Sick, stranded whale to be put out of misery with explosives
Thu, 2/09/10 – 1:10 | One Comment

A whale that is stranded and sick is set to leave this world a bang… of explosives that is.
The Western Australia Department of Environment and Conservation have decided that the unusual step is necessary because …

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Who needs an burglar alarm when they can write notes like this?
Tuesday, 31 Aug, 2010 – 20:36 | No Comment
Who needs an burglar alarm when they can write notes like this?

I’m guessing that burglars would think twice before targeting the house of a man going by the name of “Bub” who has a house full of pit bulls, a buddy called “Skeeter” and who is …

Man sliced off own junk at airport… to avoid extradition
Saturday, 28 Aug, 2010 – 18:27 | No Comment
Man sliced off own junk at airport… to avoid extradition

A Kazakh man is in a serious condition in a Madrid hospital after slicing off his own penis at a Madrid’s Barajas airport to avoid extradition.
The 52-year-old man, who has not been named, had completed …

The place Japan’s death row prisoners come to die
Saturday, 28 Aug, 2010 – 8:46 | No Comment
The place Japan’s death row prisoners come to die

At a glance the room looks like it would not be out of place in a Japanese company building. A small room, where one might entertain guests, or where the sales team might meet to …

Man Dressed as a Banana Shows Off His Junk, Brandishes a Shotgun
Thursday, 19 Aug, 2010 – 22:20 | One Comment
Man Dressed as a Banana Shows Off His Junk, Brandishes a Shotgun

Once again, pretty much everything you need to know is right there in the title.  Sometimes these things just write themselves.
Port Angeles, Washington is the sight of this bizarre (to say the least) incident involving …

Russian man tried to stab his way out of jail prophecy
Saturday, 14 Aug, 2010 – 2:57 | One Comment
Russian man tried to stab his way out of jail prophecy

A Russian man was sentenced to 22 years in a maximum security prison after a fortune teller told him something that he didn’t want to hear.
On October 8 of last year Gennady Osipovich met a …

Fortune teller-inspired ‘torture’ session played out to Lady Gaga soundtrack
Wednesday, 4 Aug, 2010 – 4:59 | No Comment
Fortune teller-inspired ‘torture’ session played out to Lady Gaga soundtrack

A couple accused of tying up and torturing a teenage employee told a Darwin court that they did so because a Vietnamese fortune teller told them that she was stealing.
dos Santos, 18, described a family-like …

Man calls 911 for ride to liquor store, gets arrested for possession of pot
Wednesday, 4 Aug, 2010 – 1:14 | No Comment
Man calls 911 for ride to liquor store, gets arrested for possession of pot

A St. Augustine, Florida man was arrested for misuse of 911 and possession of marijuana after he failed to heed warnings not to call emergency services to ask for a lift to the liquor store.
The …

Man attacked vending machine with hatchet to free person trapped inside
Wednesday, 4 Aug, 2010 – 0:51 | No Comment
Man attacked vending machine with hatchet to free person trapped inside

A 47-year-old Idaho man proved that no good deed goes unpunished when he was arrested for using a hatchet to break into a vending machine to free a person that had apparently been trapped inside.
The …

Robber calls to express dissatisfaction with haul
Monday, 2 Aug, 2010 – 2:58 | No Comment
Robber calls to express dissatisfaction with haul

An armed bandit who robbed a Wendy’s in Atlanta was so dissatisfied with his haul that he called the restaurant, twice, to complain about the lack of money in the till.
The thief allegedly walked up …

Arrest costs Sheriff $5.00
Friday, 30 Jul, 2010 – 5:50 | 2 Comments
Arrest costs Sheriff $5.00

Sergeant Mike Kellems of the Indiana Sheriff’s dept was chasing a fugitive recently, but was said to have been made to pay the $5 admission fee to get into the LaPorte County Fair so he could make an arrest.
It would be …

Comic-Con attendee “stabbed in face” by angry Potter fan [latest details]
Monday, 26 Jul, 2010 – 19:01 | 2 Comments
Comic-Con attendee “stabbed in face” by angry Potter fan [latest details]

Police have released further details relating to the Comic-Con stabbing incident that occurred on Saturday.
Apparently, the incident occurred when an argument of the proximity of the two attendees seats got out of hand.
The injured …

Comic-Con attendee “stabbed in face” by angry Potter fan
Monday, 26 Jul, 2010 – 3:04 | No Comment
Comic-Con attendee “stabbed in face” by angry Potter fan

A Comic-Con attendee was allegedly stabbed in the face with a pen by a Harry Potter fan.
Information on the incident remains sketchy, but according to MTV, the disagreement was over seating – or lack thereof. …

Darth Vader Robs Long Island Bank Without His Lightsaber
Friday, 23 Jul, 2010 – 23:59 | No Comment
Darth Vader Robs Long Island Bank Without His Lightsaber

Talk about your fall from grace–it’s sad to see Darth Vader go from commanding the Empire to being reduced to holding up a bank, with nary a stormtrooper to back him up.
This Darth Vader, sans …

Acne-picking and other bizarre “causes of death” in Chinese prisons
Tuesday, 13 Jul, 2010 – 23:53 | No Comment
Acne-picking and other bizarre “causes of death” in Chinese prisons

While it might be argued that a person is “lucky” to be sent to prison in a country where some 68 crimes (including gold and silver smuggling) are punishable by death, beating the firing squad …

Alabama prison lost lifer in dog training exercise
Saturday, 10 Jul, 2010 – 22:56 | No Comment
Alabama prison lost lifer in dog training exercise

The Limestone Correctional Facility in Alabama managed to lose a prisoner who was participating in a dog training exercise.

David Hopkins, was playing the part of a fugitive when he vanished in the woods and failed …

Compacted inmate disposed with trash
Saturday, 10 Jul, 2010 – 22:37 | One Comment
Compacted inmate disposed with trash

El Paso, Texas: A 30-year-old Mexican national who was being held on drug-related charges was found crushed to death in a landfill.
Carlos Roberto Medina-Bailon’s was found after investigators traced the trash route taken …