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.

Last modified: Thursday, 16-Sep-2004 14:10:47 BST


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  1. "Master Idiot" Did Not Know Picasso Was In Suitcase -- Guardian
  2. "Missing" WPC Found Weeping In Panda
  3. Mad Cow Talks -- Huddersfield Daily Examiner
  4. Maddened Cow Leads Farmers' Protest -- The Times
  5. Mafia Boss Escapes in Wheelchair
  6. Maggots Tackle Raiders
  7. Magician's Car Vanishes
  8. Magician Nearly Killed By Doves -- West Briton
  9. Malaysian Transvestites Whack Religious Police with Handbags -- AFP headline
  10. Male Infertility Can Be Passed on to Children -- Reuters headline
  11. Male Naturist Members Rise -- Big Issue North
  12. Malls Try To Attract Shoppers -- The Baltimore Sun, October 22
  13. Man's Bitten Finger Was 'Trespassing' -- Bradford Telegraph & Argus.
  14. Man Accused Of Excessively Passing Wind
  15. Man Admits Stuffing Shrimp into Pants -- AP headline
  16. Man Allegedly Beaten By Woman With A Frozen Fish
  17. Man Appears Over Swimming Pool Body -- Bbc North Ceefax.
  18. Man Attacked By Canal
  19. Man Bit Head Off Girlfriend's Pet Gerbil -- Birmingham Post
  20. Man Blames Reckless Driving on Martians -- Reuters headline
  21. Man Charged with Meth Manufacture after Pants Explode -- AP headline
  22. Man Died Of Natural Causes -- Wirral News Group
  23. Man Dies After 25 Years in a Bus Shelter -- Reuters headline
  24. Man Dies After Life Support Removed
  25. Man Eating Piranha Mistakenly Sold As Pet Fish
  26. Man Executed in Texas, Oklahoma -- AP headline
  27. Man Fights Ravenous Moth With Sex -- Victoria (BC) Times-Colonist
  28. Man Fined For Quacking
  29. Man Frees Self From Mailbox
  30. Man Goes Berserk in Car Saleroom, Many Volvos Hurt -- Reuters headline
  31. Man Held In Miami After Shooting Bee
  32. Man Held Over Giant L.A. Brush Fire
  33. Man Hurt By Fairy Cake
  34. Man Hurt When Compacted in Garbage Truck -- Reuters. Full the story click Here
  35. Man In Rat Row Had Drunk 17 Pints Of Cider -- Halifax Evening Courier
  36. Man Is Fatally Slain
  37. Man Jailed After Restaurant Row - Indian Staff Terrified As He Demands Italian Food -- Aberdeen Evening Express.
  38. Man Jailed For Exaggerating Pain -- Brisbane (Australia) Courier-Mail
  39. Man Minus Ear Waives Hearing
  40. Man Of God Kicks Dog In Head -- Peterborough Eve. Telegraph.
  41. Man on Singles Holiday Finds Himself Alone -- PA headline
  42. Man on Way to Brothel Finds Wife Working -- Reuters headline
  43. Man Ordered To Marry Cow
  44. Man Plunges Over Cliff While Posing For Photo -- PA headline
  45. Man Run Over By Freight Train Dies -- The Los Angeles Times, March 2
  46. Man Says Israeli Police Shot Him -- AP headline
  47. Man Shaved For Using Prophetess' toilet -- East African Standard
  48. Man Shoots Neighbor With Machete -- The Miami Herald, July 3
  49. Man Shot By Shed -- Sun
  50. Man Shot In Los Boliches -- The Town Crier (Malaga)
  51. Man Sought At Sea Was In Bed
  52. Man Struck By Lightning Faces Battery Charge
  53. Man Takes Garbage Truck at Gunpoint -- Madison (Indiana) Courier headline
  54. Man Tells Police His Crack Dealer Ran over Him -- Greenville (S.C.) News headline
  55. Man Tossing Knife in the Air Stabs Self in Head -- AP headline
  56. Man Vanishes While Driving - Providence Journal-Bulletin
  57. Man Wins His Job Back After He Dies -- Daily Mirror
  58. Man Wins Trip For "Fathering" Rhino
  59. Man With One Arm And Leg Cheats On Other Half -- News Of The World
  60. Mandelson's Dog Is Reported Ready To Fly -- Irish Times
  61. Mangoes Bring Down Plane - The Sunday Mail (Brisbane, Australia)
  62. Manhunt For Former Elf Boss -- Irish Times.
  63. Many Antiques Seen At D.A.R. Meeting
  64. Many Women at Risk of Being Murdered Don't Know It -- Reuters headline
  65. Marbles Tortured, Says Minister -- Irish Times.
  66. March Planned For Next August
  67. Marriage Marred By Mashed Spud Mania
  68. Married Priests In Catholic Church A Long Time Coming - The New Haven Connecticut Register
  69. Martian Blamed For Lib Dem Election Losses -- Woking News & Mail
  70. Mary Poppins Is A Black Man -- Economist.
  71. Masked Man On Horse Offered Drugs To Garda -- Irish Times
  72. Mass Poisoning In Donkey Soup War -- Wolverhampton Express & Star,
  73. Mayor's Ball Is Back On The Menu -- Gloucestershire Echo
  74. Mayor Bans SEX At Local Library -- Mesa Tribune, (after the book, SEX, by Madonna was released)
  75. Mayor Is Ousted By Mice -- Western Daily Press
  76. Meat Head Fights Hike In Minimum Pay
  77. Memorial Pool Now a Crumbled Mess -- AP headline
  78. Memories Are Stolen After Burglars Raid Oap's Home -- Wiltshire Star.
  79. Men Get A Lesson On Kerb Crawling - The Times
  80. Men In Black Fail To Attract Sponsors -- Daily Telegraph
  81. Men Recommend More Clubs For Wives
  82. Men Think Their Way to Fertility -- Reuters headline
  83. Merlin Meets The Pope -- Reading Evening Post
  84. Mermaid Entertains Popular Hunchback
  85. Mermaid Rescue Plan Falters
  86. Messiah Climaxes In Chorus Of Hallelujahs - The Anchorage Alaska Times
  87. Mexican Leader Crashes To Earth
  88. Mexican Police Arrest Horse For Damaging Car - Daily Texan
  89. Mexico Church Calls Santa a Drunk -- AP headline
  90. Miami Considers Staying Put -- New York Times headline
  91. Mice Blamed For Missing Drinks -- Wolverhampton Express & Star
  92. Mice To Be Bombed
  93. Mickey Mouse Found In Antartic Ice -- Modern Astronomy Magazine
  94. Middle East Villages On The Move To Australia -- Brisbane Courier Mall
  95. Mike Tyson Accused Of Cruelty To Ferrets -- Times.
  96. Milk Drinkers Are Turning To Powder
  97. Milkman Finds Leg
  98. Mimes Blamed For Abusive Language
  99. Miners Refuse To Work After Death
  100. Ministers Son Held On Drugs -- Daily Mirror
  101. Mirror Plans Rival To FT -- Observer
  102. Missing Link Blamed For Road Deaths -- Newark Advertiser
  103. Missing Teen Tied To Bones
  104. Mistook Inmate's Noose For Decoration, Court Told -- Dundee Courier And Advertiser
  105. Mobile Phone Threat To Universe
  106. Moggy Found But Now The Owners Are Lost -- Waltham Forest (London) Independant
  107. Mole's Conviction Is Quashed -- Wiltshire Times
  108. Mole Embraces Supermarkets
    Sandy Mole Is A D&G Planning Official. - Dumfries & Galloway Standard
  109. Mondale's Offensive Looks Hard To Beat
  110. Monitor Lizard Fails To Explode In MP's Toilet
  111. Monster Growing Out Of Control -- Guardian
  112. Monsters Take To The Streets -- Sunday Mail (Queensland)
  113. Months To Wait For Mouldy Flat Family -- The Citizen (Gloucester)
  114. Moose Cheese To Oust Dung As Swedish Souvenir
  115. More Exercise May Help Weight Loss -- AP headline
  116. Moroccan Dog Was Unexploded Bomb
  117. Morticians Fight Over Corpse -- Canberra Times
  118. MP's Mother Joins Critic Of His Plans To "Keep Greys Away" -- Times
  119. Mr. Coffee Expands its Line to Sell ... Coffee -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel headline
  120. Mrs. Corson's Seat Up For Grabs
  121. Mrs. Rydell's Bust Unveiled, At Nearby School
  122. Murdered Fiancés Present Petition To Number 10 -- Teletext
  123. Myth and Monsters exhibition entertains and eductaes -- Westminster Independent
  124. Mythical Beast Brings City Grim Message

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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