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A portrait of Washington Irving Bishop, (deadconjurers.blogspot.com) 0

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Weird History: Killed By An Autopsy

Weird History: The Man Killed By An Autopsy The curious case of Washington Irving Bishop begins with magic and ends with tragedy when he is found dead… after an autopsy was performed on his body. An American stage mentalist, Bishop started his career as an assistant under the muscle reader J. Randall Brown, but was most well known for his performance of the blindfold drive, an act involving driving while blindfolded (go figure). In the early 1870’s Bishop was the manager of Anna Eva Fay’s spiritualist acts, but in 1876 he exposed her trick methods to the media, after which he became an...

Mugshot of Robert Predmore upon arrest, (Huffington Post) 0

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Florida Man: Burglar Who Leaves Surprise in Bar, Arrested

Florida Man: Burglar Who Leaves Surprise in Bar, Arrested A Florida man suspected of breaking into a bar, stealing alcohol, and then defecating on the floor has been caught… with his pants down. Collier County deputies responded to a 911 call Tuesday evening about a possible burglary at Joey D’s in East Naples, Florida. Arriving at the scene they found 61-year-old Robert Predmore quite literally with his pants down, smelling of alcohol and a foul odor. The deputies noted thousands of dollars in damage to computers, monitors and the cash register; however, most incriminating, on the floor of the bar they found a bottle of...

A man nearly decapitated by falling glass, (CCTVNEWS24/7) 0

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Saudi Man Narrowly Avoids Death From Falling Glass

Saudi Man Narrowly Avoids Death From Falling Glass A Saudi Man is counting his blessings and has become a new web-celebrity after a massive piece of glass paneling became a deadly projectile that narrowly missed his head. The panel fell at an incredible speed from an unknown height and is seen pressing and sliding against the man’s face and shoulder before shattering on the ground beside him. It was a very close call. Eventually an on-looker from within the building rushed out to see if the man was injured. They invited him into the building to avoid any further accidents. Good thinking. Check...

Suspected Foot Sniffer, (WSVN News) 0

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Florida Man: Foot Sniffing Fetishist Arrested

A Foot Sniffing Fetishist Was Arrested In Florida A 52-year-old man accused of smelling women’s feet in public without their consent at Florida International University has been arrested in, surprise-surprise, Miami-Dade Florida. A growing trend online, known as “Florida Man”, which depicts strange and unusual happenings regarding the male inhabitants of the Sunshine State, has caught our attention.  As we reported on the anti-vampire dancer earlier this week, we now have a news story seemingly ripped from tabloid headlines, if only it were that easy. Appearing in court Wednesday with a bond set at $18,500, according to WSVN, Eddy Juan was arrested after...

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Combat Suit: Future Of Sports?

A team of inventors have created a weapon resistant combat suit they say is the future of sports. It’s called the Lorica and it’s a high tech suit designed for full-contact weapon combat.  It looks like something out of the video game Mass Effect with its sleek edges, armor covering just about every inch of the body, and of course its black paint job.  It’s being developed by an independent design company called Unified Weapons Master with the goal of creating a new full-contact weapons-based martial arts sport. Its creators claim it’s much more than a suit.  Sensors built into the...

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NJ Daycare Fight Club

Yes.  It’s just as ludicrous as it sounds.  Two women have been charged with organizing and filming physical altercations among children ages 4 to 6. Fight Club Originally reported by CBS2. For those too old or too young to have seen the classic David Fincher film, or read the equally fantastic novel, a fight club is a group of people that usually meets in abandoned warehouses or gas station basements for the sole purpose of beating each other to a pulp.  The last place you’d expect to find such a thing would be a schoolyard playground.  Money is often involved, but...