Things went from funny to tragic, when the hospital nurse who put through a prank call to Kate Middleton’s private nurse earlier this week was found dead in a suspected suicide. Jacintha Saldanha, a mother of two, was working the switchboard when two Australian jockeys from 2DayFM obtained intimate details about Kate…we all heard the
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R.I.P. Stalking Cat
You have to admire one who is both different and unique, and to label stalking cat as either would be an extreme understatement. The former US Navy sonar technician, and programmer, Stalking Cat (AKA Dennis Avner), who was famous for having had extensive cosmetic surgery to adopt the likeness of his totem animal, the tiger,
91-year old Grandma makes $100K selling Suicide Kits
What a bizarre story out of La Mesa, California. 91-year-old grandma named “Charlotte” is making, then selling suicide kit on the Internet. Charlotte started making the kits — which cost buyers $60, after watching her husband die a slow, painful death from colon cancer. She takes large plastic bags and sews soft elastic bands around
Intense Gun Battle Video at a Police Precinct Released
Police footage was finally released the 68-second video of a bizarre incident involving a deranged gunman who went on a shooting/suicide rampage in of all places, a police precinct. The frightening footage, released on Friday, shows two different angles of gunman Lamar Moore calmly walking into the station on Jan. 23. The 38-year-old Detroit resident
Birthday Bouncy Castle Thwarts Suicide Attempt
Sometimes using an unorthodox way to solve a problem actually works. Trained negotiators were called to a tense stand-off when a distressed man, standing inches from the edge of the roof of a multi-storey car park threatens to leap to his death. Faced with a desperate situation, Swansea Police thought outside the box and called
Stunning video captures Florida Man opening Fire at Meeting before turning gun on himself
Sunning video captured the last tense moments of Florida man, Clay Duke, before he opened fire on a school board meeting, before ultimately turning the gun on himself. The footage shows Clay Duke, 56, spray painting the letter ‘V’ in red paint on the wall inside the school, which was about a revolutionary’s violent fight
The Workers who make your iPhone Live in Deplorable Conditions
More than 420,000 workers live, eat, work and sleep at Foxconn’s factory in Shenzhen. As part of a more in-depth story being done for WIRED, Joel Johnson visited the factory and took some pictures of the deplorable conditions that factory workers have to live in. Foxconn is one of Apple’s main manufacturer contractors. Thousands of
Rutgers Freshman Commits Suicide after classmates view his Sexual Activity | UPDATED
Tormented Tyler Clementi, 18, a freshman at Rutgers University committed suicide after two of his classmates used a hidden form room camera to expose his private sex life all over the web. According to sources, Clementi, of Ridgewood is believed to have jumped off the George Washington Bridge on Thursday, Sept. 23. The victim’s car
