Strange Laws

Step into the curious side of history where the law takes unexpected turns. The Curious World of Law uncovers some of the strangest, funniest, and most surprising rules that societies have ever created. From ancient codes and forgotten regulations to modern laws that still leave us scratching our heads, this book explores how human culture, fear, and creativity shaped the world’s most unusual statutes.

First published in 2022 ‘IT’S THE LAW! The Little Book of Bizarre, Strange, Unusual, and Weird Laws from Around the World’ contains 458 unique entries from 66 countries. When travelling carry this little book wherever you go to help reduce the chances of being culturally insensitive, causing personal embarrassment, annoying the local population, being arrested, or even to avoid being fined or imprisoned. It is also perfect for using some of the entries as conversation starters, or for intriguing questions in a trivia quiz… such as: Where are you forbidden from dying? Where are ...

How about Iceland’s rule that you can’t build a house without checking if elves live there first? 🌍 Welcome to the wonderfully weird world of laws that actually exist! From no dancing after midnight in Japan to no feeding pigeons in Venice, Crazy Laws From Around the World is your laugh-out-loud passport to 36 countries and more than 1,500 bizarre, hilarious, and totally real regulations. Each chapter dives into a different nation’s oddest rules — with quick facts, cultural quirks, and the hilarious backstories behind them. Whether it’s ancient royal leftovers, modern ...

In this groundbreaking book, Keith Law, the ESPN baseball writer and author of the acclaimed Smart Baseball, offers an era-spanning dissection of some of the best and worst decisions in modern baseball, explaining what motivated them, what can be learned from them, and how their legacy has...

Get ready to laugh, gasp, and shake your head in disbelief! From bungling burglars who left their ID at the scene to the world’s most ridiculous getaways gone wrong, Crazy Crimes & Dumb Criminals collects hundreds of real-life stories proving that crime really doesn’t pay—especially if you’re terrible at it. Each section dives into true, verified (and absolutely hilarious) cases from around the globe, showing how some people managed to turn everyday blunders into legendary fails. Whether it’s a thief trapped in a store window, a robber who called the police on himself, or a ...

In this story from the novel, “SuperHero – Retirement”, when a recently retired SuperHero in his Alternative Identity meets his daughter’s father-in-law to be sparks fly.

Hezekiah Daly, the "Comanche Killer," had spent his younger days heaping revenge upon the Comanches. After he rescued a young girl, Rebecca, and her brother after the Comanches had killed their parents in a raid, he changed his ways. He learned to love both of them and decided to marry Rebecca. The three of them traveled to northwest Nebraska to start a horse ranch. But trouble seem to be everywhere in the West. Money problems, a fight over the land, finding the horses to start the ranch and worse of all, a wolf that stalks the family. The wolf was wounded by Hezekiah. It was already a man ...

If you can imagine it, somewhere there’s probably a law against it. Laugh out loud over some of Canada’s strangest laws - but not too loudly, or you might get a ticket: until 2002 in BC, you couldn’t stand up while having a drink in a restaurant; in Halifax, cabbies are required to wear socks; you’re not allowed to dogsled on the sidewalks in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario; and much more.

"The Strange One": The mind of a killer can be a complicated one. Watch as a murderer in the making struggles between his instincts to survive and his more rational side. Step into the thoughts of a man who thought he was just like you - that is, before...the incident.