The following are real strange headlines from various newspapers.

This document layout is copyright 1997-2003 Steven Ward (me).

I would like MORE. So if you have any just drop me a line to the address below.
On Thursday, September 07, 2000 this list exceeded 1000 headlines.

Unlike other headline lists on the web, this list is updated on a monthly basis and where possible I have listed the paper where the headline origniated.

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  1. "Goofy" Confesses To 140 Murders -- Irish Times.
  2. "Gunproof" Chief Shot -- South China Morning Post
  3. Gas Smell Diverts Flight, But It Was Just Passengers Pants
  4. Gators To Face Seminoles With Peters Out - The Tallahassee Bugle
  5. Gays in Roanoke Recover After Slaying -- AP headline
  6. Geckos Reveal Creativity, Expertise -- The Nambian
  7. General Eisenhower Flies Back To Front
  8. General Motors: Air Bag Failure Not a Concern -- AP headline
  9. Genetic Engineering Splits Scientists
  10. Gentler War Promised in Colombia -- AP headline
  11. German Airbag Theft Exploding -- Reuters headline
  12. German Army Is Told To Let Women Fight -- Int. Herald Tribune
  13. German Driver Beaten for Observing Speed Limit -- Reuters headline
  14. German Magnetic Train Moves Forward
  15. German Soldiers Fear The Arrival Of Women -- Daily Telegraph
  16. Ghosts In $1M Fraud -- Melbourne Herald-Sun
  17. Ghosts Take Derby -- Lynn News
  18. Ghoul Drinks Blood On Bus
  19. Giant Snail Shuts Down Tassie Port -- Townsville (Queensland) Austrilia
  20. Giant Snails Get Set To Take Over -- Halifax Evening Courier.
  21. Giant Tea Bag Kept Families Up All Night! -- Oxford Journal.
  22. Giant Tea Bags Protest
  23. Giant Waves down Queen Mary’s funnel -- Guardian, 1950s
  24. Giantkillers Stretch Town To The Limit
  25. Ginger Cat Found in Mousehole Area -- Unknown Cornish Paper
  26. Girl, 14, Saved By Dog's Eyes -- Daily Post
  27. Gnome Sparks Srike -- The Weekend Australian
  28. God Commissions £10 Theme Park -- Building Design
  29. God Gets A Parking Caution: "No Exceptions" Say Police -- York & District Advertiser
  30. God Holds Up Traffic
  31. God Is 'More Important' The Second Time Around -- D. Telegraph
  32. God Sends A Sign To The Heathen In The Chevy -- Independent.
  33. God Throws Dice Into Black Hole
  34. Golfer Charged With Drunken Driving -- AP headline
  35. Golfers Warned Not To Lick Balls -- BBC Teletext News
  36. Goliath Cleared Of Assaulting Piranha At Club -- The Times
  37. Gore Helps Kids Learn Gibberish -- AP headline
  38. Gore Stands Behind Clinton
  39. Gorillas Of Rwanda Lecture At Museum Of Natural History
  40. Gothic Secret Of New York's Invisible Nuns
  41. Government's Attack On Greys Premature -- Victoria (Bc) Times Colonial
  42. Governor's Penis Busy - [Should Be -Pen Is -] The New Haven Connecticut Register
  43. Governor Chiles Offers Rare Opportunity To Goose Hunters - The Tallahassee Democrat
  44. Grandmother Of Eight Makes Hole In One
  45. Gravy Train Slows Down At Morgue -- San Francisco Examiner
  46. Great Wall Getting Less Great -- Reuters headline
  47. Great White Shark Battered To Death By Holidaymakers -- The Times
  48. Greece Declares War on Bad Cheese -- AP headline
  49. Greek Bars Close Early In Protest At Early Closure
  50. Green Man Causes Jams -- Walthamstow (London) Guardian
  51. Groin Kick Led To 7-Day Erection -- Examiner (Cork - Ireland)
  52. Grover Man Draws Prison Term, Fine For Sex Acts
  53. Guinea-Pig Judge Quits
  54. Gunman Shot By 999 Cops -- Daily Mirror
  55. Gynecologist, Friar In Wine Deal
Many thanks to Richard Edkins, Jon Hall, B G Dorgan and Hawkmoon for submitting quite a few headlines, Andy from Seagate for the trash compacter story, Colin Matthews, Mike Wilson, Jennifer Woodmansee, Newt, Dave Monk, David Cook, Lynda Featherstone, John McBride for informing me of my Googlewhack "Malaysian Gyrator" [ GoogleWhack ], Anna Tickle, Katy Smith, Jim Ness for the Air Head Fired source, Debbie Carter, Terry Shea, Steve Cawood of the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo.

Special thanks to [ Randy Cassingham ]

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