ...
Online auction site eBay pulled a listing Monday for a van used by Dr. Jack Kevorkian to perform several assisted suicides, saying the sale of the van would violate the company's policy against ...