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Former boxing champion Rick 'Rocky' Lockridge has passed away at 60-years-old, his family have confirmed. He died in the home of his caregiver in Camden, New Jersey, due to complications that arose from pneumonia and a series of strokes. “Rocky had a way to make an ordinary person feel extraordinary,"…
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In 1993, Princeton graduate Jeff Bezos opened an online bookstore. Browsing books on a website and then receiving them in the mail, he decided, made for a quicker and easier experience. Initially working out of his garage, he warned early investors that there was a 70 per cent chance that…
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On June 23rd, 1993, Lorena Bobbitt made headlines around the world after cutting off her husband's penis. She severed the member in the middle of the night, took it with her in her car, and threw it out of the window before calling the police and letting them know what…
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A Florida man has declared his innocence after police discovered syringes in his rectum during a police strip search. 40-year-old Wesley Scott, of Clearwater, was arrested on Friday in Pinellas County on an outstanding warrant for drug possession. When first arrested, he reportedly told police that he was aware of…
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A couple's wedding is supposed to be one of the best days of their lives. For one newlywed bride and groom in Pennsylvania, however, it ended up being the worst. Matthew Aimers, a 31-year-old groom, was arrested on his wedding day after starting a brawl amongst guests. The ruckus was allegedly started…
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A new video has emerged on social media which witnesses claimed shows the legendary 'Bigfoot' roaming the hills of rural Utah. Needless to say, social media users viewing the clip have been pretty skeptical on the whole about the sighting. The footage, which was taken by a shocked group of…
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Conrad Roy grew up in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, and worked for his family’s company, Tucker-Roy Marine Towing and Salvage. Roy suffered from social anxiety and depression and had once tried to take his own life by way of overdose. Despite his demons, he was an honour roll student and talented athlete…
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The FBI is currently investigating a homophobic letter sent to actor Jussie Smollett days before he was the victim of a vicious hate crime in the hopes it will lead them to the perpetrator. The Empire star was sent the threatening letter, which contained a white powder within the envelope, a…
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Between 1974 and 1975, a serial killer known as "The Doodler" killed at least five men in San Francisco. The Doodler got his name after one of his victims managed to survive the attack, and recalled that his would-be murderer was doodling during a dinner they had shared that night.…
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Michael Jackson's relative allegedly feared he was grooming his young son Blanket and investigators were "convinced" the singer had preyed upon "several" of his nephews. The New York Post's PageSix column claims multiple sources have confirmed that police had received a "credible tip" that the Thriller star had abused his family…
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Pete McCleave seemed to be in perfect health two years ago. As an athlete and rugby coach, the dad-of-two came down with pneumonia, but it was this affliction that actually saved his life, bringing attention to another condition he was suffering from without knowing. A few days after completing the…
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Gucci has publicly apologised after receiving an online backlash over a jumper some believed resembled blackface. The black balaclava sweater, which was from their 2018 Fall Winter collection, caused an uproar on social media, with one user describing it as "Haute Couture Blackface for millennials". The $900 sweater featured big…
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Earlier this week, Liam Neeson made headlines when he admitted in an interview that he had once prowled the streets looking for a "black b*****d" to kill after learning that his friend had been raped by a black man. The confession caused outrage, with many people taking to social media…
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On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump delivered the State of the Union speech to a joint session of Congress. It was his time to shine, a chance to brag about his accomplishments, wax poetic about America and call for an end to "ridiculous partisan investigations." (Fun fact: During the 1974…
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A Muslim woman who was brutally attacked as a teen by a thug who tried to pull off her hijab has hit back by launching her own self-defence classes for women. Rana Abdelhamid, a 25-year-old woman from New York, was a victim of a frightening hate crime while she was walking…
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A father of two has been confirmed dead after a fire raged through his family's home earlier this week. Sam Crawford, 40 from Orland, Maine, had escaped from the fire with his family beforehand, but re-entered the blaze to save their pet dog. He sadly never returned from the flames.…
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The friend of a model who was found dead hours after writing a cryptic Facebook message has revealed her touching "lasting" memory of the mother-of-four. Irish Daily Mirror writer Siobhan O'Connor, who described herself as one of Alli MacDonnell's closest friends, wrote an article on Wednesday naming the 37-year-old "one of…
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A mother and son have totally confused the internet after sharing pictures of as-yet unidentified creatures discovered in their home. Experts confirm they are unable to identify the creatures featured in a video recorded out in Auckland in New Zealand, as Tim Clerke visited his mother hoping to answer a…
