Jacob Shelton

Most crimes, no matter how crazy they are, tend to be pretty cut and dry. If a bunch of people rob a bank it’s because they want money; if someone murders someone, it’s probably because of revenge or some strange compulsion. But the bizarre crimes on this list happened without any rhyme or reason, which makes them even stranger than they already were. Whether the criminals collected here are sticking their brothers in a birdcage for two decades or killing beauty queens, they never said why they committed the crimes, and it makes their story even weirder. But don’t worry, the crime stories on this list aren’t all super serious machete murders, some of them are your run-of-the-mill trout thefts. Prepare to lose all your faith in humanity as you read about these super weird crimes committed for no reason.

A lot of the funny crimes detailed on this list are full of the kind of crazy go-nuts logic that you tend to find in the deepest depths of a psychiatric asylum. A lot of the stories here are waist-deep in the kind of criminals that seem to pull their transgressions out of a hat in the morning and hope for the best. If you’re looking for brilliant criminal masterminds, you’re not going to find them here, but you are going to find some of the weirdest crimes that were committed for no reason. Read up on these weird crimes that didn’t have a motive, and don’t forget that it’s a weird world out there.

1
Man Locked In A Pigeon Cage For 20 Years By His Siblings

In late 2015, Spanish police were investigating a brother and sister when they discovered a third sibling who had been kept in a dovecote since 1996 with nothing but a bucket for a toilet.

What do you think?

Is this baffling?

2
Japanese Man Smears Feces On Teenage Girl

In horrific news from Tokyo, a man randomly approached a young woman on the streets of Japan and smeared his own excrement on her face and in her mouth. Forty minutes later, he approached another woman and grabbed her from behind.

The police tracked him down after viewing surveillance footage from the first crime scene

Is this baffling?

3
Man Throws A Live Alligator Through A Drive-Thru Window

While making a stop at the drive-thru of his local Wendy’s, a man threw a three-and-a-half-foot-long alligator through the restaurant’s window.

US Marshals took the man into custody and released the alligator back into the wild.

Is this baffling?

4
Naked Man Falls Through Ceiling And Destroys Everything

In what sounds like a stress dream, a 24-year-old naked man crashed through the ceiling of a home in British Columbia and proceeded to rummage through the house, destroying everything in his wake.

When the family arrived home, they found their house in shambles, saying, “He totaled my master bedroom, went into the closet, and every room. He didn’t steal anything.”

Is this baffling?

5
Man Stabbed In The Butt On The Subway

Back in 2015, a man with the strongest buns ever was stabbed in the butt multiple times while trying to get off of the subway.

Oddly enough, he didn’t even realize he was stabbed until he got home.

Is this baffling?

6
The Watcher House

In 2015, one of the strangest cases in modern history appeared on the weird news scene when a letter was mailed to the new owners of a home. The letter contained such creepy statements as, “My grandfather watched the house in the 1920s and my father watched in the 1960s. It is now my time,” and “I asked the Woods [the previous owners] to bring me young blood.”

The whole thing is kind of amazing and creepy, but no information about who the watcher might be or why they sent out letters has come to light.

Is this baffling?

7
Man Steals Trout, Pees Everywhere

Sometimes, you’ve just got to snack on some trout, which is exactly what David Wylie was going to do when he started trying to steal trout by shoving it down his pants.

When police approached him, he started peeing all over the place and saying that nothing he did mattered because his crimes were only misdemeanors.

Is this baffling?

8
Female Vampires Attack New Zealand

In early 2016, multiple unrelated incidents of women attacking people by biting them were reported. One of the victims lost so much blood that he was left in serious condition at a local hospital.

If that’s not strange enough, a third person was bitten in a domestic dispute a few days before both of the previously mentioned events.

Is this baffling?

9
Water Company Employee Tries To Blow Up His Co-Workers

An Uncompahgre Valley Water Users Association employee named Aaron English spent years building bombs and detonating them near his co-workers while also defecating and putting it in their lunch.

During his trial, English didn’t give a reason for his actions, but he did go into enough detail on how he built the bombs that the judge suggested he exercise his Fifth Amendment rights.

Is this baffling?

10
Naked Peeping Tom Wearing Reagan Mask Caught On Camera

On New Year’s Eve in Vestavia Hills, a man wearing nothing but a Ronald Reagan mask and a sock was caught on camera snooping around a house.

One of the people who lived at the house caught the peeping tom while he was taking out the trash and scared him off. “Maybe we spooked him off enough [to] not go to another house and [to] not do it again.”

Is this baffling?

11
Stranger Shaves Cats In Minchinhampton

In January 2016, pet owners in Minchinhampton, England, were astonished when their cats began showing up with patches of their fur shaved off.

One cat owner said, “I think it must either be children doing it for a joke or someone in the neighbourhood with a vendetta.”

Is this baffling?

12
Blow Dart Attack On Golden Gate Bridge

In February 2016, two pedestrians walking across the Golden Gate Bridge were struck by darts from a blowgun.

The most police were able to discern was that the darts came from a passing car, but that was it. Doesn’t this sound like the beginning of an urban legend?

Is this baffling?

13
Garlic Knots Send Friends Into A Fury

Four friends totally freaked out and smashed up a pizzeria after they found out that their order of garlic knots was covered in cheese. The knots put them in such a fury that they threw food at the workers and knocked a cash register and fax machine off of a counter.

Those must have been really bad garlic knots.

Is this baffling?

14
The McAllen Beauty Queen Murder

In 1960, Irene Garza was murdered after giving a confession to her priest, John Feit.

Five days after the murder, her asphyxiated body was pulled out of a canal, and although Feit was the primary suspect from the onset of the investigation, he wasn’t charged until 2016. No motive was ever established.

Is this baffling?

15
Hatchet-Wielding New Orleans Man

In 2015, Billy Joe Hart randomly attacked a man in his New Orleans home and left him for dead before stealing his truck.

Even though Hart was eating at his victim’s house before he started chopping, no motive has been established for the assault.

Is this baffling?

16
Man Kills Vodou Priest

After getting into a heated argument with a Vodou priest during which the priest threatened him with “magic,” Malherbe Francois gunned down the priest.

Prosecutors are still trying to determine if this was a case of self-defense or something more sinister.

Is this baffling?

17
The Sandy Drummond Case

One of the most mysterious unsolved murders of the last two decades is the murder of Sandy Drummond. In 1991, he was found dead on a farm track near his cottage. Prior to his death, Drummond had quit his job and withdrawn large amounts of cash, but police were never able to establish a motive for his death.

Is this baffling?

18
Woman Steals $11 Worth Of Frozen Food

In Dallas, TX, Diamond Lawrence was arrested after stealing $11 worth of frozen food from a Walmart before scratching one of the workers and saying, “You’re welcome.”

Is this baffling?

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