All entries by Ray

No Skull For You!

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Dang! And we were going to exhibit it here in the spacious Damned Connecticut offices, too.
[January 23, 2010] Christie’s auction house is canceling the upcoming auction for a skull from Yale’s Skull & Bones society …
Source: NBC 30

Pomperaug High Goes for World Record

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Looks like they are getting closer to actually getting the record.
[January 22, 2010] Pomperaug High School is pursuing a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records with 13 sets of twins enrolled in the same school year …
Source: Waterbury Republican-American

Prank Snowballs into “Kidnapping”

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Overreaction much?
[January 21, 2010] An Ansonia man was arrested following an incident where after his car was hit with a snowball, he stopped, pulled out a knife, forced a boy into his car and then drove the boy to the boy’s home …
Source: NBC 30

Tales of the Mummy

By  | Category: The Damned Blog

They say dead men tell no tales — but that’s before science started getting involved. Now, thanks to advanced investigative equipment, the mysteries of the past are being unraveled right here in Connecticut.

Connecticut Ghosts on TV

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A nice roundup of upcoming Connecticut sites to be featured on ghosthunting programs.
[January 17, 2010] Capt. Grant’s in Mystic will be featured on the Tuesday, Jan. 19th episode of “Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal” on A&E, one a few local destinations that are getting the ghosthunting treatment …
Source: New London Day

The Picture That Started It All

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Sometimes all it takes is one moment, one word or even one picture to send someone down a path that they will follow their entire lives.

Man Hides Kid in Dumpster to Avoid Police

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Gives a whole new meaning to “white trash.”
[January 12, 2009] A Milford man was arrested after he put a 5-year-old boy in a dumpster to hide from police after stealing $1,000 in merchandise from Walmart …
Source: New Haven Register

A Damned Baby!

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Congrats to Steve and Kate, who on Tuesday, January 11, welcomed their first child, James Allen. Our damned state just got even better!

Connecticut Sees First “Chemical Suicide”

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Do we really need to keep coming up with new ways to kill ourselves?
[January 9, 2010] A woman who killed herself in Bloomfield recently is believed to be the state’s first case of “chemical suicide,” a growing trend where a mix of common household chemicals are used to create deadly hydrogen sulfide gas …
Source: Hartford Courant

Yale Gets “Lucky” Donation

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Wouldn’t it have made more sense to give the money to a website that specializes in weird, unexplained and unusual (and lucky) things?
[January 9, 2010] Yale University announced that they have received a pledge for $8,888,888 from a Chinese alumnus because 8 is considered a lucky number in Chinese culture …
Source: Yale Daily News