Stepdad Sticks 50 Needles in Boy

You know you are going to hell when you stick over 50 sewing needles into a two year old’s body. Roberto Carlos Magalhaes, the stepfather, has admitted to performing black magic on the child by sticking metal needles into him as a way to get back at his wife of 6 months…oh and because his [...]

Brazil Nut!

Urgh, a British pet shop owner has been arrested in Rio de Janeiro after getting caught attempting to smuggle nearly 1,000 friggin live spiders out of Brazil in his luggage. Thank god for X-ray machines, imagine them escaping in the plane! Included amongst the eight legged hairy creatures were tarantulas (oh, of course!). Authorities believe [...]

Late For Your Own Funeral!

Whoops, a Brazilian man thought to be dead in a car accident has walked in on his own funeral. Ademir Jorge Goncalves’ family were convinced that the body they identified after a horrific car crash was his. But Goncalves was at a truck stop chatting away with mates. It was only after he heard of [...]

Brazil Hot Favorites For Gold In Shooting And Running in 2016

Well the 2016 Olympics should be fun if the latest Rio de Janerio incident is anything to go by. Two policemen have been killed after their helicopter came under fire by a drug gang. The copter was flying  over a slum when it was shot at. And it’s gold to Brazil!

I Think I’ll Just Stand!

OK, if it isn’t humiliating enough being too large to sit comfortably on subway seats, Brazil has installed fat seats (which are double the width of normal subway seats). But if they want to get large people to actual use them, they might want to drop the bright blue color and the friggin  “Priority chair [...]

Don’t Fib in Brazil!

Bummer. The two British law graduates, who lied about a being robbed to scam insurance in Brazil, have been given their punishment. Oh dear and they won’t be happy. The judge has ordered Shanti Andrews and Rebecca Turner to work in Rio slums for either 1 hour every day for 16 months or 7 hours [...]

You Did What In My Shower?

OK, here’s the thing people living in Brazil, go ahead pee in the shower if you must,  it will save the Atlantic Rainforest. An ad campaign by environmental group SOS Mata Atlantica has been popping up all over TV in the hope it will encourage people to use the shower as a toilet (oh except [...]

Look, Up In The Sky, It’s a

Oh dear God, what the hell was he thinking ? I was really hoping this story wasn’t going to get too much media coverage as I wanted this story all to myself. But alas I was wrong. I switch on the news to catch a glimpse of Reverend Adelir de Carli’s feet dangling from [...]