We all have our causes and our pet peeves (pun intended), but a man has taken it one step further and is campaigning to eradicate cats (also known as predators) from New Zealand. Gareth Morgan, the champion of every bird, mouse, and other fodder for your feline, has a simple dream, a world without avian-ocide.…
This has to be where Stephen King does his research, right? Swung around by the heels by a circus clown? Beware the circus, ladies and gents. There’s a reason for coulrophobia. Hat tip: Ye Olde News.
There I was, knee deep in hand grenade pins, the Soviets rolling over the hill in T72 tanks, me with only a P38 and the pucker factor of a gnat’s ass. Wait. Wrong story. Back up, let me try again. There I was, knee deep in a triple canopy rain forest, birds screaming in the…
I’ve shaken hands with killers. I’ve stood outside their homes and drunk their coffee and made snide remarks about the state of their curtains. I’ve watched them tearfully appeal for witnesses and seen them urge their loved ones to come home. I’ve spoken to murderers on the telephone and made one laugh with a story…
If you’re ever looking for a treasure trove of truly dreadful books (and, come on, who isn’t?), may I recommend Awful Library Books? The site is maintained by a pair of hilarious librarians from Michigan and contains books they feel should probably be weeded from collections in public libraries across the country for various reasons.…
We’ve seen some pretty strange fashion decisions at Crime HQ (thankfully through the Internet and not through our own office). We’ve heard about “killer” shoes and Jason Voorhees designer masks, but this latest fashion faux pas seems more fit for a serial killer’s trophy than any runway. The “Apex Predator Shoes” by designers/artists Mariana Fantich…
Yes, that final victory over your nemesis can feel hollow. From Lamebook. We LIKE.
Nothing says “I love you” like faking your own death. Or at least that’s what a Russian man thought when he proposed to his girlfriend. Alexsey Bykov proposed to his girlfriend with a grand gesture—hiring a movie director, make-up artist, and stuntman to help him fake a fatal car accident. Bykov said he wanted his…
Sometimes all I need to see is a headline to know an article is going to be right up my alley. Such was the case with Nashville Man Shoots and Beheads His Adoptive Father, But That’s Not the Weird Part The original story, over on WKRN Nashville, explains the murder in prosaic—if ugly—terms: …Baxter took…
Thanks to our friends over at Cracked, we now have five bizarre things people have done with dead bodies. Cracked claims these are the most bizarre, but we’re not 100% certain that’s true. For the details on each particular case, see their article (and don’t miss what was done with Einstein’s corpse . . .…
