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Greed leads many people to commit absurd crimes.
Some of them think small, like the man that swallowed a ring.
Some of them think big, like the one that even sold the Statue of Liberty!
Here's a list of some most bizarre crimes for money.
10 Bizarre Crimes That Shocked The World
10.
The fake doctor and the homemade implant The young dance, Nathalie Johnson, from Miami,
was unhappy about her appearance.
So she decided to have surgery to get a bigger bottom.
She was one of the victims of Oneal Ron Morris, a fake doctor who charged only $700 for the
procedure.
Not long later, Nathalie started suffering the severe consequences.
She developed pain throughout her body.
After heading to the hospital, where she found out that the injection contained a mixture
of cement, mineral oil, tyre inflator and sealant.
Morris was eventually arrested in March 2011.
And has been charged with practicing medicine without a license.
Murdering a spouse for the insurance is a known strategy.
And usually, the widow is the first suspect.
Yet, Raymond "Rattlesnake", also known as Robert S. James was able to do it more
than once!
He was a barber in Los Angeles during the 30s.
And during that time, he was married to Mary Busch.
Due to an unwanted pregnancy, they decided to have an abortion.
Robert persuaded a friend to pose as a doctor, and both told the woman to stick her feet
in a box with two rattlesnakes.
Saying it was an abortion method, and that it wouldn't cause any pain, they convinced
Mary.
But she didn't die.
So Robert drowned her in the bath, then dragged the woman to a lily pond, with her face down
the water, to be discovered the next day.
The two man split the $14,000 from the insurance.
Police thought Mary's death was an accident, until Robert got arrested for a different
crime.
Then they discovered he committed similar crimes, and the two other victims were his
first wife and his nephew.
He was executed by hanging, and it took him over 10 minutes to die.
8.
Such a stud!
During the 80s, the Irish Shergar became a celebrity.
Of course, he was a stud…
Really, he was literally a horse.
A race horse.
But he won so many contests, and made $600,000 in 5 years.
But in 1983, Shergar was kidnaped.
Although it was offered millions for the super horse, there was no deal, and he was never
to be seen again.
Its believed that IRA was involved, and the goal of the crime was to get money for armed
battle.
7.
Can I bring the family?
An Irish, Thomas Blood, had already been a colonel by the time he started his crime life.
He decided to steal the Crown Jewels, which were kept in the Tower of London.
The Keeper of the Jewels was Talbot Edwards who lived with his family on the floor above
the basement.
One day, Blood disguised as a 'parson' went to see the Crown Jewels and started to
be friends with Edwards.
Blood convinced the old man to let his family visit to see the Crown Jewels.
Needless to say, the "family" were actually accomplices.
After being knocked with a mallet and stabbed with a sword, Edwards was unconscious, while
Blood and his "family" took all they could.
It didn't last long.
They got caught and then exiled in Ireland.
Pretty lucky, no?
6.
Brazil Chainsaw Massacre
Former colonel of Acre State Military Police and Brazilian politician, Hidebrando Pascoal,
was convicted in 2006 for drug trafficking, leading a death squad, kidnapping, torture,
attempt of murder and electoral corruption.
However, during the investigation, most of the witnesses were assassinated, including
a former accomplice of Hildebrando; he was found dismembered with his eyes torn out.
Another witness was kidnapped with his two sons, tortured, and then killed.
Others were killed and then dissolved in acid.
His sentence was to serve 18.5 years, but with cases still pending, he could face more
than 100 years.
5.
Statue of Liberty for sale George C. Parker was great at selling things.
So good that he even sold things he didn't have!
He sold landmarks of his country to native buyers during the 20s.
One of his "products" was The Brooklyn Bridge, that was sold many times by him.
Parker even sold the Statue of Liberty, the Madison Square Garden, and Metropolitan Museum
of Art (with the works of art included).
However, his scam wasn't perfect.
He got arrested 3 times for fraud, and the last one got a life time sentence.
Parker spent his last years in prison, telling everyone his stories from his time as con
man.
At least those were true.
4.
Elderly robs a bank in a wheelchair
Peter Barry Lawrence, a 71 year old man from California robbed a bank in 2008 and made
his getaway in a wheelchair!
He took only $2,000.
In 2010, when Peter got caught and was convicted, he said the reason why he committed the crime
was because he wanted to be returned to prison for the medical care.
The elderly faces up to 35 years to life in state prison.
He also admitted he has two prior convictions for bank robberies in the late 1990s.
He didn't use a
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