{"id":13848,"date":"2011-05-05T21:12:59","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T04:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reallifesuperheroes.org\/?p=13848"},"modified":"2011-05-05T21:12:59","modified_gmt":"2011-05-06T04:12:59","slug":"the-real-life-superheroes-of-salt-lake-city-are-charming-andor-terrifying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/2011\/05\/05\/the-real-life-superheroes-of-salt-lake-city-are-charming-andor-terrifying\/","title":{"rendered":"The real-life superheroes of Salt Lake City are charming and\/or terrifying"},"content":{"rendered":"

Originally posted:http:\/\/io9.com\/?_escaped_fragment_=5798467\/the-real%2Blife-superheroes-of-salt-lake-city-are-charming-andor-terrifying<\/a>
\nCyriaque Lamar<\/a> \u2014 We’ve seen a few real-life superheroes in recent times, including Seattle’s Phoenix Jones<\/a> and Tennessee’s The Viper<\/a>. Now, an eclectic mix of suburban dads and ex-hoodlums known as the Black Monday Society are patrolling Salt Lake City’s crime-strewn thoroughfares.
\nUnlike most spandex-clad homegrown heroes, members of the Black Monday Society dress like Slipknot. Also, the group has antiheroes amongst its ranks, such as the former gang member Fool King and a man known only as “Assylum”:<\/p>\n

The hero “Assylum,” who wears a black head mask with a grotesque painted on smile, says he came from a sorted [sic<\/em>] past. He says he sought out drug users who owed money. “If you got so much in drugs and didn’t pay your money, I was the dude that showed up at 3 in the morning and beat you until you got the money,” he says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My favorite though is Professor Midnight, whose superpower is total anonymity \u2014 nobody knows his real name! Despite carrying tasers and pepper spray, The Black Monday Society aren’t vigilantes. They mete out justice with well-timed phone calls to the cops, aid bags for homeless folks<\/a>, and a Medico Della Peste<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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