Weird Universe Blog — September 25, 2026
Man serves prison time for wife
I thought it was a principle of American law that criminal responsibility is not transferable to someone else. But in the case below, the judge made an exception.
Birmingham News - Sep 3, 1982
Winston-Salem Journal - Sep 2, 1982
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Category: Crime | Law | Judges | Prisons | Marriage | 1980s
Good Boys No. 6
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 25, 2026 -
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Category: War | Dogs | 1910s | Courage, Bravery, Heroism and Valor
September 24, 2026
Mookee Pigeon
I recently went to a pigeon show—the first time I've ever been to one—and saw the strange-looking bird below.
I thought something might be wrong with it, but the breeder assured me that's how it's supposed to look. He also said that it has no trouble eating, even though its head and neck appear to be in the wrong place. I remain doubtful that it could survive for long in the wild.
It's called a Mookee Pigeon. Fans of this breed can join the American Mookee Association.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Sep 24, 2026 -
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Category: Birds
The Fat Stock Show Queen
A "fat stock show beauty queen" refers to a young woman crowned as a queen or rodeo princess during historical agricultural exhibitions and livestock shows in Texas, such as the Fort Worth or Houston Fat Stock Shows.
Winners in the contest to select a "Queen of the Range" for the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show Beauty Contest are Virginia Dew, Mrs. Shirley Maclin, Mrs. Margaret Spinks. The judge, Earl Carroll is standing between Miss Dew and Mrs. Maclin. He is wearing a double breasted pinstripe suit. Mrs. Maclin was named "queen". She is wearing a floral bathing suit and a crown. Miss Drew was a runner-up. She is wearing a two-piece bathing suit. Mrs. Spinks was also a runner-up. She is dressed in a bathing suit.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 24, 2026 -
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Category: Agriculture | Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests | Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues | Regionalism | 1940s
September 23, 2026
What happened to the diamond?
Oct 1980: Unsatisfied with the service she had received at a jewelry store, Lola Chambers returned to the store, asked to see a $7000 diamond, then put it in her mouth. She threatened to swallow it unless she got to see the "top man" about her complaint.Chambers was arrested, but the diamond she had in her mouth was never found. X-rays failed to show it in her stomach. Chambers said she had tossed it near a plant in the display room.
My guess: either an employee took it, or another customer saw it and pocketed it.
Hagerstown Herald-Mail - Oct 24, 1980
Kenosha News - Dec 10, 1980
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Category: Crime | 1980s
The Flintsones Advertise Beer
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Category: Advertising | Cartoons | 1960s | Alcohol
September 22, 2026
Would-Be Chess Champion
Aug 1977: 17-year-old Joe Hayden hoped to set a world record for playing the most simultaneous games of chess. To do this he needed to play against 180 opponents. He issued a challenge for people to come out and play him. 20 people showed up. He lost to 18 of them. One of the two he beat was his mother.
Press of Atlantic City - Aug 28, 1977
Posted By: Alex - Tue Sep 22, 2026 -
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Category: Games | Success & Failure | World Records | Teenagers | 1970s
Freakish Accidents No. 50
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Category: Accidents | Motor Vehicles | 1960s
September 21, 2026
All you can drink for a dollar
Mar 1974: Glenn Moore went to a bar that was offering an all-the-beer-you-can-drink-for-a-dollar deal. He drank two gallons, managed to make it home, and dropped dead.I was skeptical that a bar would really offer a deal like that. After all, it seems like offering to let people drink for free. That only makes sense if you're making money from something else, such as gambling.
But some research revealed that, in the past, a few bars and restaurants have offered deals like this. I'm not sure what their strategy to make money was.
San Francisco Chronicle - Mar 8, 1974
Mahanoy City Record American - Oct 2, 1934
Houston Post - Apr 20, 1980
Posted By: Alex - Mon Sep 21, 2026 -
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Category: Death | Inebriation and Intoxicants | Bars, Saloons, Pubs, and Other Drinking Establishments | 1970s
Follies of the Madmen #657
"Kitten hips?"
Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 21, 2026 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism | Sexuality | Advertising | Underwear | Twentieth Century
