Smokey Bear, an icon of the US Forest Service and...  ...81, Smokey is a bit old to engage in hunting down criminals

It's an Onion story that's become reality--unlike Seborga and Westarctica. These countries do not exist.The Guardian reports that police in northern India arrested a man who is accused of running a fake embassy from imag...

I'm sure that we all had the same thought: "Finally!"Before you get too excited, I should inform you that the cops got him on credit card fraud. But, hey, tax evasion charges put Al Capone away, so let's be satisfied tha...

History is full of tough women that never made it into history books. Some were not only tough, but criminal. In this list of 14 notorious female gangsters, you'll find some you know of, some that were part of famous mob...

Ted Kaczynski, The Unabomber | Image: Federal Bure...  ...8 years. Read other strange facts about notorious criminals and villains here.

(Video Link)The story and video are cute, but the manager is a total jerk. After all, what kind of meanie would try to make a dog give back the bone he took -and on Christmas none the less. Sir, you should be a...

Ordinarily, car thieves aren't exactly people...  ...ven file charges against him. Read about other criminals with hearts of gold over at Cracked. Link

I absolutely adore Miss C's recent Mental Floss post profiling criminal cats. This little guy is my favorite, as Frankie is all about stealing these leopard toys: Frankie the tomcat likes toys of all kinds, but he h...

The blog Bank Notes is a collection of real robbery notes from all over. They aren't literary masterpieces, but some are interesting, along with sparse details of the actual robbery. Link -via Metafilter...

YouTube LinkTwo New Zealand prisoners who were handcuffed together as they fled a courthouse foiled their own getaway when they ran to opposite sides of a light pole, slammed into each other and fell to the ground. Jaile...