News from October 2008

The Picton Belcher

64 year old New Zealander David Browne has been nicknamed the “Picton Belcher” due to his antisocial habit of belching in women’s faces in the street.
Browne would approach women in the street, attack them verbally and then belch squarely in their faces. The same treatment was given to car drivers, Browne would wander into the [...]

Crazy Cat Lady

The home of a 49 year old woman in Nebraska US has been raided by town officials after reports of excessive amounts of cats living at the premises.
The Nebraska Humane Society entered the house wearing face masks and protective overalls, they discovered the building to be littered with animal faeces and plagued with mites. In [...]

Cannibal Cultist Gets Nine Years

Cannibal Cultist Klara Mauerova has been handed a nine year prison sentence by a Czech court this week for the sustained torture and abuse of her own children.
Klara Mauerova, her sister Katerina, and three other weirdos were arrested for imprisoning Klara’s two sons Jakob and Ondrej in her cellar and systematically abusing them both sexually [...]

Bird Eating Spider

These remarkable shots show an Australian golden orb spider as it devours a full sized bird which has become trapped in it’s astonishingly strong web.

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Star Wars Star Has Heart Attack On Stage

Star Wars actor Ian McDiarmid, who played evil Emperor Palpatine in four of the classic hit movies, has suffered a suspected heart attack whilst performing in front of a theatre audience in London’s West End.
Despite falling ill half way through his performance, suffering from dizziness and feeling unwell, the highly distinguished Scottish stage actor stuck [...]

Coffee Shrinks Women’s Breasts

Swedish boffins have discovered that drinking coffee can have a serious effect on a woman’s breast measurements.
The scientists from Lund University in Sweden studied 300 women, recording details of their breast dimensions and coffee intake. The alarming results showed that drinking as little as three cups of coffee a day could shrink boobs, and the [...]

The Black Magic Salsa Spy

The trial of a former British Army interpreter, accused of spying for Iran, has taken another bizarre twist.
Daniel James, interpreter for top British general David Richards in Afghanistan, has already told the court that he is a salsa instructor and was once approached by television personality Jonathan Ross to dance on a Channel 4 show.
James [...]

Pet Snake Kills Owner

Amanda Ruth Black was discovered dead on Tuesday night, beside an empty snake tank.
Black, from Virginia US, was the owner of a 13 foot long reticulated python which she was attempting to administer medication to. Her body was discovered by her husband, lying in front of the empty snake vivarium, the snake was loose in [...]

Zombies Wanted

Charity fund raisers in Bolton, Lancashire, are appealing for more volunteers to help them in a world record breaking stunt this weekend.
Steve Clegg is organising a “Thrillerthon” at Bolton’s Hayward Leisure Centre. The event will be part of a global attempt to get the biggest ever synchronised performance of Michael Jackson’s iconic Thriller dance routine. [...]

UK Police Call For Internet Censorship

Detective chief superintendent Len Hynds, from the UK’s National Hi-Tech Crime Unit has publicly called for websites with content concerning subjects such as necrophilia and cannibalism to be shut down because they incite crime.
Hynds says the reason for this thought policing is to protect vulnerable members of society from “corrupting influences”.
“For the internet to take [...]

News from October 2008

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