The Klansman

If the poster allures, the full movie follows. Please listen to the theme song, if nothing else.

Posted By: Paul - Sun Nov 25, 2012 - Comments (7)
Category: Movies, Racism, Stereotypes and Cliches, Stupid Criminals, 1970s

Cabriole

Cabriole from Leosipe on Vimeo.

Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 07, 2012 - Comments (2)
Category: Stupid Criminals, Cartoons

The Collector

Nowadays, stories about men, women and children being kept prisoner in strange circumstances--sometimes for years or decades--are so common that I'm certain Chuck will soon declare them "no longer weird."

But fifty years ago, such stories seemed more rare. One such inspired the classic novel by John Fowles, The Collector, which appeared in 1963.

The trailer of the film version can be seen above.

Fowles was inspired in part by a true story. I believe I've found that account, as seen below.

Enjoy the debut of what was to become a whole category of weird news.



Original article here.

Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 02, 2012 - Comments (7)
Category: Eccentrics, Collectors, Scary Criminals, Stupid Criminals, 1950s, 1960s

Black Money Cleaning

Look! A video! It must be real!

Black Money Scam.

Posted By: Paul - Sun Sep 04, 2011 - Comments (2)
Category: Crime, Stupid Criminals, Hoaxes and Imposters and Imitators, Money, Baths, Showers and Other Cleansing Methods, Africa

Mother’s Day

Mother's Day is next Sunday, May 8th, and I'm sure we all have nice things planned for our Moms. But few of us will have as thoughtful and extravagant a gift in mind as Tamik Kirkland, pictured to the right.

Upon hearing that his Mom had been shot, Kirkland broke out of jail (with only ten months left to serve) and went on a violence-filled revenge spree, including bursting from concealment in a car trunk with gun blazing.

Read about it here.

Now that's filial devotion!

Posted By: Paul - Sun May 01, 2011 - Comments (3)
Category: Family, Children, Parents, Holidays, Scary Criminals, Stupid Criminals

SWAT Team Responds to Buriito Outrage

What do you do when the price of a burrito goes up? If you order seven and can't take the price increase, the next thought is to threaten the Taco Bell with a gun -- an air gun. Here's a picture of the SWAT team responding to the burrito outrage:



Here's the link for the story in San Antonio, with a cryptic "who shot out the police car window" speculation.


http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/The-Beefy-Crunch-Burrito-incident-1226571.php

The suspect's BB gun hadn't been fired.

But tear gas got him out.

I know the economy is bad, but a three hour standoff over $3.50?

Posted By: gdanea - Mon Mar 21, 2011 - Comments (2)
Category: Stupid Criminals

Lip Tattoo Easily Identified

More stupid criminal stories include Anthony Brandon Gonzales' attempt to hide his face behind a mask which still revealed his lip tattoo -- and his "13" goatee tattoo.



I'm guessing for the line-up they'll have to draw tattoos on the innocent guys -- just don't use permament marker!!

Posted By: gdanea - Mon May 24, 2010 - Comments (7)
Category: Stupid Criminals

Second-Shoe Collector or Thief?  You Decide.

If you have a collection of over 1700 second hand shoes, don't tell the police. With a rash of shoe thefts in South Korea, you might make the suspect list.



Can't a man just collect shoes in private? Or trade up at a funeral?

Posted By: gdanea - Wed Apr 28, 2010 - Comments (2)
Category: Stupid Criminals

Secret Techniques of the Electric Company & Party of Five:  Not Much Brighter Than the Original

I have two news oddities to present from one of my local papers. The first from The Greensburg Daily News I didn't think was so odd, I would expect the electric company to do such things to avoid displacing wildlife, but I couldn't figure out if the 'secret technique' was really an extraordinary trade secret (I would actually expect them to want to share such info so other companies could put it to use), or just a case of a lazy reporter.
The second from the same paper details five new residents of the county jail. Alas, there is only one mugshot. These five actually had uniformed police knock on their door, and they didn't answer. So the police set up a perimeter around their apartment for two hours while waiting for the search warrant. With two hours to play with, none of the suspects noticed a cop banging on the door or the perimeter placed around their apartment? And they couldn't destroy a small amount of dope and paraphernalia in the meantime?

Posted By: qualityleashdog - Wed Mar 03, 2010 - Comments (4)
Category: Animals, Drugs, Inebriation and Intoxicants, Stupidity, Stupid Criminals, Your Daily Jury Duty

Weird Shorts - Boys and Girls

It’s an old excuse, whenever a man is caught eyeing-up another woman by his partner we’ll often claim that it’s not our fault, it’s just the way we’re wired. Well not according to neuroscientists at Gwinnett College in Georgia. Researchers there monitored the brain activity of 14 men while showing them pictures of women’s behinds taken before and after surgery designed to give them Beyonce like curves. The scans showed ‘reward areas’ of the men’s brains more commonly associated with drugs or alcohol lit up more in response to the redesigned rumps. In other words, we do it because we like it (Orange).

But if what most attracts men is a great set of lady bumps, what would top women’s list of desirable traits in their perfect man? That’s what online matchmakers UKDating wanted to know, so they analysed the responses of 83,000 lovelorn women to find the top ten most wanted male characteristics. And number one was… a salary over £50k ($75k). Bizarrely, being good looking came in at number 9, just above being 5’11” tall and five places below owning an Audi TT. But do girls really only like cars and money, or does this finding perhaps explain why these particular girls had to resort to a dating service in the first place (News://Lite)?

The economics of relationships also features in the new book from Karyn Langhorne Folan. In Don’t Bring Home A White Boy, Folan describes today’s black women as being stuck in “market failure”, with college educated black women outnumbering their male counterparts by 3 to 1. This severely restricts the women’s options unless they look outside their own race. “In this case, we are the commodity and the new market is men of other races,” states Foley, who is herself a Harvard-educated lawyer, “it’s Econ 101 for the single, educated black woman” (STL Today).

Mind you, women aren’t always a commodity, sometimes they’re the consumer. At least that’s what Cuban cigar maker Habanos is hoping. In an effort to boost sales in a market hit hard by anti-smoking legislation the world-over, Habanos have produced what they’re billing as the first Cuban cigar specifically for female smokers. Their new Julieta brand is smaller and milder in hopes of being more appealing to women, but still manages to keep that phallic edge to its image (Sky News).



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Posted By: Dumbfounded - Mon Mar 01, 2010 - Comments (5)
Category: Business, Education, Ethnic Groupings, Inebriation and Intoxicants, Sexuality, Stupid Criminals, Goofs and Screw-ups