Category: Strange News
Quick-thinking photographer credited with saving Frances McDormand’s stolen Oscar
A photographer covering an Oscars’ after-party Sunday night is being credited with stopping a thief from stealing the golden statue awarded to Frances McDormand who won the Best Actress Award […]
Brain surgery mix-up: Hospital staff performs brain surgery on wrong patient
We’ve all heard jokes about someone going to the ER with the flu and then leaving two days later after having a perfectly good kidney or appendix removed due to […]
Man who stole and drowned girlfriend’s dog sentenced to maximum prison sentence
On February 28 in a Carroll County, Maryland, courtroom, Anthony Michael Muniz, aka “Tony,” was found guilty of tying a cinderblock to his girlfriend’s dog, “Roscoe,” and tossing the black […]
Jailhouse brawl caught on video inside Cook County Jail’s maximum-security tier
A night-time brawl that broke out in Chicago’s Cook County Jail on February 16 was caught on video and shared by the Cook County Sheriff’s Office. The fight started around […]
CHP: Drunken man arrested riding horse down 91 Freeway in California
The Santa Fe Springs division of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) said that arresting a drunk riding a horse down one of their busy highways isn’t the strangest thing the […]
Man who raped dying, overdosing girl and stuffed her body in a crate charged
(Updated November 21, 2018) Yesterday, The Daily Herald reported that Brian Varela “pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter, third-degree rape, and unlawful disposal of remains as part of a plea deal […]
Flights to Wakanda now boarding from Atlanta and Orlando airports
Following on the heels of the record-breaking Black Panther film, the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta tweeted that flights to King T’Challa’s African nation of Wakanda are now boarding. The […]
Father and daughter get married, have a baby and get arraigned on felony incest charges
In a bizarre tale that culminates in an incestuous marriage between a father and daughter who produced their own love child, Steven Pladl, 42, of Knightdale, North Carolina, and his […]
Six men including a judge, an actor and a pastor arrested in prostitution sting
The Naples, Florida, Police Department reports that six individuals including a Lee County Circuit Judge, a Broadway actor and a pastor from Fort Meyers were among those arrested in a […]
New Study: Oil used in McDonald’s french fries may hold the key to curing baldness
Stem cell research scientists at Yokohama National University in Japan released a new study claiming that they may have found a baldness cure using an ingredient commonly used in McDonald’s […]
