January 23, 2011
‘Woman who raised child stolen 23 yrs ago in custody’
January 24, 2011
‘Oakland school investigates sex acts by 2nd graders’
February 4, 2011
‘Grandma with 24-inch nails wants to meet Oprah’
February 8, 2011
‘Homeless man names every nation alphabetically’
February 25, 2011
‘Uganda’s president says he’ll ‘eat’ challenger’
February 28, 2011
‘40-year-old mom found nude in teenage boy’s closet’
March 4, 2011
‘Ohio school sorry for making black student ‘slave’‘
March 7, 2011
‘Woman charged for slapping child on school bus’
March 18, 2011
‘Man stole rings from corpse to pay cable bill’
April 11, 2011
‘Toddler mistakenly served alcohol at Applebee’s’
April 27, 2011
‘Man allegedly tries to rape radio host while on-air’
May 10, 2011
‘Mom beats son with cord for trying to buy book’
August 1, 2011
‘TV station portrays little, law abiding boy as a thug’
August 30, 2011
‘Tupac’s ashes smoked by former rap group’
September 14, 2011
‘New book claims Palin slept with Glen Rice in ‘87’
September 20, 2011
‘Inmate fights off a dozen guards with homemade nunchucks, escapes’
September 23, 2011
‘Odd Future signs rapper named Young Ni**a’
November 15, 2011
‘Hospital sends woman home with her dead baby in a cooler’
November 18, 2011
‘Fake doctor busted for bad butt injections’
December 22, 2011
‘Man eats drugs stashed in brother’s butt, dies’
2011 provided one SMH moment after another. Sure, there were people that made some out of pocket remarks – or even a few moments you couldn’t believe actually happened. (no matter how serious)
And then there was this: Grandma with 24-inch nails wants to meet Oprah.
We still have no words.
TheGrio decided to check our sanity at the door and compile a list of the year’s wackiest stories. We cover it all here: from grandma’s nails to robberies of the deceased to slave auctions at elementary school. If you dare, check out the wackiest stories of the year. All we can say is, “Really?”
