Monkey Mayhem by Mail: When Comic Books Sold Live Monkeys for $19
— May 11, 2026In the golden age of comic books—roughly the 1950s through the early 1970s—kids flipping…
When we hear about armed robberies we naturally assume that the perpetrator used a gun during the commission of the crime. Perhaps that was too pedestrian for the guy that held up a Waffle House in Norcross, Georgia who employed a pitchfork to pull off his caper. Despite the criminals dubious selection of weaponry, he managed to escape from the restaurant with the cash register, which he was unable to open during the robbery. He was later captured by police.
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