Steven Spielberg is reported to be developing a television adaptation of Locke & Key, the horror comic book written by Stephen King’s son Joe Hill. Locke & Key was first published in 2008 and follows three siblings and their mother who move into ‘Keyhouse’, a mansion filled with doors that lead into other worlds that [...]
Continue reading …45-year-old David Jones from Sussex has set a new world record for living in close proximity to deadly snakes. Jones, a professional carpenter has spent 114 days locked in a 4m x 5m room at the Chameleon Village Reptile Conservation Park in Johannesburg, South Africa surrounded by 40 dangerous serpents, including puff adders, bloomsangs, cobras, [...]
Continue reading …Takeru Kobayashi chomped his way to victory this weekend at the Pie Pizza Eating Competition held in Ontario. This was the first eating event Kobayashi has taken part in since the drama at this year’s Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest when the former world champion was arrested after he invaded the stage. [...]
Continue reading …A 21-year-old woman from Ghana tossed her newborn baby down a toilet and left it for dead. Tina Agyei denies flushing the baby, or even giving birth, despite medical examinations proving otherwise. The drama unfolded at an all-night service held at a church in Ashaiman. During the service the church founder Apostle Matthew Antwi claims [...]
Continue reading …The Proper Cornish Food Company believe they’ve set a new world record for the biggest ever Cornish pasty. The company went to head to head with their rivals Lostwithiel Bakery in a challenge set by Monster Munchies TV show to produce the largest pasty in just 24 hours. Mark Muncey from Proper Cornish had a [...]
Continue reading …An Islamic court in Saudi Arabia is considering surgically paralysing a man by operating on his spine as punishment for his crimes. Amnesty International are reported to be outraged that the Saudi courts are considering this bizarre method of punishment, which they claim is simply torture. The criminal has already been sentenced to seven months [...]
Continue reading …A farmer in Serbia has been speaking about ignoring a vet’s advice and not having his two-headed calf euthanized. Radomir Timotijevic refused to have the animal put down despite professional advice, and the calf is now a month old and doing well. “I would never let the poor thing suffer but it seems to be [...]
Continue reading …An 11-year-old albino girl was shot by a masked gunman as she played with her friends and then beheaded as part of a ritual murder. The young girl had been washing clothes and bathing in the river with friends when a man wearing a balaclava grabbed hold of her and shot her in the back [...]
Continue reading …Beaches in northern France were closed yesterday after reports of a crocodile swimming in the sea at Boulogne-sur-Mer. Two witnesses reported spotting a crocodile swimming alongside tourist boats in the port. Local zoos were contacted to see if any of their reptiles had escaped, but none were reported missing. Despite this authorities decided to go [...]
Continue reading …Police officers in Louth, Lincolnshire have reported multiple sightings of a squirrel sized monkey roaming the countryside. PC Paul French was the first policeman to spot the maverick primate as it ran in front of his police car as he drove through South Cockerington last Friday. On Sunday PC Ian Garrick reported spotting the creature [...]
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