Only problem with this story — what song was she singing to garner that response?!
[September 25, 2009] A Stamford woman was attacked and beaten by six women while singing karaoke in a bar …
Source: Norwalk Hour

Mmm … that’s a lot of pumpkin pie!
[September 25, 2009] A Preston man’s pumpkin tipped the scales at the Durham Fair, coming in at a whopping 1,449 pounds to claim the largest Connecticut pumpkin record …
Source: NBC 30

You would think that after robbing a bank, he’d have enough money that he wouldn’t have to share a cab.
[September 23, 2009] A man who used a taxi for his getaway after robbing a Rhode Island bank was apprehended in Stonington …
Source: The Day of New London

Maybe he’s looking for a flying squirrel?
[September 23, 2009] Local residents have been advised to be on the lookout for a lone moose wandering around in the area of Middlebury …
Source: Waterbury Republican-American

What was that bright light in the sky over Connecticut on Saturday night? Witnesses say it was a UFO, NASA says otherwise.

Seeing unusual bright things at night over Connecticut in recent weeks? Now that the general haziness of summer has passed, clearer skies are providing a great opportunity for star — and satellite — gazing.

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

“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

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?

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.