Daily Rotten Archives March 22, 2008 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 Arsonist on Fire KOMO-TV 4 Seattle | Submitted by: Gorg "Neighbors told police they heard a whooshing sound before the flames raced through the business, and said they saw two men running from the area, one of whom was on fire." ... "This is West Seattle this is not supposed to happen here," he said angrily. "This is not Grand Theft Auto. Why are people running around throwing Molotov cocktails?" Read article... Comments (648) Skeleton in a Tent The Scotsman | Submitted by: Stevieboy4321 "[The] grim discovery of a human skeleton, lying for years in a tent, was all too real for forestry workers hacking back trees in a remote forest on a Highland estate." Read article... Comments (65) Boom! WFTV-TV 9 Orlando | Submitted by: anonymous Spring breakers busted after dynamite explodes on hotel sundeck... Read article... Comments (39) Sister Rape Canoe | Submitted by: Lost At trial, the now 24-year-old victim told court she was willing to "forgive and forget" the man's actions until four years later when he burned their mother's house down. "That was the last straw," she told court. Read article... Comments (48) Torture/Death AOL | Submitted by: RE13 "Dorothy Dixon ate what she could forage from the refrigerator upstairs, where housemates used her for target practice with BBs, burned her with a glue gun and doused her with scalding liquid that peeled away her skin." Read article... Comments (43) Smooshed CNN | Submitted by: Nanna "A 2-year-old boy who died with a fractured skull might have been accidentally crushed by a morbidly obese relative..." Read article... Comments (44) Child disemboweled by pool drain dies WPLG-TV 10 Fort Lauderdale | Submitted by: Flossy666 "A 6-year-old girl who underwent a rare transplant surgery after her intestines were sucked out in a swimming pool has died in an Omaha hospital." ... Also: Nyuk nyuk nyuk Read article... and This article... Comments (64) Ray Death Los Angeles Times | Submitted by: Meekrat "A vacationer from Michigan out for a family boat ride in the Florida Keys died Thursday when a 75-pound spotted eagle ray flew out of the water and struck her in the head." Read article... Comments (30) Falsely accused, man hangs himself Daily Mail | Submitted by: furpo "Ian Adams, 51, was suspended and then sacked from his job at a local IKEA store after his employers received a letter saying he had raped a woman and her two children." Read article... Comments (36) Dirty Nurse Wire Services | Submitted by: G. I. Joe "At least 15 military service members or their relatives are believed to have been infected with hepatitis by a nurse suspected of stealing their painkillers during surgery." Read article... Comments (35) Raping Granny KPHO-TV 5 Phoenix | Submitted by: gargoyle1 "A 28-year-old Mesa man has been arrested in connection with the rape of a 93-year-old woman who activated her medical alert bracelet to summon help from her family..." Read article... Comments (31) FINAL THOUGHT Toronto Star | Submitted by: Lizz "There was a great deal of tension on the rope." Read article... Comments (18) Poop Bandit UPI | Submitted by: Mr. Sprinkles In the Homeland Security office no less: "An unknown man defecated in several rooms Friday afternoon and left on foot before an officer arrived..." Read article... Comments (28) Mmmm Des Moines Register | Submitted by: barbarossa58 From a press release: "[What] strikes me as a bit out of the ordinary in this case is the number of officers who were able to respond. I don't know whether the fact that the stolen vehicle contained doughnuts has anything to do with that." Read article... Comments (24) Mexican police requests US asylum AP | Submitted by: M. Chertoff, (Blamshifter & under sec. for admin.blowjobs) "This is a little off the beaten path, I haven't seen this before," Mosier said. "(But) with the escalating violence in Palomas, we understand why this individual sought asylum." Read article... Comments (25) 1906 all over again San Francisco Chronicle | Submitted by: anonymous "The next major earthquake on the Hayward Fault - inevitable anytime now, experts say - will be the Bay Area's own Hurricane Katrina, affecting more than 5 million people, causing losses to homes and businesses of at least $165 billion and total economic losses of more than $1.5 trillion, scientists warn." Read article... Comments (43)