TIL that in the original Pinocchio novel, Pinocchio spends several months as a donkey, performing in a circus until he breaks his leg, gets sold, and is drowned in the ocean for his leather. The puppet inside survives, trapped in the dead donkey form until a school of fish eats away the flesh. (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted by The_White_Light
TIL a drifter named Theodore Coneys, AKA the Denver Spider Man, broke into a man’s house and hid in the tiny attic, ended up murdering the man, then continued to hide in the attic for months during the murder investigation, while the murdered man’s wife still lived in the house. (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted by The_White_Light
TIL that after Allison Balfour was implicated in a “conspiracy” against Earl Patrick Stewart, her, her son, and her 7-year-old daughter were brutally tortured and mutilated until she “confessed”, then she was executed by strangling and burning. What. The. Fuck. (en.m.wikipedia.org)
submitted by Zephandrypus
