Category: Bizarre

The Curse of the Queen of Scots: Actor Mistakingly Slits His Own Throat With Use of Real Knife in Play

hoevel460The audience were thrilled and applauded loudly at the life-like scene of Daniel Hoevels, 30, slitting his throat during the performance of Mary Stuart at Vienna’s acclaimed Burgtheater theater. The problem is that it was real. Hoevels, who staggered around the stage and then collapsed, had used a real knife by mistake. Given that Mary Stuart’s decapitation, Hoevels’ accident may be the curse of the Queen of Scots.

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KFC Moments: Kentucky Fried Chicken Suspended for Bathing in Kitchen Sinks

1228963281It appears that bathing in KFC sinks is no longer offered in Anderson, California. Three employees posted pictures frolicking in the sinks under captions like “haha KFC showers!” and “haha we turned on the jets.” Those “KFC Moments” are now over after they were given pink slips. It appears, however, that they may seek a bathing friendly environment at Burger King in Xenia, Ohio.

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Santa Attacked by Bobcat in New Jersey

180px-sinterklaas_2007180px-rotluchs2Ok, Benny is half house cat and half bobcat. The Kringlephobic cat bit Santa (aka Jonathan Bebbington) at a charity event in Hamilton Township, N.J. and he was about to get rabies shots when the cat’s owner, Christine Haughey appeared with vaccination records — a made it back on the nice list. Benny, however, is toast this Christmas.
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Photoshop Porn: Virginia Man Arrested for Computer-Generated Pictures Using Picture of Real Girl Engaged in Fake Sex Act

gfxphpThere could be a major criminal case emerging from Lynchburg, Virginia where prosecutors have charged Ronald Wojdyla, 57, with child pornography for superimposing his picture over a picture of an 11-year-old girl. It is a continuation of the debate over computer-generated porn, though in this case it is a real girl — only the sexual contact is fake. As the name might suggest, Lynchburg is not the place that one should test such fine points of pornography law.

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Student Disciplined for Spiking Brownies Then Testing Reveals That They Contain . . . Brownies

TexasThree students at the Chapin High School in El Paso, Texas seems to have fallen under the Red Queen of Hearts rule of “Sentence first—verdict afterwards.” Three high school students were disciplined after they were accused of lacing brownies with laxatives — and later confessed under investigation by the school. There is only one problem: the Armstrong Forensic Laboratory Inc. in Arlington found the the brownies contained pure, uncut . . . brownies.

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The “P” Stands for Pot: Drug Dealers Using Fake UPS Trucks

18238795_240x180You might want to be a bit careful giving your overnight to the UPS guy at the corner. Police in the Arizona Department of Public Safety officials seised 2,118 pounds of 2,118 pounds of marijuana from a fake UPS truck. It brings a new meaning to the slogan, “What Can Brown Do For You?” Among other things, it can bring some good Hawaii Maui Waui to our door.

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Lawyer Accused of Impersonating a District Attorney Employee to Keep Witnesses From Appearing in Court

thumb_election_scales1Edward G. Kelly, 51, a defense attorney in Fall River, Massachusetts has pleaded innocent to a bizarre criminal allegation: that Kelly pretended to be a district attorney employee to tell government witnesses on the telephone that they did not need to show up for court.
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A is for Autopsy . . . C is for Cadaver: High School Students Taken to Watch Another Student’s Autopsy

200px-cadaver_dissection_table_-_long_shotWaterford Kettering High School in Michigan has a curious concept of interesting learning experiences. A teacher reportedly took a class to see an autopsy of a 14-year-old girl from the Waterford Kettering middle school.
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RIAA Sues Transplant Patient for Copyright Violations and Then Secures a Default for Not Responding to the Complaint

riaa_logoFor those who view the RIAA as akin to Land of Mormor have another baffling alleged abuse to cite. Nineteen-year-old Ciara Sauro was sued for allegedly sharing 10 songs online. RIAA lawyers sued her. She didn’t respond so the lawyers secured a default judgment. She was a bit busy getting a transplant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Now it is the RIAA lawyers who refuse to respond.

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Simpsons Sex Scandal: Man Convicted of Possession of Child Pornography of Cartoon Characters

0638905800New South Wales Supreme Court Justice Michael Adams is not amused and believes John McEwan should not aroused by the Simpsons children having sex. The jurist has ruled that Bart Simpson is a “person” for the purposes of pornography and thus McEwan was properly convicted of possessing child pornography and using his computer to access child pornography.

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