Poop Donations, Magic Factories, Movie Rumors: Most Bizarre and Unusual Stories from Medford Patch in 2015

There were some bizarre stories all over the state in 2015, but Medford Patch may have yielded some of the most bizarre headlines.

Openbiome, a Medford-based nonprofit organization, pays donors for their stool samples. Donors are paid $40 for every donation and an extra $50 for donating five days per week. While you may think that transporting your poo isn’t worth the money, donors can make $250 per week which equates to $13,000 per year.

This was the most clicked-on story posted on Medford Patch this year.

The unusual news did not stop at poo donations, readers clicked on stories about an owner of a Magic Factory, Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper shooting a movie in Medford and a Guidance Counselor involved in a sex scandal.

If there were any other stories that shocked, amazed or made you ask “what?”, please let us know in the comment section.

Here were the most bizarre and unusual stories posted on Medford Patch in 2015.

1. Would You Donate Your Poop for $13,000?: A Medford nonprofit pays donors up to $250 per week for stool donations. The donations are used for fecal microbiota transplants.
2. Owner of ‘Magic Factory’ in Medford Charged with Stealing 500k from Customer: Harry P. Leavy, the owner of Hank Lee’s Magic Factory in Medford, was charged with stealing $500,000 from a customer back in April. Levy was charged with making 134 false transactions on a customer’s American Express card between 2009 and 2011.
3. Are Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper Shooting a Movie in Medford?: Award-winning actors Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper were rumored to be shooting a movie in Medford back in April. The biopic Kay’s Baptism was being shot in Boston and different suburbs.
4. Medford Guidance Counselor In Trouble For Alleged Sex With Students: A Guidance Counselor at Medford Vocational Technical High School was accused of having sexual relations with two students reported in May. She was placed on paid administrative leave while the school investigated the issue.
5. Map Shows Top 100 MA Communities for Ashley Madison Affairs: A Reddit data collection revealed that Massachusetts had the sixth-highest number of users exposed by the Ashley Madison information leak reported in August.

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