About

Morre Diabo is a meme that consists of parodies or remixes of a Youtube video by the user alvaroborba.

Origin

In the 12th November 2010, a man called Emílio Eduardo da Rocha Devesa, from Cerro Azul, Brazil, "murdered his own mother" after he discovered that she used his credit card without his permission. On November 19th, he was arrested and charged for the crime. His family confessed to the police that he was addicted to crack and cocaine and had several mental disorders.
On the same day, the story aired in Boa Tarde Paraná, a regional newscaster. It included a short and… failed interview with Emílio.

Spread

The video of the interview was put on Youtube the same day, attaining a large success, with 1,6 million views in just 4 days. The general reaction was that Emílio looked disturbingly psychotic even for cold-blood murderer standards. Also, he tried to look badass, which didn't quite work because of his loss of self-control.

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