Emil Gregg

Emil Gregg is a fictional mental patient and criminal and a minor character featured in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is associated with the Spider-Man line of comic titles.

Biography
Emil Gregg has been described as a compulsive confessor. He once claimed to have been the murderous street vigilante known as the Sin-Eater. Emil Gregg became the informant of a Daily Globe reporter named Eddie Brock. Brock was convinced that he had been dealing with the true Sin-Eater, and so he published Gregg's name in a scathing expos, which propelled his career in the journalistic community.

In short order however, it became known that Gregg was a liar and was not the Sin-Eater. Brock's reputation was ruined, and he was fired from his job. Eddie was forced to make a living doing tabloid reporting.

Gregg meanwhile, ended up becoming a copycat of the Sin-Eater, even dressing up in his costume. Gregg eventually became homeless living in tent city where he ultimately died. His body was found months later by a social worker and he was wearing a Sin-Eater mask.