Daily Rotten Archives March 24, 2007 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 A Very Bad Hangover Bloomington Pantagraph | Submitted by: Readagoddamnbook "When police questioned Hilton on March 7, she allegedly told them she had been drinking since the evening of March 6 and consumed about 36 cans of beer, ending about 7 a.m. March 7. She said she could not remember what happened or how she and her daughter got into the bathtub. The indictments stated Hilton placed Emma in the bathtub with water, entered the tub herself and then passed out, thereby causing the child’s death." Read article... Comments (36) Seamen in Territory Violation Washington Post | Submitted by: miow The Iranian military asserted today that British naval personnel captured in the Persian Gulf "confessed" to entering Iranian waters illegally after being transferred to Tehran for interrogation, an Iranian news agency reported. But Britain insisted that its 15 sailors and marines were seized in Iraqi waters and demanded their immediate release. Read article... and This article... Comments (61) Suck my aging, bloated dick Boston Herald | Submitted by: abluecommunist "A forensic psychologist assured Lawrence Superior Court Judge Howard J. Whitehead that convicted child rapist Wayne Chapman, who bragged he had sexually molested between 50 and 100 boys and even fantasized about killing some of them, presents a high and unacceptable risk to re-offend." ... "Psychologist Barbara Quinones, who has also interviewed Chapman, warned Whitehead that releasing him back to the public in his seemingly infirm state would be a huge mistake." Read article... Comments (36) "It didn't smell like potato chips." Oregon Live | Submitted by: Graehme de Parke, Esq. After the customer left, the clerk opened the box and saw five sealed potato-chip bags. She asked herself: "Why would anyone pay $106 to fly potato chips across the country?" After opening one bag, she called police. Read article... Comments (25) A real pain in the neck metro.co.uk | Submitted by: Jethro Bodine "Huang Liqian discovered a bizarre growth on the back of his neck in 1990, but chose to ignore it." [Article not dated but does contain, uh, curious picture.] Read article... Comments (42) net.suicide MSNBC | Submitted by: Dawn Davenport "A man who apparently committed suicide while using an Internet chat room with other people died of hanging, police said Friday." ... Also: Hanging around Read article... and This article... Comments (22) Handcuffed to a Tree News Corporation | Submitted by: Night Light "Police on Friday arrested a convicted sex offender suspected of abducting a 13-year-old at knifepoint and sexually abusing him before leaving him undressed and handcuffed to a tree." ... Also: "Of the first victim, he ate the flesh of that particular unfortunate lady, [he] put it in the cooker and ate it." Read article... and This article... Comments (14) Mountain of Rotting Food MSNBC | Submitted by: Her Thing Had Teeth "Troy Paiva has seen a lot of weird stuff in his decades of stalking the high deserts of Southern California with his camera, but nothing compares with the massive, rotting mess of food and drink that he stumbled upon recently in the Mojave Desert." Read article... Comments (19) No Praying Zone AP | Submitted by: Lester Lipspray "Police have charged an elderly man with attempted murder after he allegedly attacked his wife with an ax as she prayed." Read article... Comments (16) Murder + Cannibalism International Herald Tribune | Submitted by: anonymous "A Brazilian housewife was convicted and sentenced to 19 years in prison Friday for killing her husband, chopping his corpse into small pieces and frying it." ... "Bonfim said the killing was either part of a black magic ritual or an attempt to get her hands on his life insurance money worth about 70,000 reals (US$34,000; €25,510)." Read article... Comments (19) Twice-Fried Tard with Stolen Meat Truck Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Submitted by: Heineken "The case was one of Butler County's more horrific and was described by the state police captain there, Robert Lizik, as bizarre and brutal." ... "Mr. Caldwell confessed to authorities that he hit Mr. Ritzert and had burned his hands over a period of several weeks as punishment for stealing some pocket change. Then, one day in November 2005, he soaked Mr. Ritzert's shirt in lighter fluid, forced him into a bathtub, then set him afire. Afterward, Mr. Ritzert's body was transported in a stolen meat truck to a garbage bin behind a warehouse in Summit Township and burned again, so badly that he had to be identified through dental records." Read article... Comments (13) Death by Antifreeze abc3340.com | Submitted by: miow "Jurors began deliberations Saturday in the trial of a woman accused of killing her boyfriend by poisoning him with antifreeze. Lynn Turner was charged in the 2001 death of Randy Thompson, a Forsyth County firefighter and the father of her two children. Turner faces the death penalty if convicted." Read article... Comments (41) Floppy Doll CNN | Submitted by: ikthool "Rebecca -- who had been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity and bipolar disorder, or what used to be called manic depression -- died December 13 of an overdose of prescribed drugs, and her parents have been arrested on murder charges, accused of intentionally overmedicating their daughter to keep her quiet and out of their hair." Read article... Comments (26) Church of 420 Temple totally busted Court TV | Submitted by: petone "Jesus Blunt" "A minister who was arrested on charges of marijuana possession has sued police for $30 million, contending his civil and religious rights were violated because he heads a church that uses pot during worship." Read article... Comments (13) Show Your Face Canadian Broadcasting | Submitted by: Mikeisgreen Also: Small community, big addictions Read article... and This article... Comments (27) Don't Mess with Spongebob Independent | Submitted by: Sinthyia Monkey news! Read article... Comments (7) Bang Your Head London Telegraph | Submitted by: Sinthyia "Researchers found that, far from being a sign of delinquency and poor academic ability, many adolescent metalheads are extremely bright and often use the music to help them deal with the stresses and strains of being gifted social outsiders." Read article... Comments (28) Interspecies Erotica Canoe | Submitted by: athenstexman "A Valleyview-area man has been charged in connection with allegations of child porn and sex involving animals. Mounties were tipped off to the stash of alarming video tapes, DVDs and photos in an area home early Wednesday." ... "It did not involve the Internet," said Staff Sgt. Frank Smart. Read article... Comments (9) Cop Pot The Indy Channel | Submitted by: gargoyle1 "An Indianapolis reserve police officer and several other people were arrested Thursday on suspicion of conspiring to distribute more than 200 pounds of marijuana over the past four months..." Read article... Comments (10) Saturday Afternoon Free-for-All: Qvack Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Submitted by: Colton But police still aren't sure what kind of duck they are dealing with. "The kind that quacks," police spokeswoman Shannon Sessions offered. Read article... Comments (63)