81-Year-Old Man Gets Jailed Time for Working as Gangsters’ Getaway Driver Because He Was Lonely
Ian Hemmens, an 81-year-old former burger van worker from West Sussex, in England, was recently sentenced to nine months behind bars for aiding an alleged drug dealer flee the country while allegedly working as his getaway driver. Life as a pensioner can get pretty boring and lonely, so much so that some people will do […]
New Reality Show Challenges Meat Eaters to Go Vegetarian or Eat Their Pet Animal
Part extreme reality TV show, part social experiment, “Meat the Family” follows four meat-eating families for three weeks as they interact with the animal that they enjoy eating most. At the end they are forced to make a choice between going vegan or eating their pet. The premise of Meat the Family is that the […]
Man Spends Tens of Thousands of Dollars Fighting $120 Speeding Fine, Still Loses
A 71-year-old man in the UK reportedly spent almost 30,000 pounds ($37,000) fighting a 100-pound speeding fine over several years, but in the end sill lost the case. Retired engineer Richard Keedwell’s troubles began in November of 2016, when during a day trip to Worcester, he was clocked by police doing 35mph in a 30mph […]
Woman Gets Arrested for Constantly Nagging Husband to Do House Chores
Valerie Sanders, a 58-year-old woman from the UK, spent 17 hours in jail after being charged with “controlling behavior” after allegedly nagging her husband to clean the house instead of his car. Valerie’s troubles with the law began in April of 2018, when during a routine check at her husband Michael’s workplace Jobcentre UK staff […]
Aggressive Seagulls Keep Couple Hostage in Their Own Home for Six Days
An elderly couple in the UK claimed that they were held hostage by a pair of seagulls nesting on the roof of their Lancashire home. Every time they tried to leave the birds would become aggressive and attack them. Roy and Brenda Pickard’s story sounds like a real life version of Alfred Hitchcock’s “Birds”. The […]
Supermarket Parking Lot Dubbed “UK’s Bermuda Triangle” After Shoppers Report Being Unable to Lock and Unlock Their Cars
Dozens of shoppers at a Lidl supermarket in Gloucestershire, UK, recently reported mysterious anomalies with their car alarms and central locking systems which left them unable to leave the parking lot. There’s something fishy going on in the parking lot of a Lidl supermarket in Kingswood, a suburb on the eastern side of Bristol City, but […]
Adventurer Spends Two Months Living on the Streets to Document Plight of Homeless Beggars
Ed Stafford, a former British Army captain and renowned adventurer recently embarked on a 60-day challenge that saw him sleeping on the streets of various cities in Britain. His experiment was meant to highlight the plight of homeless people, but he was shocked to find that begging can be more lucrative than he had ever imagined. […]
Thieves Wanted – Shop Owner Wants to Pay Skilled Thieves $64 an Hour to Steal from Her Shop
The owner of a clothing store in the UK is taking an unconventional approach to preventing theft. The woman, who preferred to remain anonymous, wants to hire skilled thieves to come in and steal from her store and then tell her how they did it, so she can prevent it from happening again. The witty […]
Army Captain Goes to War Against Wall After Drunk Soldiers Lock Him in Toilet for Six Hours
An English army captain recently smashed his way out of a barracks toilet after being stripped naked and locked in there by soldiers during a drunken prank. He is now being investigated and will most likely have to pay for the damages. The incident took place last last week, in the barracks of an Army bomb […]
Britain’s Most Prolific Criminal Commits His 668th Offence
62-year-old Patrick Ryan was been in and out of jail since and age 14 and had already spent 23 years behind bars by the time he turned 50. He was recently sentenced to another 18 months in jail for committing his record-breaking 668th offence. Ryan’s criminal record is reportedly so long that police in Accrington, Lancashire, […]
Woman Legally Banned from Singing in Her Home After Neighbors Complain That She Sounds Like a Drowning Cat
A woman in Norwich, UK, was recently banned from singing and playing loud music in her apartment, after neighbors complained that her screeching sounded like “a drowning cat”. 48-year-old Heather Webb has reportedly terrorized neighbors in her apartment building with her singing for at least four years. In 2014, her neighbors filled anti-social behavior forms and […]
English Village Has Been Rising By 2 Cm Every Year, And No One Knows Why
The people of Willand, a small village in Devon, UK, can say that they are literally moving up in the world. Scientists have discovered that Willand is rising by 2 cm (0.7 inches) every year, but they have no idea why. The mysterious elevation was spotted by researchers at Geomatic Ventures Limited (GVL), an offshoot […]
Man Bought Used Car for 100-Mile Trip Because It Was Cheaper Than a Train Ticket
A young bargain hunter recently managed to show just how insanely expensive train tickets in the UK can be, by buying a car, petrol, insurance and road tax for it and still spending less than the cost of just one train ticket for a 100 mile trip. 27-year-old Tom Church, from London, wanted to visit […]
Vegetarian Cattle Farmer Who Can’t Kill His Cows Gives Away Whole Heard to Animal Sanctuary
When his father died, in 2011, Jay Wilde inherited the family cattle farm, in Ashbourne, UK. He has been constantly sending cows to the slaughterhouse ever since, but he recently decided he couldn’t do it anymore, so he gave away his heard of 59 cows to an animal sanctuary, where they will live out the rest […]
Man in Colorful Parrot Costume Helps Sell House Online
If you’re looking for a way to to make your property stand out on a real-estate website, dressing up as a colorful parrot and posing for photos seems to work wonders. At least it worked for the owner of a house in Blackrod, UK, who had asked his estate agent to come up with a way […]