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Weird, offbeat and bizarre news from around the world. Funny, strange & odd news stories that make you wince, laugh and fear for humanity.

Jesus Condemns Harry Potter To Death

JESUS Camp – it exits so you know where they are. In this class, Camp Kommandant says Harry Potter is evil and must die. Agreed! Let’s get the little ****…

Let there be darkness!

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Posted: 28th, March 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (2)


Man Robs Police Convention

IN Pennsylvania a villain has tried to rob a narcotic police convention of 300 officers.

Retired police chief John Comparetto alleges that he was held up at gun point in the convention’s toilets.

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Posted: 28th, March 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment


Google Street View Sees Ghost

GOOGLE is not only watching you in this life; Google is watching you in the afterlife, too.

10 Most Bizarre Things Seen On Google Street Maps

Google Street View cameras have picked up the figure of a ghost in Tiger Bay, Cardiff.

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Posted: 28th, March 2009 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comments (3)


Pranksters Paint Pub Pink In The Night

THE Prince of Wales in Ledbury, a once black-and-white Herefordshire pub, has been painted bright pink. The owner tells police that the 16th Century Grade I listed building was painted without permission in the night.

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Posted: 28th, March 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)


Ghost Pictured Driving A Car

THE website www.scienceofhauntings.com. wants to discover your best pictures of a ghost – photographs that include a ghostly image of a woman driving a car…

Here are the Top Five:

Ghost in car mirror

Posted: 27th, March 2009 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comments (3)


German Police Catch Cotton Bud Seriel Killer

HAVING let the twins go free in one DNA mistrial, the German police have discovered that the sinister killer who left their DNA at 39 different crime scenes is the woman who made the cotton buds used to collect the sample.

Arrest this factory worker now!

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Posted: 27th, March 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment


Jesus Monopoly

IN Russia they play Jesus Monopoly – Go directly to jail, do no pass go(d)…

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Posted: 26th, March 2009 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comments (5)


Give Your Lover Revenge Crabs

LOVER getting you down. Boyfriend too demanding. Girlfriend not as you thought? Time to get your won back with a dose of REVENGE CRABS.

In short, we give crabs to your ex-girlfriend. No if’s, not too many and’s, but we promise a very itchy butt…

The people at Revenge Crabs may need a Revenge Spellchecker and’s [sic] for that itchy butt. It’s crabs not craps, right?

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Posted: 26th, March 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment


Father Cuts Off Son’s Genitals

IN China, a man has cut off his son’s genitals. And then it got worse… The best opening line ever?

Only two memories brought tears to Sun Yaoting’s eyes in old age — the day his father cut off his genitals, and the day his family threw away the pickled remains that should have made him a whole man again at death.

Reuters, via the Legal Satyricon – Spotter Bakel

Posted: 26th, March 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment


Indian Boy With Two Thumbs On One Hand

INDIAN boy with two thumbs on one hand challenges Barack Obama

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Posted: 26th, March 2009 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comment (1)


Rapist Underwear For Sale In China

IN China they will even make you rapist underwear…

Posted: 25th, March 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)


School Bans Dead Girl From Prom For Poor Attendance

MEGAN Gillan’s parents have received a letter from her school saying that Megan must do better and improver her attendance.

The letter is clear:

“…students must have at least 92 per cent attendance and Megan’s is currently 60.4pc”…

Any more of this and Megan will be banned from the school prom (what was once called the school disco).

Macclesfield High will not tolerate truancy. Megan is unwell. Megan died on January 19.

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Posted: 25th, March 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (6)


Brain Surgeon Has Heart Attack During Operation But Carries On

IN Italy, surgeon Claudio Vitale is conducting an operation on a patient’s brain.

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Posted: 25th, March 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)


Swedish Magazine Published As A Tattoo

CAN the Sun increase readership by publishing not on paper but on women’s chests?

Swedish magazine Tare Lugnt have released their third issue as a tattoo.

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Posted: 25th, March 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment


Two Dogs Charged With Check Forgeries

IN the US, two dogs have been charged with check forgeries…

Spotter: Michelle Brown

Posted: 25th, March 2009 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comment


Tens Of Thousands Of Australians Police Mexico-US Border

AUTRALIANS are putting their rugby league zonal defence tactics to good sue on teh US-Mexico border:

The United States has unveiled an unlikely weapon in its battle against drugs gangs and illegal immigrants at the Texas-Mexico border – pub-goers in Australia.

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Posted: 25th, March 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)


School Pool Evacuated Because Of Chlorine Smell

IN the Chicago Sun Times:

A North Side high school has been evacuated as a precaution after a chemical was found in the school Monday morning.

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Posted: 24th, March 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment


Firefighters Saws Dogs In Half

THE dogs are barking. Fire! The firefighters arrive and saw them in half:

When Walt Queen’s home caught fire, neighbors saw it turn into a fireball that they couldn’t imagine anything surviving.

The home was a complete loss, but when firefighters heard barking coming from the basement, they learned that not everything was lost.

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Posted: 24th, March 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (3)


A Truck Driver Forgets To Lower His Trailer

HERE’S a video of a truck driver who forgot to lower his trailer crashing into a bridge. Here’ a video of people in a car laughing as a truck driver nearly kills himself and anyone on the bridge:

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Posted: 24th, March 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment


Female Dwarf Rescued By Chihuahua

IN Dolwyddelan, North Wales, Beverley Burkitt, 45, and 3ft 8 inches high is lost in dense woodland. She has dropped her mobile phone. It too is lost.

By way of provisions and company she has Pebbles, a Chihuahua.

Night falls. And Burkitt pulls Pebbles in to keep warm.

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Posted: 24th, March 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)


Man In Deathbed Confession Charged With Murder

JAMES Brewer, 58, thought he was dying. So he confessed to shooting dead 20-year-old Jimmy Carroll in Tennessee 32 years ago.

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Posted: 23rd, March 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment (1)


Postal Worker Charged With Theft Of $600K Stamps

US postal worker Marvin Foster has been charged with stealing more than $600,000 in stamps.

If that were not ill thought out enough, the crime was spotted when one Kyle Mathias began, allegedly, selling stamps on eBay for less than their face value.

Mathias has been charged with conspiring with Foster to sell the stolen stamps.

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Posted: 23rd, March 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment


Transvestite Will Clean Your Home For Panties

AS fetishes go, the man who will dress as a maid and clean your home for free, seems a thing to be encouraged…

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Posted: 23rd, March 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comment


An Obama Joke Waiting To Happen

HERE is a joke waiting to happen…

Barack Obama:

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Posted: 23rd, March 2009 | In: Photojournalism, Strange But True | Comment


Three Men Die Sawing Through A Bomb

In Vietnam, three local men are trying to saw through a bomb.

What happens next?

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Posted: 23rd, March 2009 | In: Strange But True | Comments (4)