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An infamous 1940s Hamilton killer is getting celebrity treatment in a new line of products, leading a men’s group to call the project “disgusting.”

Hamilton artist Chris Farias is designing a line of postcards, tote bags, T-shirts and shot glasses as part of a capsule collection dedicated to Evelyn Dick, who was linked to the dismemberment of her husband and convicted in the death of her infant son.

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Sayings on pieces in the not-yet-finalized collection will include, “Love you to pieces,” and “The fastest way to a man’s heart is through his torso.”

“As an artist, you find your muses in the strangest places,” Mr. Farais said.

A local gift shop owner asked him to create the line because of customer demand for Evelyn Dick-related items.

Ms. Dick’s story is the stuff of legend in Hamilton.

“It’s probably one of the most bizarre murder cases we’ve ever had in Hamilton,” said Margaret Houghton, an archivist with the Hamilton Public Library. “It had everything. It had violence, it had murder, it had sex.”