# Box of human heads stolen in Denver **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 6, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562 "2022-03-06T14:31:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/1 "2022-03-06T14:31:12Z")
And you thought gangs of shoplifters in luxury stores were bad. [http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/stolen-box-human-heads-investigated-denver-police-83274565](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/stolen-box-human-heads-investigated-denver-police-83274565) What happens now with the missing box of human heads? Will it be held for ransom? Marketed on eBay? Or just sold to [an unscrupulous collector](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5jxnhRa0RQ)? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/2 "2022-03-06T14:32:36Z")
Things to do in Denver when you’re dead. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/3 "2022-03-06T14:48:19Z")
A tangentially related story from a few years ago about heads in transit (in this case discovered in unclaimed baggage at O’Hare): [Everyone here is like “Oh My Gosh, You Got a Box of Heads”.](https://www.loweringthebar.net/2013/01/everybody-here-is-oh-my-gosh-you-got-a-box-of-heads.html) Contains links to further stories relating to heads discovered in carry-on baggage (spoiler: they need to be checked). ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/4 "2022-03-06T14:51:29Z")
Maybe someone is making a short film version of “The Human Centipede”. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/5 "2022-03-06T15:41:20Z")
Or _8 Heads in A Duffel Bag_. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/6 "2022-03-06T15:43:11Z")
“I don’t even see the code, I just see blonde head, brunette head, redhead.” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/7 "2022-03-06T16:09:14Z")
Dear customer, We regret to inform you that your shipment of _ **severed human heads** _ has gone missing in transit. Your shipment of _ **severed human heads** _ may still be delivered. If you do not receive your shipment of _ **severed human heads** _ in five (5) days, you may request a refund of shipping costs. You may contact Hed-Ex customer service at 1-800-HEADOFF. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/8 "2022-03-06T16:29:58Z")
I love the last sentence of the OP’s link. “Police ask anyone finding the box to contact them”. Like, in case anyone might be wondering who to notify in such a situation. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/9 "2022-03-06T16:35:44Z")
That’s no way to get ahead in life. _See_, Austin Powers ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/10 "2022-03-06T16:37:27Z")
Maybe someone wanted to play [head games](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dzjg4v7bd1U). ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/11 "2022-03-06T16:44:49Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Things to do in Denver when you’re dead. > [@cochrane](#): > > Or _8 Heads in A Duffel Bag_ . How to Get Ahead in Business Without Really Trying ? ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/12 "2022-03-06T17:03:16Z")
This is one of those threads where you’re looking at the list of new thread titles and saying to yourself “I probably really don’t WANT the whole story here, but I’ve got to check this out”. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/13 "2022-03-06T17:07:46Z")
Maybe somebody is decorating his desk. > **[Cartagia](https://babylon5.fandom.com/wiki/Cartagia)** > > Let it all end in fire!Cartagia Cartagia was emperor of the Centauri Republic from 2259 until early 2261. Installed as a puppet emperor by a Shadow-influenced irredentist faction led by Lord Antono Refa and Ambassador Londo Mollari, Cartagia's... > Mollari expressed his concerns to Minister of Protocol Milo Virini, who explained that though the Centaurum had tried to oppose Cartagia, all of his opposition had since disappeared, with the rumor being that the emperor had hidden their heads in a secret room, where he spoke with them on a regular basis. Mollari later discovered this rumor to be true. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/14 "2022-03-06T17:09:22Z")
How many heads in a box? Necks too? Hair styled and groomed or just skulls but it would’ve been reported as skulls instead of heads which assumes meaty head’s with noses, ears and eyeballs intact. Macabre and gruesome or just another day of work at the lab for numbskulls. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/15 "2022-03-06T17:25:16Z")
> If you can keep your head when all about you > Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; –Rudyard Kipling, “**[If](https://poets.org/poem/if)**” ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/16 "2022-03-06T17:30:14Z")
In other news, Denver Home Improvement stores report a sudden upswing in sales of spikes: > **[Head on a spike](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_on_a_spike)** > > A head on a spike (also described as a head on a pike, a head on a stake, or a head on a spear) is a severed head that has been vertically impaled for display. This has been a custom in a number of cultures, typically either as part of a criminal penalty following execution or as a war trophy following a violent conflict. The symbolic value may change over time. It may give a warning to spectators. The head may be a human head or an animal head. > The earliest known archeological evidence for mou... [“Those kids will stay off of my lawn … _now_”] ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/17 "2022-03-06T17:40:53Z")
A couple of years back we went to a British ossuary (I don’t think it’s unique, but it’s close) not long after a theft of heads (sorta) had taken place. > **[Human skulls stolen from crypt](https://www.kentonline.co.uk/hythe/news/human-skulls-stolen-from-crypt-186546/)** > > More than 20 human skulls, some believed to be around 700 years old, have been stolen from a church. There are collectors, it turns out. But fresh? Ewwww… j ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/18 "2022-03-06T17:44:10Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > A couple of years back we went to a British ossuary (I don’t think it’s unique, but it’s close) not long after a theft of heads (sorta) had taken place. > > [Human skulls stolen from St Leonard's Church in Hythe](https://www.kentonline.co.uk/hythe/news/human-skulls-stolen-from-crypt-186546/) > > There are collectors, it turns out. But fresh? Ewwww… - > > j Trust me, you don’t want 'em stale. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/19 "2022-03-06T17:45:45Z")
This is some serious skullduggery. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562/20 "2022-03-06T17:47:00Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Trust me, you don’t want 'em stale. Maybe it’s just me, but I find that use of the phrase “Trust me” _somewhat_ disturbing. j 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/box-of-human-heads-stolen-in-denver/960562.md?page=2)