Weird News

There’s no better place to find strange news stories than the Weird CT News feed. We scour the local media every day to bring you the latest unusual happenings in the state!

Police: Fairfield Women Claims Thousands of Doughnuts Left on Porch

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D’oh!
[October 8, 2011] Fairfield police say that a woman reported that “thousands of doughnuts” were left on her porch, but when they arrived to investigate, the pastries were gone …
Source: Connecticut Post

Man Attempted Suicide by Chainsaw

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Don’t know what to say other than “Wow.”
[October 8, 2011] A 32-year-old Torrington man was hospitalized with neck injuries after attempting suicide with a chainsaw . . .
Source: Hartford Courant

Man Dies After Falling Into Well

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Poor guy—if only Lassie had been there.
[October 6, 2011] A man helping to drill a well in Somers died after the ground gave way around the hole and he fell in …
Source: Hartford Courant

Daughter Stabs Father Over Cell Phone Fight

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This is probably not going to help her case.
[October 4, 2011] A New Haven girl allegedly stabbed her father during an argument in which she was asking for a cell phone …
Source: Hartford Courant

Woman Called in Bomb Threats to Close Banks

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Seems more like a wacky sitcom plot gone awry.
[September 29, 2011] A Coventry woman repeatedly made bomb threats to close local banks so that her husband would not detect their financial problems …
Source: Hartford Courant

Naked Man Startles Newspaper Delivery

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Is this story above the fold?
[September 22, 2011] A woman in Easton delivering newspapers was surprised when an unidentified naked man jumped from the bushes along her route …
Source: Connecticut Post

Man Claims Viagra Made Him Do It

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Fair to say, he’s doing it wrong.
[September 20, 2011] A Bridgeport man was given a special form of probation after claiming that Viagra made him masturbate on two separate women at two different Fairfield department stores …
Source: Connecticut Post

Woman Finds Perfectly Round Egg

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How egg-straordinary, egg-citing and egg-cellent!
[September 17, 2011] A Bridgeport woman discovered a rare perfectly spherical egg last week …
Source: Connecticut Post

Ansonia Collected Glastonbury’s Taxes

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Suuure it was a “mistake.”
[September 16, 2011] The town of Ansonia mistakenly collected $6,400 in taxes that were supposed to be paid to the town of Glastonbury after an unusual mix up at the company who collects taxes for the towns …
Source: Valley Independent Sentinel

Searching for Ethel

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Ethel Mae Potter, we never forgot her …
[September 5, 2011] The Norwalk Paranormal Research Group recently investigated the former Stamford home of “I Love Lucy” star Vivian Vance …
Source: Connecticut Post