Category: Strange News
Man who raped dying, overdosing girl and stuffed her body in a crate charged
(Updated November 21, 2018) Yesterday, The Daily Herald reported that Brian Varela “pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter, third-degree rape, and unlawful disposal of remains as part of a plea deal […]
Flights to Wakanda now boarding from Atlanta and Orlando airports
Following on the heels of the record-breaking Black Panther film, the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta tweeted that flights to King T’Challa’s African nation of Wakanda are now boarding. The […]
Father and daughter get married, have a baby and get arraigned on felony incest charges
In a bizarre tale that culminates in an incestuous marriage between a father and daughter who produced their own love child, Steven Pladl, 42, of Knightdale, North Carolina, and his […]
Six men including a judge, an actor and a pastor arrested in prostitution sting
The Naples, Florida, Police Department reports that six individuals including a Lee County Circuit Judge, a Broadway actor and a pastor from Fort Meyers were among those arrested in a […]
New Study: Oil used in McDonald’s french fries may hold the key to curing baldness
Stem cell research scientists at Yokohama National University in Japan released a new study claiming that they may have found a baldness cure using an ingredient commonly used in McDonald’s […]
Police nationwide warn against sharing child porn video now going viral on Facebook
Police departments across the country are warning citizens about a child porn video that’s gone viral on Facebook. The video depicting a toddler performing oral sex on an adult first […]
Florida Mayor Joy Cooper arrested on felony corruption charges following FBI sting
The Mayor of Hallandale Beach, Florida, has been arrested and is now facing multiple felony corruption charges. Mayor Joy Cooper, 57, turned herself in to police on January 25 following […]
Mean girls charged after delivering potentially deadly pineapple-tainted high-five
In a brutal tale that runs the gamut from mean girls’ school prank to school bullying to attempted murder, three western Pennsylvania teens attending Butler Intermediate High School in Butler, […]
Tucson cops nab 80-year-old armed bank robber
After police in Tucson, Arizona, released surveillance images of a male suspect they say held up the Pyramid Credit Union in northwest Tucson at gunpoint, a tip came in from […]
New details of abuse emerge from California ‘House of Horrors’
The 13 children suffered horrible physical and mental abuse at the hands of their parents, David Allen Turpin, 57, and his wife, Louisa Anna Turpin, 49, while those kids were […]
