Archive for the ‘Bizarre stories’ Category

Tattoo girl Ruby, aged THREE

Monday, April 19th, 2010

tattooNo, that’s not a mistake.  The little girl really is about to tattoo her dad! Thanks to SellThatStory.com this story attracted interest not just across Britain – Mail, Sun, Star -  but in Sweden, Germany and beyond. It has universal appeal and provokes a response from anyone who reads it.

Click here to here to read a full version of the story in the Mail Online.

And if you think you’ve got a story that as bizarre as little Ruby’s, then please email us at info@sellthatstory.com

Lost in translation: SellThatStory hits the Italian press

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

Did I really say that?

It’s interesting seeing yourself interviewed by a foreign newspaper.  And then translated into a version of English by a Google computer.

What follows is part of a story that appears in the Italian newspaper La Stampa.  I’m sure it’s a good account of true life magazines in Britain, and how agencies like SellThat Story operate.

But I think that something has been lost in translation!

“The players are human beings and are curious about what happens to people like them, meet them and work to be a reporter, a challenge as old as the profession,” says John Jeffay, signing the former Manchester Evening News and cootitolare with Angela Epstein of the newly Sell That Story of Manchester.

He was responsible for covering the story, then bounced up to the first night of Fox, the small Tianna Lewis McHugh, the child of two years with a rare disease that prevented her from crying, pain of death. Facing the pain of others, why the American writer Susan Sontag, the camera stops the moment.

To read the full, fascinating account click here.

Barmiest business in Britain

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

Do you run Britain’s barmiest business?

Like selling novelty coffins or washing machines for dogs! The stranger the better.

A TV company, Aries Films, is looking for the barmiest business ideas in Britain for a new television show.

Whether you’ve just started out or have already made a million we’d love to hear from you.

Email info@sellthatstory.com

My daughter grew another head and other true life stories

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Bizarre title, bizarre programme.

But if you’ve always wanted to know about the first man in the UK to have a bum implant, or why a jailed cannibal insists on sending recipes to his friend, who’s a chef, then this is the week’s must-not-miss TV for you.

Find out why it was that Henry was prepared to sepend £7,000 on a nicer bottom. And why a mother thinks her baby looks like a snail. And how a woman survived an attack by a python – and fought it off with a cheese grater.

As for the daughter who grew another head, you’ll have to watch the programme to find out.

Cutting Edge, 9pm Thursday, Channel 4.

Sophie’s heart-shaped strawberry

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

strawberry

Whether dipped in chocolate or bobbing around in a glass of champagne, you can`t beat strawberries as the food of love for Valentine`s Day. 

So could there by anything more romantic than a strawberry that had grown in the shape of heart?

That’s exactly what five year-old Sophie Seitler found when she opened a new punnet of strawberries after asking her father, Martin, to buy her favourite fruit while doing the supermarket shop. 

The heart shaped fruit – formed by a Siamese-type joining of three strawberries – is about the size of an adult fist and  was discovered in a £2.74 punnet bought from Tesco in Cheetham, Manchester. 

“I couldn’t believe it when Sophie pulled this enormous heart-shaped strawberry out of the pack, it just looked so strange,” says Martin, 45, an accountant. “At first I didn`t even think it was real.” 

In fact the shape put the little girl off eating it and instead she handed it back to her father., who ate most of it and said that it tasted perfectly normal. 

It seems in the absence of any suitors for Sophie , her heart clearly does belong to Daddy.

If the question’s “How do I sell my story?” then the answer’s just a click away.

If you’ve got a story like Sophie’s, let us know.  Email info@sellthatstory.com

More on the Naked Rambler

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

More from Angela on the Naked Rambler, this time on BBC Radio Oxford.

Click here and slide along to 2:19 to find out why it’s not socially acceptable in a clothed society.

If the question’s “How do I sell my story?” then the answer’s just a click away.

Eccentric or criminal? Hear Angela on Radio 2

Friday, January 15th, 2010

naked-ramblerHow should law respond to Stephen Gough, The Naked Rambler?  Is prison the only option for the man who risks frostbite and refuses to wear clothes, whatever the weather.

Angela shares her strong views with Fern Britton on Radio 2.

Click here to listen and slide along to 1:42

If the question’s “How do I sell my story?” then the answer’s just a click away.

Excuse me sir, are you over 18?

Friday, December 11th, 2009

boozeI was asked my age at the checkout today.

Not when I bought the bottle of whiskey at Tesco, though.

It was the man at Halfords who looked me up and down and said: “Are you over 18?”  I took it as a compliment, as it’s about the first time I’ve been asked such a question in two decades.

He needed to know because I was buying a spray can of oil for my bike.  What is the world coming to?

If the question’s “How do I sell my story?” then the answer’s just a click away.

Pulling out a tooth – with a remote control car!

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

toothWatch this crazy video - then let us know if you’ve done anything like it!

Mum and dad pull out their little girl’s milk tooth, using a remote control car.

They tie a string around it, then instead of slamming a door – the old-fashioned way – they race the car.

The kid seems quite untroubled by the whole thing and plays along happily for the video.

If you’ve done anything half as mad, we want to hear from you.

If the question’s “How do I sell my story?” then the answer’s just a click away.

Call John or Angela on 0161 660 9404 or email info@sellthatstory.com