Scary Criminals
Crimes By Women
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Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 10, 2013 -
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Category: Scary Criminals, Comics, 1940s, Women
More Than A Little Creepy
A woman in Washington state was having issues with her home heat. When the repair guy came and checked things out he found that someone had been living in the crawl space under the house. The intruder had made him(or her)self at home by diverting the heat to the crawl space. There were also numerous alcohol containers strewn around the area. Enough to freak someone out don't you think?
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jan 10, 2013 -
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Category: Scary Criminals
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 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Collectors, Scary Criminals, Stupid Criminals, 1950s, 1960s
Russian Criminal Tattoo
It's a whole 'nother world from the West. Visit here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 08, 2011 -
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Category: Scary Criminals, Books, Russia, Tattoos
Mother’s Day
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 -
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Category: Family, Children, Parents, Holidays, Scary Criminals, Stupid Criminals
Door-to-Door Maniac
Posted By: Paul - Mon Feb 08, 2010 -
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Category: Movies, Music, Scary Criminals, 1960s
Life Imitates Comics
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 25, 2009 -
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Category: Body Modifications, Scary Criminals, Comics
Fantomas
We are approaching, in 2011, the one-hundredth anniversary of the creation of Fantomas, villianous antihero adored by the French. But something about Fantomas just doesn't translate to American tastes, and he's never been popular here.Somehow I don't think this trailer from Fantomas's 1964 self-titled film will help win over the US audience.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 23, 2009 -
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Category: Costumes and Masks, Movies, Scary Criminals, Foreign Customs, 1910s
Follies of the Mad Men #50
At one time, during either the seventies or the eighties, I believe, this campaign was ubiquitous. I would run across OJ and his boots in every issue of Playboy I intended to cut up for collages, whereupon I would promptly rip out the page intact and mail it to a friend. That's why I had to find a scan on eBay, for this post, and can't tell you the exact provenance of the advertisement.
Of course, today we laugh because of OJ's appearance. "So that's how he was able to escape so fast after the murders! He deployed his third leg!"
But consider the campaign even without OJ.
First you get the off-color allusion to "third leg = penis." Then you get the Addams-Family-style associations of "Our boots are worn by mutants and freaks."
Brilliant!
Posted By: Paul - Wed Dec 10, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Celebrities, Death, Fashion, Shoes, Law, Lawsuits, Sports, Scary Criminals, Stupid Criminals, 1970s, 1980s
Bus Rage
In one of those moments of perfect timing that only occur in a weird universe, Greyhound has decided to pull its ad campaign that sported the boastful tagline: "There's a reason you've never heard of 'BUS RAGE'", because unfortunately now everyone has heard of that phenomenon. (Thanks, Gary!)
Posted By: Alex - Thu Aug 07, 2008 -
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Category: Scary Criminals, Advertising
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