All entries by Ray

Student: “Coach Forced Me to Drink Blood”

By  | Category: Weird News

Anything to win, right?
[September 19, 2009] A former Central Connecticut State University athlete claims that the coach of the track team forced him to drink a cup of blood …
Source: Hartford Courant

Toddler Falls Three Floors, Toddles Away

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“Ta-daa!”
[September 13, 2009] A three-year-old girl got up and walked away essentially unharmed after falling from a third-floor window of her Waterbury home …
Source: Waterbury Republican-American

Classic Auto Wash & Detail Center, Cromwell

By  | Category: Connecticut Curiosities, Damned Investigations, Weird Places

Sure, you can get your car washed in any number of fine establishments, but how many of them have a dinosaur ripping through the roof?

Damned Things To Do

By  | Category: The Damned Blog

We’re gearing up for October by compiling a list of damned-type events going on around the state, from haunted houses and hayrides to special lectures and lantern tours.

Baby Born on the Nines

By  | Category: Weird News

If this child had been born on June 6, 2006 … well, some would look at her a little differently, wouldn’t they?
[September 10, 2009] A New Fairfield couple welcomed their daughter at 9:09 a.m. on September 9, 2009 …
Source: Danbury News-Times

Criminal Steals Shoe, Leaves Gum and “Stuff”

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The really weird part is that according to police, this has happened before.
[September 9, 2009] Someone stole a single croc from a Bridgeport home, leaving in its a place a sneaker, a pack of gum and some “unidentified liquid” believed to be either saliva or semen …
Source: Connecticut Post

Things That Go Smash in the Night

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Normally, this type of vandalism wouldn’t rate here, but it involves paranormal investigators checking out Naugatuck’s Gunntown Cemetery.
[September 8, 2009] A team of paranormal investigators had the windows of their vehicle smashed while they were checking out Naugatuck’s Gunntown Cemetery …
Source: Waterbury Republican-American

Phelps Mansion, Stratford

By  | Category: Hauntings

A classic haunting in Connecticut history — featuring one of the first and best-documented cases of poltergeist activity — Phelps Mansion was an alleged epicenter of paranormal activity.

Season of the Witch

By  | Category: The Damned Blog

Connecticut is the world’s leading manufacturer of witch hazel — not the misunderstood Wiccan, but the plant from which hundreds of medicinal products are made.

Man Allegedly Made Wife Eat Dirt

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Then did he make her try to wash her mouth out with soap?
[September 4, 2009] A Morris man has been arrested for allegedly having tried to make his wife eat dirt during a dispute …
Source: Register-Citizen