At Weird World Wire we like nothing better than people who stick it to the man and Dan Tito Davis certainly did that. A fugitive from US law from 1994 to 2007 he is famously the only US national to be renditioned to the US from Venezuela. After 10 years in the slammer, he is…
As most of the world remains in lockdown in the midst of the current global pandemic, it’s no secret that Covid-19 has changed all of our lives. Nobody knows what the new future will be when we hopefully pull ourselves out of this, but some early signs are appearing of what is in store. Whilst…
At Weird World Wire, we are not claiming to be advising you where to spend your holidays; in fact, we’re more experts in what Premier Trump refers to as “shit holes.” We introduce Migingo Island. Migingo is a 2,000-square-metre island in Lake Victoria. All good so far except it nearly caused a war between Kenya…
North Korea gets a lot of crap about dynastically successive leaders (Singapore does not get this shit), but there are some other really rather silly Monarchies that still exist, like for real, no pretending. Here’s our Weird World Wire guide to some of the freaky deeky dictatorial monarchies of the world. 7) Malaysia Ready to…
“I hear Trump was recruited by ISIS and sent on a suicide mission to the USA, he said he wouldn’t go, but when ISIS told him the heaven that awaits him is full of virgins he started his mission straight away” joked my friend over a beer. Indeed, for Chinese people, President Trump is now…
Wild Frog in Cambodia is a Khmer delicacy, AKA weird food enjoyed throughout the Kingdom of Cambodia. We tried it, so you don’t have to. My time in Cambodia has been quite the weird food odyssey, with me consuming bats (not bat soup mind), worms, and other bugs during my stay here. One might ask…
A few years ago, whilst on a road trip with a mate through the Balkan country of Bosnia on a research trip for Reaper Feed, we found ourselves in the out skirts of ViĊĦegrad, where a local folk festival was taking place. In the 1990s, Bosnia was the epicenter of the bloodthirsty wars that erupted…
Romania is a large country situated in the Balkan region of Europe. Famous for blood-sucking people both in centuries past and today, as well as a hell of a lot of friendly gypsies. At Weird World Wire, we’ve been fortunate enough to have had the opportunity to travel to Romania many times and each time…