One of the most fascinating, controversial and arguably,disturbing, traveling exhibits — featuring actual skinned and preserved humans — just arrived in Connecticut for a five-month stay at Foxwoods Resort Casino.
Ray Bendici
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Sometimes these headlines write themselves. [October 30, 2015] The head of a cow was discovered outside a strip club in Willimantic … Source: Hartford Courant
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Weird News
Body of Man Who May Have Drowned Himself Found in Cemetery Pond
by Ray Bendiciby Ray BendiciThis is just weird. [July 12, 2014] The body of an unidentified man who may have drowned himself in a pond at New Haven’s Evergreen Cemetery—after removing all his clothes—was recovered by …
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An unfortunate incident that will only add to stories about the place. [July 18, 2010] The body of a missing 16-year-old girl was discovered at Holy Land USA in Waterbury on Saturday, …
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Apparently, the bag had been there for a few years before anybody decided to report it — must’ve had a really long fuse. [May 20, 2010] The state bomb squad was called …
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Given the Nazis “dislike” of things Hebrew, it’s kind of remarkable that they weren’t destroyed. [August 12, 2010] Books that belonged to a Jewish family and had been seized by the Nazis …
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Connecticut CuriositiesHauntingsWeird Places
Boothe Memorial Park, Stratford
by Ray Bendiciby Ray BendiciBoothe Park proves the old adage, “If you have time, money, space, some significant eccentricities and the inclination to build stuff, then you too can create a bizarre memorial to yourself that …
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This is horrible almost beyond comprehension—condolences to the family. [April 10, 2012] A 6-year-old boy was killed when he was accidentally pulled into a woodchipper in Salem … Source: Hartford Courant
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Didn’t think this really happened. Was his name Timmy? Does he have a dog named Lassie? [October 12, 2010] A 4-year-old Naugatuck boy was rescued by his father and grandfather after falling …
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As the bride herself said, “It was an eventful day.” [June 1, 2009] A newly married woman — white gown and all — stopped her car and ran into a burning house …
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A gift for someone on the “naughty” list? [December 17, 2013] A Bridgeport neighborhood was rocked when a postal mailbox exploded, apparently as a result of an explosive device … Source: Connecticut …
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Remarkable that not only did this woman realize she was abducted as an infant, but that she actually was able to find her birth parents. [January 20, 2011] A Bridgeport woman who …
