Of the Miami New Times recent list of Florida’s 24 Dumbest Criminals of 2012 we say, “Only 24?” For when it comes to wackadoo crime, Florida is the gift that keeps on giving. (In May, a guy ate another guy’s face. Need we say more?) But amid the tales of bad and bizarre behavior, this…
Recently we let you know that you could, if you wanted, purchase the Florida cottage where Ma Barker and her son Fred met their demise at the hands of the FBI. It’s a charming place, quaint and peaceful (bullet holes in the siding notwithstanding). But perhaps your tastes are a little more lavish. Perhaps you’d…
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…
It’s been a dilemma for Michael Weston: blow up your home at the end of next year or pack up and get out now? Burn Notice is getting to stay in Miami. They will not, however, be blowing up the convention center at season’s end. Or, at least, not in real life. In case you…
Cumberland Farms, a chain of convenience stores with which you may be familiar if you’re from the eastern seaboard, ordered 570 life-sized cutouts of David Hasselhoff for a promotion for their iced coffee. I bet you can guess what happened. Yep. Already, 550 of those signs have been stolen. According to Pop Blend Rather than…
Every once in a while, something comes across the transom that just makes you go . . . wha? The story of Richard Kulma is one of those things. According to Gizmodo, Kulma was arrested drunkenly driving a stolen wheelchair down the streets of Utica, Florida. (I know, you can’t believe it took place in…
When I first heard about a man so high on amphetamines in Florida that he stripped down and chewed on the face of another man, I thought, “Heh, the zombie apocalypse is starting.” Some friends and I joked about it, but like any normal, rational person, we realized that zombies are in fact the stuff…
So you’re just catching on to the fun of The Glades? Here’s a quickie primer: Jim Longworth (played by Matt Passmore) is a former Chicago detective who relocated to fictional Palm Glade, Florida, after a misunderstanding involving his boss’s wife. (Up until this season, this was explained in the opening credits.) He joined the Florida…
Hannibal Lecter is one of those characters that has stuck with me since the moment he said “I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti,” but one homeless man in Florida took “Hannibal the Cannibal” a little further than most. The man, now identified as Rudy Eugene, was shot and killed…
According to WPTV, West Palm Beach cops are using an officer on the street in a bunny costume to encourage automotive seat belt use. They’ve activated “Operation Hippity Hop,” because, well, eating all that candy makes the lap belt uncomfortable and…maybe because people should strap down their delicate eggs…or…oh, we give up, it’s Florida. …
