A 57-year-old man was jailed after police found body parts and a severed head in an allegedly stolen truck. Eric Holland has prior felonies and federal court convictions dating back to the 1980s in states like California, Texas, and Nevada. Holland was in court Tuesday along with some heavily armed security guards and a temporarily …
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There are many wonderful Christmas traditions in the world. Caroling, different kinds of confectionary and pastries, decorations, arson… Wait, what? Indeed, arson has become an unofficial Christmas tradition in the city of Gävle in western Sweden. Every year since 1966, the city builds the Gävlebocken, the world’s largest straw Yule Goat. And sure enough, almost …
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It’s common knowledge that thieves will steal pretty much anything that’s not nailed down. But last month some crooks really overdid themselves. A bizarre theft has left the police in Akron, Ohio, scratching their heads. One or more enterprising thieves have made off with a bridge. Yes, an entire bridge. The walkway in question is …
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If you tried to think about people who live up to their word, lawyers probably wouldn’t be on the top of your list. But sometimes you find a lawyer who really is perfectly honest. Daniel Muessig from Pennsylvania is one of those lawyers, but for all the wrong reasons. In 2014, he released a viral …
We’ll start with a disclaimer — this story features extreme sexual deviancy. If you’re sensitive to that stuff, we recommend you read about weird spa treatments or something instead. In the UK, the police arrested an enraged mother in early October who walked into Colindale police station in North London. She was wielding a knife …
It’s been a big story in Washington State, as a father was arrested Friday for allegedly killing his daughter’s boyfriend. It’s said that he found out the boyfriend sold his daughter into sex trafficking and this dad took matters into his own hands. Spokane officers received calls regarding an abandoned car on October 22nd, in …
It’s one thing to have burglars break into your home and steal your stuff. But to have them steal the entire house? That’s just too much. But that’s what happened to a British clergyman from the U.K. He returned home from a work assignment only to find that someone had stolen his house. Reverend Mike …
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You wouldn’t think faking a discount coupon is that big of a deal. Sure, it’s illegal, but saving an illegitimate dollar on toothpaste seems like a victimless crime. But start stacking those small savings up and you could end up with significant savings. It was the sheer scale of her coupon fraud operation that caused …
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Counterfeit goods suck. You end up paying a premium product’s price for something that’s shoddily made, barely works, and could potentially even kill you. But if there’s something that people want and/or need, you can bet there’s someone making fakes of it. Sometimes, scammers start producing counterfeits of the most bizarre things to try and …
The police in France have cracked a decades-long mystery around a notorious serial murderer and rapist. They now know who the killer is, but, unfortunately, they’ll never bring him to justice. What’s worse, it turns out the murderer was himself a cop. The man clearly didn’t think he should protect and serve. La Grele, or …
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