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A 24-year-old kitesurfer died on a wet and windy day after being blown onto hard land. The young man, who has not been named was “overwhelmed by the force of the wind while he was kitesurfing at sea” on a beach in Saint-Jean-de-Luz on France’s southwest Atlantic coast. In...

Unfortunately for 23-year-old Michael Lee Bedford, washing down 32 times the recommended dose of powdered caffeine with an energy drink at a party was the last decision he would ever make. The Nottingham Coroner’s Court heard that 15 minutes after he took the two teaspoons of caffeine, Bedford was...

Nineteen people are dead following a bizarre incident aboard a domestic flight in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The only survivor of the crash explained that a large number of passengers had panicked when a crocodile broke out of a passenger’s sports bag. In their rush to get away...

It must have been a tough decision for young Colton Guthrie to donate his pet turtle Gulfarium in Fort Walton Beach, Florida – sadly, Tomalina had grown to large for her aquarium. Unfortunately, the 8-year-old boy was going to learn a cruel lesson about nature. Tomalina was released into...

Kent, United Kingdom: British police in called to the home of 66-year-old Antoine Denis by worried neighbors apparently had other things on their mind than the dead guy slumped on his back in the bedroom. Presumably, they chalked the up to natural causes – because the undertakers called the...

When Obion County resident Gene Cranick’s house caught fire he did what most people would do, he called the fire department. Unfortunately for him, he had not paid his annual $75, so they were not obligated to protect his home. Had Cranick lived a short distance away in South...

I’m no criminal mastermind or anything, so would-be criminals can take my advice with a pinch of salt – but I will say this: if you are going to rob a bank, don’t do what this guy allegedly did. Ryan Homsley got himself picked up by the FBI after...

This seven-pocket pool table set into the top of a 21-foot speedboat is more than just an interesting looking way to part with a whole lot of money – $55,000 (USD) of it to be precise. The boat was built as a memorial to professional water skier Brian Rix,...

Frederic von Anhalt, the count husband of the gravely ill 93-year-old actress Zsa Zsa Gabor has said that he hopes to have her plastinated after she dies. He told the Bild: My wife has always dreamt that her beauty would be immortal. I would like to show the plastinated...