WTF

Cops Suspect Disabled Long Island Man Was Brutally Murdered By Own Mother; Mom Lived With Body For Days

By James King Wed., Aug. 1 2012 at 10:59 AM
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Gabriel Philby-Zetsche's body was found beaten with a hammer and stabbed repeatedly. His own mother is suspected in the brutal murder, and of living in the home the two shared with his dead body for about five days.
A 22-year-old Long Island man with cerebral palsy was brutally murdered last week, and now his own mother is charged in his death.

And here's where things get a little weird/reverse-"Psycho"-y: cops say that after 52-year-old Tracy Zetsche beat her son with a hammer and stabbed him to death, she lived with his dead body in her house for about five days.

The body of Gabriel Philby-Zetsche was found in the Westerlo home owned by his mother on Monday morning after his aunt -- who lives down the street -- stopped by to check on Zetsche, who she saw sitting on the porch wrapped in a blanket, looking "distraught," the Albany County Sheriff's Office says.

The aunt, who is not identified, then entered the home, where she found the body.

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Bath Salts

Bath Salts: Are They Ruining Utica?

By Victoria Bekiempis Mon., Jul. 2 2012 at 4:04 PM
Categories: Bath Salts, Victoria Bekiempis, WTF, WTF!

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This weekend brought news of three batshit bath salts incidents in Utica, New York, continuing a seeming spree of designer drug-fueled rampages in the small town. Seven such reports were issued in the last two weeks.

And just within the past several days, cops responded to calls in which a woman was running naked -- and screaming -- through traffic, a man who thought he was having a heart attack, and a man on a roof, according to media reports.

This comes after news surfaced last week that a Utica woman, high on bath salts, tried to eat a cop.

We wanted to know why, and whether bath salts were a new, bizarro trend. Sgt. Steve Hauk, of the Utica Police Department, talked with us a bit about what's up.

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WTF

Worst 'Cosmetologist' Ever Sealed Wounds With Krazy Glue and Paper Towels

By Jen Doll Fri., Nov. 11 2011 at 12:30 PM
Categories: Beauty, Crime, Jen Doll, Sad Things, WTF, What Not to Do

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Here is a story in contention for the most unpleasant WTF of the day. A New York City cosmetologist (although she was unlicensed, so it's hard to accurately call her that, even more so when you get to the Krazy Glue part) has been convicted of criminally negligent homicide for injecting silicone into the butt and thighs of Fiordaliza Pichardo and "then sealing her festering wounds with Bounty paper towels and Krazy Glue," reports the Daily News. Pichardo, who was 43, later died of cardiac arrest.

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WTF

Why Is Sarah Silverman Quoted On the Back of Gil Scott-Heron's Memoir?

By Rosie Gray Thu., Nov. 3 2011 at 6:02 PM
Categories: Books, Rosie Gray, This Modern World, WTF

We often receive advance copies of forthcoming books here at the office. Today we got The Last Holiday, memoir of recently deceased Gil Scott-Heron, which is coming out in January 2012. These are the people quoted on the back: Chuck D, Eminem, and...Sarah Silverman.

Yes, Sarah Silverman.

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WTF

Corduroy Appreciation Club Seeks NYC Child Turning 11 on November 11, as Their 'Messiah'

By Jen Doll Mon., Oct. 31 2011 at 10:06 AM
Categories: Happy Birthday, Jen Doll, Kids Accomplishing Things, WTF

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Things you may not have known: There is a Corduroy Appreciation Club. It was founded by a man named Miles Rohan, with the purpose of (obviously) appreciating corduroy, an underappreciated fabric, to be true. (Our last discussion of the material involved spurious claims and took place in a college dorm, in fact.) The Corduroy Appreciation Club finds itself approaching a very important date, as they write on their website, "The Most Important Date In History: 111111" -- also known as, "The date which most closely resembles Corduroy, EVER."

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The Internet

Beers in the Pants, the Tumblr: An Interview With the Creator

By Francesca Stabile Thu., Oct. 27 2011 at 1:49 PM
Categories: Bros Icing Bros, Drinking, Francesca Stabile, The Internet, WTF

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This guy gets it
It seems like just yesterday we were following the saga of the "Bros Icing Bros" meme, an Internet fad that resulted in a lot of forced-malt-liquor consumption and sugar-induced headaches. In retrospect, that seems tame compared to the new single-serving Tumblr "Beers in the Pants," a site that encourages young men and women all over the country to take a beer and pour it into their crotch. Oh, Internet! You've done it again. The creators of the site agreed to be interviewed so that the rest of us could understand the phenomenon of "getting soggy." The full conversation, after the jump.

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Halloween

Add 'Men's Gay Costume Wig' To Your List of Questionable Halloween Ideas

By Rosie Gray Tue., Oct. 11 2011 at 1:10 PM
Categories: Amazon, Bad Ideas, Halloween, Rosie Gray, WTF

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Joining the pantheon of groan-inducing 2011 Halloween costumes, which already includes an anatomically incorrect Anthony Weiner outfit and an Anna Rexia eating disorder getup, is this gem. The "Men's Gay Costume Wig" allows you to dress up...like someone's idea of a gay man. Only $14.99!


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Amish

Ohio Amish Under Investigation For Beard-Cutting

By Rosie Gray Thu., Oct. 6 2011 at 8:59 AM
Categories: Amish, Crime, Rosie Gray, The Flyover, WTF

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Amish crime: a growing threat? First we had the buggy safety-triangle ring, and now we're contending with a group in Ohio who are under investigation for allegedly breaking into people's homes and cutting off their hair and beards. At least four sheriff's departments (!) are investigating members of the Amish community near Bergholz -- the so-called "Bergholz Clan" -- for cutting off the beards and hair of numerous victims, including a 13-year-old girl and a 74-year-old man.

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Weinergate

Now Presenting the Anthony Weiner Halloween Costume

By Rosie Gray Tue., Oct. 4 2011 at 9:02 AM
Categories: Halloween, Rosie Gray, Things You Can Buy, WTF, Weinergate

Via the Observer, this...thing:

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Yes, that is an Anthony Weiner Halloween costume. Who's behind this? You guessed it -- Ricky's, purveyors of the charming Anna Rexia costume.

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Things You Didn't Know Existed

'Barely Feral' Is a Porn Site for Cats

By Jen Doll Wed., Sep. 21 2011 at 4:14 PM
Categories: Cats, Q&A, Things You Didn't Know Existed, This Modern World, WTF

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There are two things in this wide world that are without a doubt, indisputable to anyone who has a even a portion of a brain, Internet gold. Those things are cats and porn. Why not combine them? That is exactly what Anne-Taylor Adams, the brain behind Barely Feral, a site that seeks to answer the question: "What if there was a porn site designed by cats for cats?" was thinking. What if! We got in touch with Adams, a former New Yorker who's hoping to move back, to find out more. ("Spoiler: I'm not actually a cat," she informed us, before we spoke.)

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