Saturday, January 25, 2020

Van Steals Credit Card Data – Recording of Baby Crying (Pittsburgh) – Conscious Severed Head (1889)



Rapid City Journal [SD]
14 January 2020

Sheriff's Office seeks information about suspicious van seen in Wall

Local authorities are hoping to make contact with the driver of a white Ford transit van with Utah plates. Pennington County Deputy Gordon Larsen said his office didn't have any direct reports of criminal activity involving the van, but there have been some complaints from people in Wall. […] There has been a spike in credit card theft in the area and the van has aroused suspicion due to the out-of-state plates and a large antenna on the roof that some have said appears to be able to intercept WiFi signals. […]


Rapid City Journal [SD]
20 January 2020

Driver of white mystery van is a Utah businessman

[…] A Pennington County deputy told the Journal that his office wanted to speak to the driver because there's been a recent spike in credit card theft in the area, and some people thought the van had an antenna that could intercept card numbers being used online. […] A deputy eventually got in touch with [Chris] Fox and confirmed nothing illegal was going on[.] […] Fox said he has no idea why people suspected his van was involved in illegal activity because there's no antenna on top of it, he's not even sure if its possible to steal credit card information that way, and even if someone wanted to do that, why would they target a small town like Wall? […]

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KDKA-TV [Pittsburgh, PA]
24 January 2020

Police: Multiple People Report Hearing Strange Recording That Sounds Like Child Crying On South Side

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Police are urging anyone who hears a strange recording in the South Side to call 911 immediately. Pittsburgh Police say they’ve received multiple recent reports from people on the South Side who say they hear what sounds like a recording of a baby crying or a child asking for help. On four separate occasions, officers have responded. However, they say in each case they were unable to hear the sound or figure out where it was coming from. […]


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“His Head Was Alive,” The Lancaster Examiner [PA], 2 October 1889. “A brakeman named Thomas Higgins, Monday slipped between two freight cars on a moving train near Maple Ridge, Mich. […] The head was completely severed from the trunk, and lay several feet from the track. Fireman Byo picked up the head and was horror-stricken to see the eyelids close and again open and partly close again. […] This sign of consciousness was given several minutes after the head was severed from the body.”


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