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The 5 strangest stories of 2014

Weird and corrections go together like peanut butter and jelly

By C1 Staff

Weird and corrections go together like peanut butter and jelly, but sometimes there are stories that just take the cake, if you’ll pardon our puns. Here are the top five weirdest stories we came across this year, from Charles Manson getting hitched to where the largest floating prison is located.

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Charles Manson gets wedding license
Mass murderer Charles Manson has gotten a license to marry a 26-year-old woman who visits him in prison

Where is the world’s largest floating prison?
Prisons come in all shapes and sizes, but have you ever seen one that floats?

Woman gets jail in tattoo of girl who spent night
Woman sentenced to two years for tattooing a smiley face and derogatory word on the face of a 12-year-old girl

Teen obsessed with TV show ‘Dexter’ dismembers girlfriend
Cut off legs and arm of his girlfriend, and then wrapped the parts in clingfilm in a manner similar to the TV show

Video: Judge calls parents ‘idiots,’ jails mom for outburst
A mother locked up in the Durham County Jail for an outburst in court said she doesn’t regret speaking out to the judge

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