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Although illegal, researchers discovered Monitor lizard genitalia sold as “Hatha Jodi” available for purchase from major online retailers including Amazon, Ebay, and Etsy.
animals

The Great Lizard Penis Fraud

Monitor lizard genitalia have been sold as Hatha Jodi, a tantric root thought to bring good luck.
Erik Shilling June 19, 2017
The head of Diogo Alves
Lisbon, Portugal

Preserved Head of Diogo Alves

An early Portuguese serial killer's head is alarmingly well preserved in a jar at the University of Lisbon.
Empty bottles of Vodka and Buckfast, lay outside a disused house in Kirkcaldy, Scotland.
food

How a Tonic Wine Brewed by Monks Became the Scourge of Scotland

Despite its pious origins, Buckfast has become associated with hooliganism.
Natasha Frost June 7, 2017
A diagram of the apparatus needed for Marsh's test.
crime and punishment

The Dramatic Courtroom Demo Designed to Expose Arsenic Murders

The Marsh test involved fire, mirrors, and collective gasps.
Betsy Golden Kellem May 26, 2017
A solid bird's nest bust.
animals

Found: A Stash of Illegal Birds' Nests

They were seized by U.S. Customs agents in Dallas.
Eric Grundhauser May 23, 2017
crime and punishment

Rogue Herd of Cows Captured on Tape

They were midnight snacking.
Cara Giaimo May 19, 2017
Adelaide Helene Shelby's skeleton-based confession device.
crime and punishment

Would You Confess Your Criminal Misdeeds to This Skeleton?

Back in the 1920s, the inventor Helene Adelaide Shelby was pretty sure you would.
Cara Giaimo May 16, 2017
Judges Cave.
New Haven, Connecticut

Judges Cave

The cave where two British judges hid in exile after sentencing the king to death.
It was almost the perfect crime...
crime

The Attempted Statistics Exam Heist That Went Through an Air Duct

Two Kentucky college students (allegedly) got creative.
Eric Grundhauser May 4, 2017
Dutch Schultz's 1931 mug shot.
crime and punishment

Prohibition, Moonshine, and an Underground Secret

Dutch Schultz's legacy of liquor.
Erik Shilling April 24, 2017
A surveillance image of the suspects.
crime and punishment

A Shark Suit, a Hammer, And an 'Unknown' Amount of Missing Candy

Things got a little weird recently in New Zealand.
Erik Shilling March 6, 2017
crime and punishment

College Partiers Are Being Investigated for Forcing a Rooster to Smoke

Things got out of hand at Helshoogte Residence's annual "chicken day" celebration.
Cara Giaimo February 24, 2017
Someone in Edmonton drove with a ferret (not this ferret) around their neck.
cars

Busted for Driving With a Ferret Around Your Neck

It happened in Canada, though the details are a bit sparse.
Erik Shilling February 22, 2017
The Heart of Midlothian marks the former entrance to the Old Tolbooth.
Edinburgh, Scotland

The Heart of Midlothian

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.
Joe Byrd Cemetery
Huntsville, Texas

Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery

Inmates dig the graves at the largest prison cemetery in the U.S., the final resting place of both cowboys and Indians.
"The Anatomist overtaken by the Watch carry'ng off Miss W in a hamper." William Austin, 1773.
cemeteries

A Beginner's Guide to Body Snatching

Where to go for an education in grave robbery, the grisliest chapter in medical history.
Molly McBride Jacobson January 26, 2017
A very patriotic balloon release.
crime and punishment

You Can No Longer Release Balloons in Atlantic City

Everything dies, baby, that's a fact.
Cara Giaimo January 26, 2017
Looking down onto the living room.
Baltimore, Maryland

The Scarpetta House

A model home in the Medical Examiner's Office in which grisly death scenes are staged to train forensic investigators.