Murder by Haunted House (2)
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Sean A. Jennings wanted to get rid of his wife, but didn’t want to go through all the hassles of divorce (plus that pesky alimony thing). So he devised a clever plan to kill her. Here’s the bizarre story of the haunted house attempted murder: On the 7th of October, 2007, Sean Jennings started building a haunted house in the garage for his two kids to enjoy on Halloween. Sean told his wife, who uses ...
Crouching Shopkeeper, Hidden Guard Dog (4)
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Bad idea: robbing a storeReally bad idea: robbing a gun store …Neatorama-worthy: … with a hidden guard dog behind the counter. Here’s what happened, as captured by the store’s CCTV: Link [embedded YouTube]
Was this Man the Zodiac Killer? (8)
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The Zodiac Killer terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area in the 60’s and 70’s and was never caught. Some 5 decades later, his identity may be coming to light: "The identity of the Zodiac Killer is Jack Tarrance. He’s my stepfather," says Dennis Kaufman. [...] Jack Tarrance died in 2006. Dennis claims that while going through Tarrance’s belongings, there were disturbing findings including a knife still covered with what could possibly be dried blood. "It ...
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Hmm. I'm not sure how he instantly equates this evidence with the Zodiac Killer...
Discouraging Jaywalking by Humiliation (2)
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Shanghai police will try a new tactic to stop people from jaywalking: public humiliation! Shanghai police will post photos and videos of jaywalkers in newspapers and on TV in a bid to shame them out of breaking traffic rules, local media reported on Thursday. Offending pedestrians, moped riders and cyclists would be snapped at selected intersections and their images put in regular columns and on special television programs set up by police, the Shanghai Daily ...
Did Agatha Christie Set Up Her Own Murder? (13)
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The following is reprinted from The Best of Uncle John's Bathroom Reader. The biggest mystery by Agatha Christie may turn out to be her own unexplained disappearance. Here's the story of how the best-selling "Queen of Crime" author may have set up her own murder to frame her cheating husband ... Agatha Christie started writing detective stories to show up her sister, Madge. They were discussing Sherlock Holmes one day, when Agatha said she'd like ...
10 Plunderful Dictators (2)
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Ty.rannosaur.us blog has an intriguing post about 10 dictators that plundered their countries. For example, take Jean-Bédel Bokassa of the Central African Republic in the 1970s: Bokassa never bothered to funnel billions into foreign accounts, rather he made himself emperor of the Central African Republic in the ’70s under the claim that it would look good for the nation. A huge fan of Napoleon, he almost bankrupted the nation by spending $20 million on a ...
Sheriff Sentences Self to Jail to Find Out How It Feels Like (2)
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What does it feel like to be in jail? Sheriff Mark Curran wanted to find out, so he sentenced himself to a week in lock-up! "People who have never been in jail," he says wryly, "don’t know what it’s like to sit on the toilet in full view of everyone." Lake County, the stretch of area north of Chicago to the Wisconsin border, is a land of extremes– from the mansions of Lake Forest to ...
Too Fat for Jail! (13)
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A woman accused of killing her two-year-old nephew may have found a strange way to avoid jail … by being too fat: Mayra Lizbeth Rosales, from La Jola, Texas, is bedridden and weighs nearly 1,000lbs. But she cannot get through her front door to be taken to jail and, later, court. [...] The morbidly obese woman has since been photographed and finger-printed at home but released on a "personal recognizance bond" because of the logistics ...
Neatorama & Blog Archive & Crime Does Pay: 6 Criminals Who Lived Very, Very Well (7)
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Contrary to the old adage, crime really does pay - at least for a while. Here are the stories of 6 rich criminals who, while didn't know how to live good, they did know how to live very well. 1. John Palmer (ca. 1947 - ) British bad boy John Palmer suckered over 16,000 people in a phony time-share scheme. Currently ranked Great Britain's wealthiest criminal, having amassed ill-gotten wealth of over £300 million, the ...
Thief Stole (and Kept) Thousands of Bicycles (2)
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I can easily imagine a thief stealing and then selling a stolen bike. Or a dozen bikes. But 2,396 stolen bikes? Here’s the strange story of Igor Kenk, who single-handedly made Toronto the bike capital of North America: Clearly this collection has been growing for a very long time. His shop even had a reputation as the place to go to buy back your stolen bike - but no one knew for sure that he ...
Black Bear Stole a Hubcap and Returned It to Another Driver (7)
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A black bear at Woburn Safari Park in Bedforshire, UK, has a knack for stealing hubcaps. But when the bear saw that Azra Noonari’s car had its hubcaps stolen some weeks ago, it offered her its hubcap! "I saw it take a hubcap off the car then start walking towards us. I locked all the doors quickly, we didn’t know what it would do. "It put the hubcap down and then banged on the window, ...
Is Disney’s Copyright of Steamboat Willie’s Mickey Mouse Still Valid? (2)
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Mickey Mouse has a tremendous recognition rate. Indeed, the cartoon mouse is the world’s most famous personality - he’s even better known than Santa Claus in the US! But did a mistake by Disney in the 1920s cause it to lose its copyright over Mickey Mouse? Here’s an interesting article at the Los Angeles Times by Joseph Menn: Film credits from the 1920s revealed imprecision in copyright claims that some experts say could invalidate Disney’s ...
Woman Arrested Because of Overdue Library Books (11)
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Psst! Got an overdue library book? Didn’t think that they could do anything about it? Well, think again - Heidi Dalibor of Grafton, Wisconsin, just got arrested for failing to return books she checked out from a library: Heidi Dalibor was arrested after she failed to return the books, "Angels and Demons" and "White Oleander", last year. “I said, what could they possibly do? They can’t arrest me for this… I was wrong,” Dalibor said. ...
Hanging by the Shoelaces (1)
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Paul Ives of Dartford, England, came home to find a man hanging in the window by his shoelaces! 32-year-old John Pearce, who was holding a hammer when found, tried to convince Ives that he became stuck while trying to stop burglars from gaining entrance to the house. Police though otherwise. Pierce’s foot became stuck in the top of the window after he smashed it. He was left hanging for more than an hour. Now the ...
Man Confessed Murder for a Bucket of Chicken (3)
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Tremayne Durham is a big guy. And he likes to eat. So when he was sitting in an Oregon jail waiting for trial for murder, all he could think about was food. So, when the prosecutors offered this unusual plea deal, Durham bit right in: Durham was sentenced Wednesday to life behind bars with a chance for parole in 30 years after pleading guilty last month to aggravated murder for Adam Calbreath’s brutal slaying. Multnomah ...
Busted … by GPS Turtle! (3)
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Bad idea: growing marijuana.Really bad idea: growing marijuana on U.S. park landNeatorama worthy: getting busted by a turtle equipped with a GPS tracking device. You might call him a pint-sized crime fighter. A box turtle equipped with GPS helps police nab a suspect growing marijuana in Rock Creek Park. Just south of the DC/Maryland line, a turtle wearing a GPS device for research purposes makes an amazing discovery. "The ranger in charge of the program ...
Funniest People’s Court Interview: What’s So Difficult About Being You? (1)
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I don’t know a whit about what went on during the proceedings, but this People’s Court interview is mesmerizingly strange - even funny. Check out what this guy said about how he felt after facing "The Ultimate Court of Opinion": Link Update 8/18/08 - The guy’s name is Joe Somar. YuppiePunk and G4 The Feed have more info - Thanks KimIsAwesome!
Dog Cloner in More Trouble (1)
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Joyce Bernann McKinney, who made headlines by having her pit bull cloned (previously on Neatorama), has left South Korea without the five cloned puppies she commissioned from a biotech company. Publicity over the cloning led to her identification as a fugitive from a British court in 1977. She had been accused of the kidnap and rape of a 21-year-old Mormon missionary. McKinney denied the charges, saying that the relationship was consensual. The case was never ...
Winnie-the-Pooh held for Robbery (2)
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Japanese police say 20-year-old Masayuki Ishikawa was on a Tokyo street corner after midnight when he objected to strangers who stared at him. They were staring at him because he was wearing a Winnie-the-Pooh costume, accompanied by two other people dressed as a panther and a mouse. Ishikawa and his friends beat up the two victims and stole $160 (84 pounds) from them, the spokesman said, adding the group had apparently donned the unusual garb ...
