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. [President] Bush "Dramatically Less Visible" -- AP headline
  2. [Roman Catholic] Priest Pleads Guilty to Making Date-Rape Drug -- Reuters
  3. Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over
  4. Panther Mauled In Election For Mayor -- Hong Kong Standard.
  5. Panthers Destroy Viking Visitors -- Peterborough Evening Telegraph.
  6. Passengers To Wait 10 Years For Fast Trains -- The Times
  7. Pastor Aghast After First Lady Sex Position
  8. Pastor Fighting To Stop Shop Selling Inflatable Sheep On Sundays - Western Mail
  9. Patient At Death's Door -Doctors Pull Him Through
  10. Patient With Bad Knee Has Surgery On Healthy Tooth
  11. Pavarotti Anticipating Eclipse -- AP headline
  12. Pd Senator Speculates On A Future In Outer Space -- Irish Times
  13. Peacock Pops Alien Invaders
  14. Pelicans May Be Turned Into Puffins -- The News(Portsmouth).
  15. Penguin Dung May Hold Key To Human Flu -- South China Morning Post
  16. Peruvian Head Takes Mystery Trip – Seattle Times
  17. Petroleum Jelly Keeps Idle Tools Rust -Free - Chicago Daily News
  18. Phallus Museum Erected in Reykjavik
  19. Phantom Actor Sues -- Daily Telegraph
  20. Phantom Bus Didn't Show -- South Bucks Star
  21. Phantom Patients Offer Healthy Income -- Guardian
  22. Phantom Told To Pay Wife £3,000 A Month -- Metro (London).
  23. Physicist Recommends Bigger Balls To Slow Down Male Tennis Players - Guardian
  24. Pig Music Ordered Turned Down -- AP headline
  25. Pigs Fly Flag For Farmers -- Brisbane (Australia) Courier-Mail
  26. Pilot Vows To Quit Flying After Landing On His Wife
  27. Pirates Could Be Jailed -- Halifax Evening Courier.
  28. Pit Bulls Love You, Really
  29. Plane Too Close To Ground, Crash Probe Told
  30. Planned Parenthood Looking For Volunteers
  31. Planning Experts At Odds On Impact Of "Missing Link"
  32. Plastic Factory Worked Burned -- Coventry Eve. Telegraph
  33. Platform Shoes Claim Another Life -- Reuters headline
  34. Please Visit Cairo but Without Your Chimpanzee Friends, Officials Say
  35. Plenty of Sex Advised for Successful Pregnancy -- Reuters headline
  36. Pogo Stick Girl Saves Mother From Knifeman
  37. Pole Sets World Record for Pole-Sitting -- AP headline
  38. Police Begin Campaign To Run Down Jaywalkers
  39. Police Discover Crack In Australia
  40. Police Find Burglar Through Yellow Snow He Left Behind -- Reno Gazette-Journal headline
  41. Police Hunt Spoons -- Falmouth Packet
  42. Police Kill Youth In Effort To Stop His Suicide Attempt
  43. Police Pay £20,000 For Dead Parrots -- Daily Record.
  44. Police Plea On Speed -- Northampton Herald & Post.
  45. Police Probe 'Suspicious' Body in Cemetery -- PA headline
  46. Police Say Man Who Swallowed $37,500 Gem Has Yielded Loot -- Chicago Tribune headline
  47. Police Search Home 300 Times, Find Nothing -- Reuters headline
  48. Police Seek Witnesses To Assault -- Richmond Borough Guardian
  49. Police Sing For Animals -- Brighton & Hove Albion.
  50. Police Spray Knife Man On Train -- Sydney Dally Telegraph.
  51. Police Suspicious after Body Found in Graveyard -- Halifax (Canada) Chronicle-Herald headline
  52. Police Target "Invisible" Cycle Riders -- Cornish Guardian
  53. Police Want Extra Eyes To Catch Impaired Drivers -- North Bay Nugget (Ontario)
  54. Police Work a Lot Safer Than in 1970 -- AP headline;
    Two Cops Killed Attempting Arrest -- AP headline that appeared much later the same day
  55. Police: Body Cavity Search Reveals Crack -- La Crosse (Wisc.) Tribune headline
  56. Police: Man Killed Wife, Self, Set Fire -- Houston Chronicle headline
  57. Political Apathy Growing, Poll Shows -- UPI Headline
  58. Politician Says Too Busy to Cheat on His Wife -- Reuters headline
  59. Poll Shows Voters Prefer Bush at Barbecue -- AP headline
  60. Poop Scooper Finds Job Fun, Refreshing -- AP headline
  61. Pope To Fly In Hellfire Helicopter -- D. Telegraph.
  62. Portable Toilet Bombed Police Have Nothing To Go On -Newton Daily News
  63. Postmen Taught How To Walk -- Daily Mail
  64. Postmistress Is Sued By Killer For Missing FT -- Daily Telegraph
  65. Potato, Dancing Raisins Cut a Deal -- AP headline
  66. Potential Of Dublin As A "Solar Capital" Is Discussed
  67. Poverty Lags In Mississippi Delta
  68. Prehistoric Man Gets Lift In A Hearse -- Western Mail
  69. Presidential Footwear on Display -- AP headline
  70. Priest Duels With Dracula -- Mltcham & Morden Guardian.
  71. Priest in Fatal Crash Improves -- Lakeland (Fla.) Ledger headline
  72. Prosecution Paints O.J. As A Wife-Killer -- Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, January 25
  73. Prosecutor Releases Probe Into Undersheriff
  74. Prostitute Says Government Ruining Trade -- Reuters headline
  75. Prostitutes Appeal To Pope
  76. Prostitutes To Hold Open Day -- Irish Times
  77. Protecting Thanet's Cuntryside -- Adscene - Thanet
  78. Psychic Ferrets Take Over Couple's World -- Derby Evening Telegraph
  79. Psychotic White Rhino Boards Freedom Flight
  80. Public Swings In Favour Of The Prince-- The Times
  81. Pupils Train As Counsellors To Help Upset Classmates -- The Times
  82. Pusat Islam: Aliens Among Shi'ite Leaders
  83. Putin Pardons Pope - Brisbane Courier Mail
  84. Pygmy Caught In Mousetrap -- Northampton Chronicle & Echo
  85. Python Savages Parrot -- Wales On Sunday

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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