# Best crime story of 2016

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-crime-story-of-2016/752314>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 16, 2016, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-crime-story-of-2016/752314 "2016-04-16T00:01:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-crime-story-of-2016/752314/1 "2016-04-16T00:01:09Z")

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Yes, it’s only April but [this one’s](https://empireherald.com/cinnamon-roll-can-explodes-inside-mans-butt-during-shoplifting-incident/) going to be tough to beat. And don’t stop reading because it just keeps getting better.

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**Author:** ![storyguide3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@storyguide3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyguide3)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-crime-story-of-2016/752314/2 "2016-04-16T00:29:00Z")

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Sadly, the Empire Herald is a satire site, so it would seem that exploding bottoms are not really a thing in this caes.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-crime-story-of-2016/752314/3 "2016-04-16T01:20:11Z")

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So you’re saying “Man’s Penis Gets Ripped Off After Attempting To Rape A Pit Bull” and “Woman Buried Alive And Gives Birth To Twins Inside Casket” didn’t happen either? Damn, it’s getting so you can’t trust everything you read on the internet.

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-crime-story-of-2016/752314/4 "2016-04-16T04:09:38Z")

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Is that site even written by literate English-speaking adults? I see more than the usual profusion of grammar and diction errors there, starting right in the first sentence.