If you have ever sent someone to a special corner of Hell in your mind, you can now do so literally — and for less than $666,000 —without the risk of growing horns, a tail, or cloven hooves.
Hell is for sale. Hell, Michigan, that is.
The sale of the popular tourist town for $625,000 includes just over seven acres of land and buildings — the Creamatory ice cream parlor known for its Gravedigger Sundae; the Screams Souvenirs from Hell and Halloween shop; and Hell’s Chapel of Love, which boasts, “A marriage that starts in Hell has nowhere to go but up!”
A mini-golf course is also part of the sale. And the buyer would also be able to send mail through the local post office, which stamps “Been Thru Hell” on every piece of mail.
This isn’t the first time Hell has been for sale.
Parrots are remarkably intelligent, often compared to the cognitive level of a 3- to 5-year-old child. They use tools, understand abstract concepts like color and shape, and can have meaningful conversations with humans.
They’re superb problem-solvers, too. A Ridgewood, New Jersey, family can attest to that. Their parrot recently saved them from an early-morning fire.
It’s unclear what the parrot said, and the parrot was unavailable for comment.
A 33-year-old woman gave birth to a baby boy on a bench inside Brooklyn Criminal Court late on the night of Friday, May 15, after more than a day in custody, according to public defender groups and police accounts.
Attorneys with the Legal Aid Society and Brooklyn Defender Services said Samantha Randazzo delivered “without adequate medical care, privacy, or dignity,” surrounded by court staff, law enforcement and others.
Police disputed parts of that account, saying Randazzo declined medical care when arrested Thursday, later reported she was pregnant and experiencing withdrawal symptoms, was taken to Coney Island Hospital early Friday, was discharged Friday night, and then was brought to court.
Her attorney said court officers rushed to help, a judge cleared the room, and Randazzo was not shackled during delivery.
The courtroom birth became the center of a protest outside Brooklyn Criminal Court the following Monday. Public defenders, labor organizers and elected officials connected Randazzo’s experience to broader concerns about courthouse conditions, including three deaths earlier this year among people awaiting arraignment at the same courthouse.
The staff at an automotive museum in Volo, Illinois, got a surprise in the mail. A $50 speeding ticket from New York City for its replica of KITT, the talking Trans Am from the 1980s television show “Knight Rider.”
The car has been sitting on display at the museum for years, not tearing through NYC school zones like it had a mission from 1983.
Museum officials say the mix-up appears to come from the car’s novelty “KNIGHT” plate, which somehow got treated by the automated camera system like a real registration.
The museum staff had some fun with the mixup, joking that David Hasselhoff, who played the crime-fighting hero, was on the hook for $50.
A very, very old oak tree in Riverside County, California, recently got the botanical equivalent of a security detail.
The Jurupa Oak, a sprawling Palmer’s oak in Jurupa Valley believed to be at least 13,000 years old, has been spared from developers’ bulldozers under a new agreement between conservation groups and Southern California developers.
This is not your average shade tree. The Jurupa Oak is about 80 feet long, grows more like a shrub than a classic tree, and is considered the oldest-known living plant in California and the third-oldest known living plant on Earth. Basically, it has been minding its own business since the woolly mammoth roamed the planet.
The agreement came after environmental groups sued Jurupa Valley over approval of a major development that included more than 1,500 homes, commercial space, schools, parks, an equestrian center and light industry.
Under the deal, the project can move forward, but with a smaller footprint, extra protections for the oak, limits on environmental harm, and a chance for conservation groups or Native American tribes to buy another 54.3 acres nearby.
The deal permanently protects 54.7 acres of open space near the oak and expands the surrounding buffer from 450 feet to 1,000 feet.
A Worcester, Massachusetts, man’s theatrical plea about potholes during a recent city council meeting is racking up views online after he acted out hitting a crater-sized pothole while addressing councilors.
TikToker Wilson Lam has grown increasingly frustrated over the shape of city streets and the safety hazard they pose. He’s had to change a couple of tires, and his motorcycle has been damaged.
Rather than simply speaking at the podium, Lam acted out driving, then suddenly jerked his body to simulate slamming into a pothole.
“The current infrastructure is not up to par to what the people of Worcester deserve,” Lam told Patch. “The city needs to take accountability and make change.”
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