January 08, 2010
A
fascinating ‘Ask Me Anything’ thread on Reddit: I was once a homeless meth
addict living on the streets for two full years and have since turned my life
around.
Also,
from homelessness to becoming a billionaire: The story of john Paul DeJoria
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Meet
Michael Amyx. The
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Alan
Taylor about the year after he developed “The Big Picture” blog
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Lucite
& glass rings, arranged by color swatches
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Why
chicks cry –Images of women and girls crying, taken from DC romance comics 1957
to 1968
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A 100 trillion dollar note from Zimbabwe
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Corporate
takeover 9, at ‘Worth 1000’
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June 16, 2009
Someone must have been
telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one
morning, he was arrested. Every day at
eight in the morning he was brought his breakfast by Mrs. Grubach's cook - Mrs. Grubach was his
landlady - but today she didn't come.
That had never happened before.
K. waited a little while, looked from his pillow at the old woman who
lived opposite and who was watching him with an inquisitiveness quite unusual
for her, and finally, both hungry and disconcerted, rang the bell. There was immediately a knock at the door and
a man entered. He had never seen the man
in this house before. He was slim but firmly
built, his clothes were black and close-fitting, with many folds and pockets,
buckles and buttons and a belt, all of which gave the impression of being very
practical but without making it very clear what they were actually for. "Who are you?" asked K., sitting
half upright in his bed. The man,
however, ignored the question as if his arrival simply had to be accepted, and
merely replied, "You rang?"
"Anna should have brought me my breakfast," said K. He tried to work out who the man actually
was, first in silence, just through observation and by thinking about it, but
the man didn't stay still to be looked at for very long. Instead he went over to the door, opened it
slightly, and said to someone who was clearly standing immediately behind it.......
(More inside the comments)
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March 02, 2009
Madoff madness
This Handy, interactive Madoff Cluster Map uses the Google Maps API for Flash to show the locations of victims of Ponzi-Meister Bernard Madoff. The map uses colored markers to show the density of victims in any location. The map is searchable by location and by name
(From Maggie’s Farm)
A Huge Depository of Unusual Crime and Criminals Here
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January 01, 2009
I am not a composer of music, I am an inventor of music
Stravinsky mug shot, from “Rate My Band”
Benjaman Kyle is a pseudonym adopted by a man who is suffering from amnesia. He was discovered unconscious on August 31, 2004, behind a Burger King in Richmond Hill, Georgia. He is believed to be in his 50s or 60s and has memories of living in Indiana and Colorado. Unable to obtain employment without a social security number, Benjaman Kyle, as of October 2008, continues to search for his identity
The Famous Persons Listing of the FBI
A Huge Depository of Unusual Crime and Criminals Here
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December 14, 2008
Second Annual Golden Duke Awards
More at The Smoking Gun: Drunk driver had severed fuel nozzle still attached to car
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The Second Annual Golden Duke Awards, given out for excellence in corrupt acts, betrayals of the public trust and generalized shameful behavior, by Talking Points Memo
Un-related: Cowboy Roller Skates
A Huge Depository of Unusual Crime and Criminals Here
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November 01, 2008
F-f-freaks
Australian F-f-freaks. (YT)
Sign That Your Online Dating Service Caters To Desperate Types
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2 from Metafilter: How can I learn more about a murder that occurred in my house? I rent a house on the outskirts of a very small town in Jefferson County, West Virginia. I've heard that one of the previous occupants killed her abusive husband with a shotgun somewhere in the house. I believe this happened sometime in the 70s.
Out of morbid curiosity, I'd like to know more about the murder (particularly, which room it happened in). The town is far too small to have its own paper, but there are two papers in surrounding towns that would certainly have covered it
Also; A string of burglaries in Grant Park, Atlanta came to a stop, because a homeowner got it on camera
A Huge Depository of Unusual Crime and Criminals Here
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August 05, 2008
Trouble in the heartland
Workin' in the fields
Til you get your back burned
Workin' 'neath the wheel
Till you get your facts learned
Baby got my facts
Learned real good right now
Poor man wanna be rich
Rich man wanna be king
And a king ain't satisfied
Till he rules everything
I wanna go out tonight
I wanna find out what I got
A Huge Depository of Unusual Crime and Criminals Here
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February 17, 2008
Crimes of Carelessness
Andrew Waxy is tracing the NIU killer thru clues he left online
Crimes of Carelessness, another 50's era "educational" type film. (YT)
Another successful mefi detective work: Is an eBay fraud seller free?
Scamming the Scammers: 5 Brilliant Reverse 419 Scams
A Huge Depository of Unusual Crime and Criminals Here
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January 29, 2008
Russian cops
An unofficial gallery of the Russian police
In 1979/80 my family took part in the biggest espionage scandal that the former country of East-Germany saw in its entire 50 years of existence... My spy story. If it had not been for 15 minutes...
“Here I am, my name is Billy McCune. My prison number is 12-20-54”…
The Dark & Disturbing Art of Nico Claux. (Thank you, Pierre)
The Child Molester, a creepy educational film from 1964
Seen everywhere: Crimes of fashion - Allentown man charged in two homicides
A Huge Depository of Unusual Crime and Criminals Here
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November 27, 2007
Murder in the Red Barn
Deserted Police Department in Michigan. (From Bell River Nation)
Tom Waits sings about the Murder in the Red Barn
The Look of Love: Portraits of Sex Offenders, by Jesse Wiedel
Jeffrey Deskovic served 16 years in prison for a murder and rape that took place in NY. All 16 years, he fought to prove his innocence. Last year he was exonerated of all crimes and released
Charges dropped against a man named Pheuk Kue, 37, a convicted sex offender
A Huge Depository of Unusual Crime and Criminals Here
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November 10, 2007
The Alphabet Murders
In the early 1970s, an unknown assailant sexually attacked and strangled three young girls in towns near Rochester, N.Y.:
• Carmen Colon in Churchville
• Wanda Walkowicz in Webster
• Michelle Maenza in Macedon
The crimes have never been solved.
(From Futility Closet)
Great Con Artists of the 20th Century - A subjective collection
23 Unfortunate picks of t-shirts to get arrested in
Bowie’s Mug Shot following his March 1976 arrest on a felony pot possession charge
More on The Smoking Gun - The secret Bernard Kerik’s Indictment
Breaking news: Man gets probation in pickle assault
A Huge Depository of Unusual Crime and Criminals Here
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October 20, 2007
Mugshots
Have You Seen This Man Stealing Your Lobby Furniture? The Great Chair Heist
Han HoogerBrugge’s Crime & Punishment. Also, his newer Nails
A new series of greeting cards designed specifically for receipt by inmates: For the felon in your life
Re-post: Create a police sketch
Photos around the theme of Crime and Punishment in the first half of the 20th century. (From Madam Jujujive)
Urban Camouflage in Tokyo
Scroll down for the mugshot of Paul Addis, the man who torched Burning Man a little too early
A Huge Depository of Unusual Crime and Criminals Here
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August 19, 2007
Own a piece of Italian History
Henry Hill of Goodfellas fame (Tripod!) is selling his original artwork on ebay
A Coloring Book for Lawyers (pdf)
The Conversion of Manuel Noriega - Baptized into Christ 10/24/92
A Briton living in New Zealand in an old car, with a pet possum, has denied he is a missing aristocrat who disappeared in 1974 after the murder of his children's nanny in London
A Huge Depository of Unusual Crime and Criminals Here
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July 15, 2007
I Go Chop Your Dollar
I Go Chop Your Dollar, a popular Nigerian music video by singer Nkem Owoh, telling the story of 419 frauds from the point of view of the scammers
The Au Pair Nanny Nigerian Scam. Ultrascan Advanced Global Investigations specializing in “Scenario based investigative solutions”, i.e., Nigerian 419 advance fee fraud. How to recognize a Nigerian scam letter
The original Spanish Prisoner story. "As humans we must dream, and when we dream, we dream of money." David Mamet's version
How to spot a hidden handgun by Megan Jaegerman
(Graphic above from Slate)
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