The Watusi

Ah the Wild West ......

Mr Meyer And Howdy Doody

....... give me a home, where the buffalo roam and the Watusi drive around all day .... What? Watusi? 

You've Got Nail And Other Crimes

On the 10th of September 2019, a family in Bognor Regis England, found the tip of a man's finger had been posted through their letter box. 

You've Got Nail

They called the police who ran the DNA profile obtained from the digit through the UK national database, but obtained no match and so have no clue as to whose finger it came from nor indeed why it was posted through the families letter box. The only other thing that they could glean was that the finger tip had been removed sometime in the five days prior to its posting.

Well, Jemma Clark of Clacton, London also got more than she bargained for when she purchased a pair of socks from Primark. Inside was what was later confirmed to be a human bone, possibly from a little finger.

Worse than that, she only found the fragment while putting the socks in the wash .... when she reported it to Primark, they offered her an envelope to return the bone for examination, stating that it was probably a hoax "by an individual for unknown reasons". The police were investigating.

Tough Love

A couple in Blackpool, Lancashire, England were prosecuted for using a BB airgun to discipline their children. The couple routinely shot their five children, aged between seven and fifteen for such 'offences' as not changing a nappy, not doing the washing up, having a boyfriend. In September 2017. the father was sentenced to two years imprisonment, and the mother got a suspended sentence ... where are child services when you need them?

South Wales Wimmin

Angela Collingbourne was running her family car repair firm NP19 Tyres in Newport, South Wales with her sons. However she and the family were also running a cocaine drug racket that netted £2.5m. Not deterred by the jailing of her sons at various times, she carried on servicing the approx 4,000 customers and ensured the dealers were paid. 

In May 2019, she eventually got 6 years, and seven other members of the drugs gang were also jailed. Earlier in March 2019 her two sons were jailed for 12 and 14 years respectively in their latest prison terms. six other members were also jailed for conspiracy to supply class A drugs at Newport Crown Court. In all sixteen people were jailed for connections with her gang, with sentences ranging from 8 months to 14 years. Could easily be a Florida story .....

Not Scotland Yard

In the United States, there is no one place to report homicides or missing persons (who can sometimes turn out to be murder victims). 

Hannibal Would Have Been Caught Quicker
If The US Had A Central Crime Database.

They have over 17,000 different police agencies.

Act Of God?

We have written before about catastrophic aircraft damage and planes that have survived this ...

Flight 434 from Palma de Mallorca, to Vienna.

..... well imagine being a passenger on a 9th June 2024 Austrian Airlines Airbus A320 holiday flight from Majorca, Spain to Vienna, Austria.

Suing Anyone

 One of my favourite TV characters is the cynical and vengeful Moe Szyslak .....

Moe Szyslak The Owner Of Moe's Tavern

... the owner and sole barman of Moe's Tavern in The Simpsons.

Dictators Whims

Reports said that in February 2022, Kim Jong-un, North Korea's hereditary king in all but name .....

Kimjongilia Flowers - North Korean
Penal Camp For Not Growing Them.

..... had a 50 year old palace gardener named 'Han', sentenced to a harsh labour work-camp prison for 6 months, due to the poor man not being able to force a flower to bloom in time for a special festival.

Florida Man Has A Car And Other Tales

On the 7th of May 2019, Leonard Olsen a 70 year old driver was cruising in his car in Lakeland Florida when he was surprised to be stopped by the police.

Leonard Olsen - Violent Road Surfer

They explained that they had filmed him standing up and sitting on top of the sunroof of his white Cadillac, as it thundered down the road at about 40 mph (64km/h) with no one at the controls.

Medical Dilemmas And Conundrums

Desperate times lead to desperate measures ... or so they say. 

Kurt Kaser, Back At His Farm.

Kurt Kaser, a 63 year old Nebraskan farmer was proof of this back in 2019. On the 19th April of that year he was operating a grain hopper while uploading corn.

Falling Down In Kalamazoo

Uber driver Jason Dalton of Kalamazoo in Michigan USA .....

Jason Dalton Serial Killer

 .... shot dead six people in one night whilst still picking up regular fares, and dropping them off.