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Strange Tales Update: Mass. Woman Gets Back $1 Million Winning Lottery Ticket She Threw Away

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Strange Tales Update: Mass. Woman Gets Back $1 Million Winning Lottery Ticket She Threw Away
Photo: Getty Images We talked about this story 2 weeks ago on a Today With DW episode UPDATE: A Massachusetts woman who accidentally threw away a $1 million lottery ticket was able to claim her winnings thanks to the owners of the store where the ticket was purchased. Lea Rose Fiega bought her winning $30 Diamond Millions scratch-off game at the Lucky Stop convenience store... More...

Strange Tales: Virginia deputy hailed as hero after lifting overturned car to free trapped woman

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Strange Tales: Virginia deputy hailed as hero after lifting overturned car to free trapped woman
CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Deputy lifts overturned car to rescue woman pinned underneath GLOUCESTER COUNTY, Va. (AP) - A deputy in Virginia single-handedly lifted an overturned car to free a woman pinned underneath. In a body camera recording that the Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office shared Tuesday on Facebook, Deputy Jon Holt can be heard pulling over in his patrol vehicle and telling dispatch that the... More...

Food Town: Brood X Cicadas Emerging For The First Time In 17 Years, And You Can Eat Them

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Food Town: Brood X Cicadas Emerging For The First Time In 17 Years, And You Can Eat Them
Photo: Getty Images Apparently trillions of Brood X cicadas are emerging for the first time in 17 years in 15 states and if you’re lucky enough to reside in one of the chosen states, you can harvest and eat these critters! Per CNET, these cicadas spend most of their lives underground and come out for at least 3-4 weeks for a massive mating... More...

Strange Tales: Angry Patient Arrested For Pointing ‘Finger Gun’ At Doctor

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Strange Tales: Angry Patient Arrested For Pointing ‘Finger Gun’ At Doctor
Photo: Getty Images A man in South Carolina is facing charges after allegedly pointing a "finger gun" at an Upstate doctor and threatening to "get him," WYFF reports. According to Sgt. Jeff Graham, the Greenwood County Sheriff's Office received a call around 9 a.m. Tuesday (May 18) about a patient allegedly threatening to harm a doctor at Lakelands Orthopedic Associates, at 102 Gregor Mendel Circle... More...

Strange Tales – ‘Blood is falling on me’: Texas woman wakes up when blood drips from apartment ceiling

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Strange Tales – ‘Blood is falling on me’: Texas woman wakes up when blood drips from apartment ceiling
Blood seen on fan blade and in fanlight. EL PASO, Texas - An El Paso woman is seeking legal damages as well as mental health support after she woke up in the middle of the night to blood dripping from her ceiling and splattered throughout her room. Ana Cardenas, 58, awoke around 4 a.m. on May 8 after she felt something dripping... More...

Strange Tales – Bikini-Clad Florida Woman Said Person Who Called Cops ‘Jealous’ Of Her Body

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Strange Tales – Bikini-Clad Florida Woman Said Person Who Called Cops ‘Jealous’ Of Her Body
Photo: Marion County Jail A bikini-clad Florida woman who was booked into jail claims someone called the cops on her because they were "jealous that her body looked good," WKMG reported. A manager at the Country Inn & Suites in Ocala spotted 42-year-old Melody Carr at the hotel pool on May 3, according to the Ocala Police Department. The manager didn't recall Carr ever checking... More...

Junk Drawer – Dracula’s castle in Romania offers tourists a couple of jabs

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Junk Drawer – Dracula’s castle in Romania offers tourists a couple of jabs
Photo: Getty Images JUNK DRAWER - Medics with fang stickers on their scrubs are offering Pfizer shots to everyone who visits the 14th-century Bran Castle in central Romania. It is part of a government drive to encourage more Romanians to get jabbed.Some believe the castle inspired the vampire's lair in Bram Stoker's iconic novel Dracula. The castle is using vampire-themed... More...

Family members clearing out their deceased father’s home make a discovery that better have a damn good explanation.

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Family members clearing out their deceased father’s home make a discovery that better have a damn good explanation.
STRANGE TALES - Family members made a grisly discovery over the weekend when they discovered human skeletal remains while they were cleaning out their father’s residence after he passed away earlier this year. The incident occurred on Saturday, May 8, in Casco, Maine -- approximately 30 miles north of Portland -- when the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department received a 911... More...

Chicken wing shortage makes prices rise, vendors unsure when it will subside

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Chicken wing shortage makes prices rise, vendors unsure when it will subside
FOOD TOWN - From sandwiches to tenders to nuggets to wings, some of us are having a tough time finding chicken. Some analysts blame COVID-19 for the apparent supply shortage. The pandemic prompted poultry plants to reduce staff, while at the same time, comfort food when people stayed home has increased demand. Food truck owners were forced to raise their prices,... More...

4-year-old boy buys $2,618 worth of SpongeBob popsicles from Amazon

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4-year-old boy buys $2,618 worth of SpongeBob popsicles from Amazon
Photo: GoFundme A Brooklyn boy bought hundreds of SpongeBob popsicles from Amazon, putting his mom — a social work student at NYU — in a financial bind. The mom of three, handling family expenses along with student loans, cannot afford the $2,618.85 purchase. A woman who took a class with mom Jennifer Bryant set up a GoFundMe for the family.... More...