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Avi Loeb accepts skeptic's $1,000 wager over alien visitation by 2030
11-29-2025 |
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The Harvard astronomer is so sure that we will find evidence of aliens that he has decided to stake money on it.
Pennsylvania 'fortune tellers' steal $600,000 in 'curse cleansing' scam
10-18-2025 | 6
A man and woman were charged by police for allegedly conning victims out of money in exchange for removing a 'curse'.
$10,000 quadrillion asteroid may be rusting, JWST discovers
VIDEO 7-7-2025 | 4
An asteroid comprised of precious metals worth an unimaginable sum of money is now thought to be rusting.
'The Conjuring' house worker fired after 'ghost accused him of theft'
8-3-2024 | 14
The house's owner allegedly claimed that she'd been told by a ghost that he was stealing money.
Woman takes her dead uncle to the bank, then tries to take out a loan
4-18-2024 | 8
A woman in Brazil has been arrested after attempting to commit a bizarre and disturbing type of fraud.
Witch doctor in Kenya allegedly sends swarm of bees to stop thieves
VIDEO 10-10-2023 | 18
The victim of a robbery sought the assistance of a witch doctor to help get her stolen money back.
Giant Chucky doll is arrested and handcuffed by police in Mexico
VIDEO 9-30-2023 | 6
The doll had been used to scare people into handing over money during a spate of recent robberies.
Woman scammed out of life savings by con man who claimed to be God
7-13-2023 | 7
A very religious woman from Spain ended up giving 'God' all her money after he phoned her up to request it.
Man throws $200,000 fortune onto busy highway in Oregon
VIDEO 4-18-2023 | 1
The peculiar stunt not only caused a literal cash grab among motorists, but also drained his family's entire bank account.
Scammer steals man's money, then convinces him to set bank on fire
2-10-2023 | 5
The unfortunate victim not only lost his life savings but also managed to get himself arrested by the police.
$1 billion of stolen Nazi cash may be in hidden bank account
6-29-2022 | 13
The hunt is now on for a bank account thought to contain over $1 billion stolen by the Nazis in the 1930s.
UK company develops working invisibility shield
VIDEO 3-24-2022 | 8
Move over Harry Potter - one UK-based startup is about to give the iconic wizard's invisibility cloak a run for its money.
Jeff Bezos' new startup company aims to cheat death
1-21-2022 | 17
The billionaire entrepreneur is channeling his money into an attempt to develop immortality technology.
'Haunted house testers' are paid to spend the night
11-18-2021 | 4
In China, real-estate agencies have a novel way of proving to potential buyers that their properties aren't haunted.
Artist steals money, calls theft 'work of art'
9-29-2021 | 4
An artist from Denmark did a runner with a museum's cash and then defined the incident itself as 'art'.
NASA will pay you up to $25,000 for lunar soil
9-12-2020 | 8
The space agency has tasked private firms with the job of collecting and returning samples of soil from the Moon.
Woman cuts off own hand for insurance payout
9-11-2020 | 18
A woman has been charged with attempted fraud after severing her own hand solely to claim on her insurance.
Robber scatters cash, yells 'Merry Christmas!'
12-25-2019 | 6
A man with a white beard recently robbed a bank, threw the money in the air, then shouted 'Merry Christmas'.
Creepy 'haunted doll' sells on eBay for $5,600
10-29-2019 | 22
Some people are willing to spend extraordinary amounts of money for objects that they believe to be haunted.
$30,000 in notes found strewn across highway
4-28-2019 | 15
Motorists in Grand Haven, Michigan couldn't believe their luck this week as they scrambled to pick up the cash.
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