Man Arrested 5 Times in 3 Days Due to Resemblance to Wanted Criminal
A Chinese man recently went through the worst week of his life after being arrested five times in only three days due to his uncanny resemblance to a prison escapee. In October of 2021, a criminal by the name of Zhu Xianjian managed to escape from a prison in Northeast China’s Jilin Province. Authorities scrambled […]
Woman Tries to Hire Assassin on RentAHitman.com, Ends Up in Prison
A Michigan woman who turned to a bogus rent-a-hitman website to have an assassin kill her ex-husband was recently convicted for solicitation of murder. The internet is amazing. You can find just about any kind of information or service if you put in the work and do some research, but when it comes to hiring […]
Man Allegedly Jumps in Front of Moving Train to Claim Insurance Payouts
A Hungarian man has been accused of jumping in front of a train and having both legs cut off by the metal wheels in order to claim over $3.2 million in insurance payouts. Sandor Cs., a 54-year-old man from the Hungarian village of Nyircsaszari, lost both of his legs in a horrific incident in 2014. […]
Woman Convinces Husband He Has Alzheimer’s to Cover Up $600,000 Theft
A Connecticut woman has been accused of stealing over $600,000 from her husband’s bank account over the last 20 years and trying to cover it up by making him think he has Alzheimer’s disease. Donna Marino was arrested last week for reportedly stealing money in the form of pension checks, workers’ compensation payments, and Social […]
Man Rents Poisonous Snake to Kill His Wife And Marry Another Woman
An Indian man was found guilty of murdering his wife by renting a cobra to bite her and make it look like an accident, so he could take her jewelry and marry another woman. In what has been described as a modern murder mystery, a young man from the Kollam District of the Indian state […]
Would-Be Teachers Use Bluetooth-Connected Flip-Flops to Cheat on Exam
Over two dozen people taking a national exam that could lead to a career in teaching were caught cheating Bluetooth-enabled flip flops to get an edge over the stiff competition. Cheating has always been a big problem in India, especially during potentially life-changing exams. I remember watching surreal scenes of people climbing the walls of […]
Food-Stall Owner Adds Poppy Husk Powder to His Dishes to Make Them Addictive
A Chinese food stall owner was recently arrested after admitting to adding poppy husk powder to his dishes to get patrons hooked on them. In late August of this year, the Lunan Police Station in Lianyungang City, China’s Jiangsu Province, received information that a local hot noodle stall owner might be using illegal ingredients to […]
Man Gets 5 Doses of 3 Different Covid-19 Vaccines in 10 Weeks, Just to Be Sure
Authorities in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro are currently investigating how a local man was able to receive at least five doses of three different Covid-19 vaccines in just 10 days. According to official records, the unnamed man started getting Covid-19 vaccines in May, and continued getting new jabs into June, until his […]
“Silent Man” Has Been Causing Traffic Jams by Standing in the Middle of Traffic for Seven Years
An Englishman dubbed “Silent Man” has caused numerous traffic jams in his home city of Swansea over the last seven years by simply standing in the middle of traffic. Because he never says a word, no one has any idea why he does it. Ever since 2014, David Hampson has repeatedly hindered traffic by standing […]
Man Wears Elaborate Female Disguise to Take Graduation Exam on Behalf of Girlfriend
A young African man was recently placed under arrest after he tried to pass as a woman while trying to pass the graduation exam on behalf of his girlfriend. 22-year-old Khadim Mboup, a student of the Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis University, in Diourbel, Senegal, managed to fool faculty and supervisors at a Baccalaureate (high-school graduation […]
Scorned Contractor Destroys Façade of Apartment Building He Himself Built
A contractor who didn’t receive the payment he was promised rented an excavator and destroyed the façade of an apartment building he himself built. Tenants were supposed to move into a newly completed apartment building in Blumberg, a small town in Germany’s Baden-Wurttemberg, in the next couple of weeks, but a bizarre incident has delayed […]
Used Women’s Shoe Thief Arrested for the Second Time in Seven Years
Seven years after being busted for allegedly stealing over 200 pairs of women’s shoes, a Japanese man was once again arrested and deprived of his collection of 139 pairs of women’s footwear. On June 10, following the raid of a local man’s home, police in Murakami, Japan displayed a rather unusual haul – 139 pairs […]
Thief Arrested on His 18th Birthday Gets Surprise Party from Police
A Brazilian young man recently got a rather humiliating birthday party thrown for him by police after being arrested for theft right on the day that he turned 18. Celebrating your 18th birthday should be a joyous occasion, but for one Paulo Rodrigo das Neves, from Brazil’s Rio Grande do Norte region, the event was […]
Man Shocked to Find Video of His Wife Marrying Another Man on Social Media
A Chinese man was browsing his favorite video app when he stumbled upon a recent video of his wife marrying another man in a neighboring town. At age 35, Yin Cheng (pseudonym) is already considered an “elderly youth” in his in his home city of Bayannur, Inner Mongolia, so it’s no surprise that his family […]
Male Scammers Use Silicone Breast Prosthesis to Pose as Attractive Women Online
Police in China have recently been issuing warnings about “fake women” using realistic-looking silicone breasts prosthesis to trick men into removing their clothes during online chats and then blackmailing them with the footage. If the last couple of years have taught us anything, it’s that you should definitely not trust anything you see online. From […]