You Say Potato, I Say Fire Alarm Worthy Toilet Emergency

Nope, I’ve got nothin’. Man Clogs Toilet With Potatoes, Pulls Fire Alarm to Get Help Quicker The man, who has not yet been identified, pulled the alarm at 7:48 a.m. Sunday at the Oakwood Apartments along the 8700 block of West Chester Pike in Upper Darby, police tell NBC10. According to authorities, for an unknown …

Goodbye Strange One

Now and then I’ll come across something in the news that pretty much defies explanation. And if Christian Radecki is being honest about his lack of substance ingestion or a mental health condition (there’s nothing official so far to indicate that he isn’t), I’m pretty certain this is one of those times. The 44-year-old Floridian …

Is This A Game Of Mad Libs Or A News Report?

If there’s a single thing about this story that isn’t just straight up weird, I can’t find it. Let’s start with the headline: Screaming man found with dead raccoon in Mukilteo Right away, it’s pretty clear we’ve got a winner on our hands. And we do, as it just gets better from there. Seriously, if …

At The Corner Of Kissy And Gropey

So remember yesterday when I said that sometimes there’s no good explanation for something? I don’t see a line about drugs, alcohol or mental problems in here, so this might be one of those times. Police say a 35-year-old man kissed and groped women and a man inside a Walgreens store on April 23. The …

Happy 25th Birthday, News Of The Weird!

If you read this blog and actually like it, first of all why, but more importantly, you owe a bit of a thank you to a fellow by the name of Chuck Shepherd. If not for him and his News of the Weird column, I and to an extent Carin may not have the sorts …

This Is Not A Robbery. Please Kindly Accept My Shoes And This Radio

This is from 2012, but I’m noting it anyway because of the total whatthefuckedness of it all. Employees said the man entered the bank wearing stick-on facial tattoos and a vest made out of sheet metal, and then took off his shoes and socks and put them in a wastebasket. He then put a small …

No Buddy, You’re Supposed To Be Guarding Us, Not Him!

Does anybody care to take a stab at explaining the story of Jason McDaniel? Best I can tell, he’s part burglar, part murderer and part dog whisperer. “He was standing there with the refrigerator door open and feeding their dog, Buddy, some pudding,” assistant police chief Dan Reierson told the Wanatchee World newspaper. McDaniel casually …

So, What Are You In For? Pretty Much Everything

I have no idea how I’m going to tag this thing, but I still must share the impressive tale of the crime spree of William Todd. Nobody knows why he decided to hop on a Greyhound bus to Nashville, but he sure made a day of it. In about 9 hours, Todd is believed to …

This Melon Belongs In The Ocean, This Melon Belongs In The Sea. So Don’t Take It Out Of The Ocean, And Pour Your Swim Noodle On Me

The story of 68-year-old Karl Ludwig Eichner and the head-shaped rotting watermelon he was adamant did not belong in the ocean is another of those times when I need say nothing funny or serious to add to the strangeness of it all. A woman who was at the beach with a friend observed a rotting …

Keep Your Friends Close And Your Enemas Closer

Hmmm. This is just weird. This is the story. Wish I had more details. One sunday afternoon, an unnamed man who is apparently pretty close to blind got a knock on his door. “I’m here to give you an enema,” a woman said. He had just had some intestinal surgery, so thought maybe this was …