If you’ve ever perused the website, Things You Never Knew Existed, you have found some pretty weird stuff. While the holiday season is behind us, this might be a good gift to keep in mind for the crime fighter in your life. We present to you the revolver-shaped electric screwdriver, because, well, why not? So,…
If you’re unlucky enough to get shot six times at work, do the smart thing and head to the bar! Here’s the rationale, via the Minneapolis Star Tribune: The man stumbled into Maxwell’s bar in Minneapolis early Sunday, six bullet wounds soaking his clothes with blood… As he yelled for help, he didn’t know that…
With the East Coast still struggling to recover from the recent storms, it’s not such a huge leap to start wondering what you would do in case of zombie attack. Sure there are survival kits and handbooks out there, but we think every workplace should have this kit alongside the typical fire extinguisher. What do…
Are you a history buff? A gangster aficionado? Both? Well, we’ve got the house for you! This week, Kate “Ma” Barker’s house went on the market. The house in question, located 62 miles from Orlando in Ocklawaha, Florida, has been restored to its former glory with one tiny exception—the bullet holes from a shootout with…
Ever watched an action movie and seen thirty bad guys facing off against the hero? Magically, the hero doesn’t get a scratch on him—even though the trained assassins are aiming their automatics at him and there are, you know, thirty of them to our one hero. At worst, our hero gets a slug in the…
This picture pretty much speaks for itself. Let’s just say I wouldn’t want him to have my back in a gunfight since, you know, he doesn’t have a gun. Nice try though, buddy.
The summer I was seventeen years old, I hitchhiked from my home in Oregon to Southern California and back. It was a lark that nearly cost me my life. Times were different. This was the late ’60s. Sex, drugs, rock and roll. Woodstock. Easy Rider. I had brothers in college who’d thumbed across America and…
Stuck for what to bring to that July 4th cookout? Well, contemporary artist Dimitri Tsykalov, a Moscow-born Parisian, has a cool short film demonstrating how to carve a watermelon skull just like this one. (He also works in apples, cabbages, eggplants . . .) But if you’re looking for a sinister main dish to pass,…
Most of us have had the gamut of high school and college teachers—from the very worst to the very best. But this guy takes the cake. In our most recent edition of the criminally stupid, we have Manuael Ernest Dillow who allegedly fired blanks (yes, folks, from a loaded gun, although one that was not…
Attention, vintage relic aficionados! Check out this 1938 Colt .38 revolver and black and white camera. This nifty device captures a picture with every pull of the trigger. Also for your viewing pleasure is a photo filmstrip of the victims… uh, subjects. The intent of the design was to capture a mugshot of the criminal…
