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Cement shoes, concrete shoes, or Chicago overcoat is a method of murder or body disposal, usually associated with criminals such as the Mafia or gangs. It involves weighing down the victim, who may be dead or alive, with concrete and throwing them into water in the hope the body will never be found. In the US, the term has become tongue-in-cheek for a threat of death by criminals. While a common trope in fiction, only one real-life case has ever been authenticated.

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  • Cement shoes, concrete shoes, or Chicago overcoat is a method of murder or body disposal, usually associated with criminals such as the Mafia or gangs. It involves weighing down the victim, who may be dead or alive, with concrete and throwing them into water in the hope the body will never be found. In the US, the term has become tongue-in-cheek for a threat of death by criminals. While a common trope in fiction, only one real-life case has ever been authenticated. Cement shoes involve first binding, incapacitating or killing the victim and then placing each foot into a bucket or box, which is then filled with wet concrete (a mixture of cement powder, rock, water and sand), or even simply cement powder and water. Typically in films and novels, the victim is still alive as they watch the concrete harden, heightening the torture and drama. After the concrete sets, the victim is thrown into a body of water such as a river, lake or the ocean. (en)
  • Ståplats i Nybroviken är ett skämtsamt namn på en metod för ett mord, oftast inom organiserad brottslighet, där offret sänks ned i vatten med fötterna fastgjutna i betong. Det kallas även betong- eller cementskor. Metoden har sagts få sitt svenska namn genom Träskmorden 1966, då ett av liken återfanns just i Nybroviken. Dock var ingen betong inblandad då. Enligt ska en poliskonstapel ha sagt att han hört uttrycket redan på 1950-talet. Uttrycket förekommer i filmen Varning för Jönssonligan (1981), där rollfiguren Biffen förbereder sig att mörda Sickan med en improviserad visa: "Det blir ståplats i Nybroviken... bland de andra vajande liken". Uttrycket refereras till i Cornelis Vreewijks låt "Visa vid Nybroviken" där texten går: "Hör där nere vrålar alla liken, med cement kring foten ur sin grav". (sv)
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  • Cement shoes, concrete shoes, or Chicago overcoat is a method of murder or body disposal, usually associated with criminals such as the Mafia or gangs. It involves weighing down the victim, who may be dead or alive, with concrete and throwing them into water in the hope the body will never be found. In the US, the term has become tongue-in-cheek for a threat of death by criminals. While a common trope in fiction, only one real-life case has ever been authenticated. (en)
  • Ståplats i Nybroviken är ett skämtsamt namn på en metod för ett mord, oftast inom organiserad brottslighet, där offret sänks ned i vatten med fötterna fastgjutna i betong. Det kallas även betong- eller cementskor. Metoden har sagts få sitt svenska namn genom Träskmorden 1966, då ett av liken återfanns just i Nybroviken. Dock var ingen betong inblandad då. Enligt ska en poliskonstapel ha sagt att han hört uttrycket redan på 1950-talet. Uttrycket refereras till i Cornelis Vreewijks låt "Visa vid Nybroviken" där texten går: "Hör där nere vrålar alla liken, med cement kring foten ur sin grav". (sv)
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  • Cement shoes (en)
  • Ståplats i Nybroviken (sv)
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