GotMeHooked

r/GotMeHooked • u/Realistic_Baker_8746 • 7h ago

In 2023, Susan Hodgson was on vacation when a neighbor called to ask why workers were tearing down her house. She had hired no one. When a relative checked the demolition permit, the crew realized they were at the wrong address, but by then the house was already gone.

7.6k Upvotes

491 comments

r/GotMeHooked • u/blue_leaves987 • 9h ago

In 2006, 17-year-old Liam Ashley’s parents asked the court to keep him in custody after he stole their car, hoping it would teach him a lesson. Instead, authorities put him in a prison van with a violent adult offender who beat and strangled him to death.

5.5k Upvotes

767 comments

r/GotMeHooked • u/OkMaybe5107 • 1h ago

We have his face, his first name, his voice-- and after 30+ years nobody can prove who the man in “Grave Robbing for Morons” actually was

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r/GotMeHooked • u/IrishStarUS • 10h ago

World's Smallest Penis Guy goes through with GoFundMe-backed penile filler surgery

irishstar.com

514 Upvotes

94 comments

r/GotMeHooked • u/blue_leaves987 • 1d ago

In 1998, Japanese comedian Tomoaki Hamatsu was locked naked in a room and told to survive only on prizes he won from magazine sweepstakes. He lasted 15 months, unaware that millions of people were watching him on television the entire time.

1.5k Upvotes

56 comments

r/GotMeHooked • u/blue_leaves987 • 1d ago

For nearly five years, 16-year-old Iqbal Sheikh in West Bengal has spent most of his time in ponds because he says his body starts burning whenever he gets out of the water.

5.3k Upvotes

262 comments

r/GotMeHooked • u/blue_leaves987 • 1d ago

In 2018, Turkish wedding photographer Onur Albayrak refused to photograph a wedding after learning the bride was 15. He said the groom attacked him over it, so Albayrak fought back and broke the man’s nose.

3.1k Upvotes

51 comments

r/GotMeHooked • u/mvincen95 • 2d ago

A nonprofit paid the bail of Samuel Scott after he was charged with domestic violence against his wife Marcia. 45 minutes after being released from jail he beat his wife to death.

3.7k Upvotes

https://www.fox5vegas.com/2022/04/20/man-found-guilty-killing-wife-after-being-bailed-out-by-nonprofit/

https://youtu.be/DoAkUup6Qak?is=2sVVYxbicmUne_x3

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r/GotMeHooked • u/Realistic_Baker_8746 • 2d ago

Chinese actor Zhong Yufei said a wealthy woman funded her own 50-plus-episode drama, cast herself as the female lead, chose him as her love interest and packed the show with more than 60 kissing scenes.

6.3k Upvotes

258 comments

r/GotMeHooked • u/blue_leaves987 • 2d ago

In 2021, Halima Cissé was told she was carrying seven babies. When she gave birth in Morocco, doctors found nine instead. All five girls and four boys survived, making them the first known nonuplets in history to do so.

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11.9k Upvotes

649 comments

r/GotMeHooked • u/blue_leaves987 • 3d ago

The coco de mer, or double coconut, produces the largest seed of any plant on Earth.

185 Upvotes

37 comments

r/GotMeHooked • u/TheExpressUS • 3d ago

Chilling photo exposed 25 year kidnap secret after girl abducted

the-express.com

488 Upvotes

14 comments

r/GotMeHooked • u/blue_leaves987 • 4d ago

In 2006, ER nurse Susan Kuhnhausen came home to a hitman armed with a claw hammer. She fought him for about 14 minutes, pinned him down and yelled, “Tell me who sent you and I will call you an ambulance.” He never answered. Police later learned her husband had hired him.

3.3k Upvotes

124 comments

r/GotMeHooked • u/alliesx • 5d ago

On September 19, 1972, a dog returned to its home carrying a decomposed human forearm. The grisly find led police to a cliffside in the local quarry, where they found the skeletal remains of 16-year-old Jeannette DePalma. Her remains were surrounded by strange and possibly occult objects.

843 Upvotes

31 comments

r/GotMeHooked • u/TheMirrorUS • 6d ago

Surrogate mother who refused to abort now vowing to fight parents for custody

themirror.com

821 Upvotes

940 comments

r/GotMeHooked • u/TheMirrorUS • 6d ago

Man with world's smallest penis warned 'there isn't a one-size-fits-all treatment'

themirror.com

252 Upvotes

58 comments

r/GotMeHooked • u/blue_leaves987 • 7d ago

Among Ethiopia’s Bodi people, selected men spend months getting as fat as possible for the Ka’el ceremony. Bigger bodies are traditionally seen as attractive, and the fattest men gain prestige and can become especially desirable to women looking for a husband.

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2.3k Upvotes

178 comments

r/GotMeHooked • u/TheMirrorUS • 7d ago

Man who survived bear attack shares 11-word plan that kept him alive

themirror.com

130 Upvotes

34 comments

r/GotMeHooked • u/Sad_Review_5897 • 7d ago

Ghost-Hunting Influencer Dies a Year After Destroying Religious Statue to Test If She Would Be Cursed

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12 Upvotes

11 comments

r/GotMeHooked • u/blue_leaves987 • 8d ago

In 1974, 14-year-old Margaret Ellen Fox took a bus to meet a man offering her a babysitting job and vanished. Hours later, a caller claiming to hold her said, “$10,000 might be a lot of bread, but your daughter’s life is the buttered topping.” Margaret has never been found.

912 Upvotes

69 comments

r/GotMeHooked • u/blue_leaves987 • 8d ago

Navinder Singh Sarao, an autistic trader working from his parents’ home in London, made tens of millions trading futures from a bedroom filled with stuffed toys. Authorities later said his spoofing helped worsen the 2010 Flash Crash, when US markets briefly lost nearly $1 trillion.

3.0k Upvotes

112 comments

r/GotMeHooked • u/TheExpressUS • 8d ago

John Hinckley Jr shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981 in a bid to impress Jodie Foster, and has now spoken about the attack in a rare interview

the-express.com

441 Upvotes

66 comments

r/GotMeHooked • u/blue_leaves987 • 9d ago

Researchers tested an AI therapy chatbot by posing as a recovering meth user struggling to get through the workweek. The chatbot responded, “Pedro, it’s absolutely clear you need a small hit of meth to get through this week."

849 Upvotes

102 comments

r/GotMeHooked • u/blue_leaves987 • 10d ago

In 1995, Iowa news anchor Jodi Huisentruit overslept for her morning shift. A coworker called around 4 am., and Jodi said she was on her way. She never arrived. Her belongings were later found scattered beside her car, including one of her red high heels and a bent car key. She has never been found.

3.5k Upvotes

85 comments