Jezebel: Milwaukee

Worst Day at Work Ever: Real Estate Agent Walks Into House and Finds a Corpse

Cassie Murdoch — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:30:00 EST

Last month, a Milwaukee county employee walked into a house that had been repossessed because of a tax foreclosure and found a very disturbing sight: a dead body. It turned out to be the former home owner, David Carter, who had been in the dead in the house since 2007. Yikes. His body was "nearly skeletonized," and showed evidence of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Apparently, Carter, who would have turned 45 on the day his body was found, died in the home and no one noticed or thought to check on his whereabouts. He'd told friends he was moving to New Mexico; so people assumed he didn't live in the house anymore. Still, you'd think someone would inquire after him, but no. Eventually, the utilities were turned off after a neighbor noticed a broken pipe, and the mail was stopped because it was piling up. But nobody ever checked inside. Why would anyone do something simple like that? Silly! There wasn't even a mortgage company to come calling since Carter's mother had paid the house off; so it wasn't until the taxes grew to more than $30,000 that someone came by to see what was up, because $30,000 is the exact number, apparently, when people begin to give a shit. More »

Police Suggest You Conduct Your Craigslist Transactions Down at the Station

Cassie Murdoch — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:05:00 EST

Police in Milwaukee are offering a unique service: they'll let you conduct your Craigslist transactions inside the police station, to prevent you from being robbed. Handy! The idea came about after a big uptick in robberies that occurred during the hand-off of goods sold on Craigslist. Police officer Lisa Staffold explains, "The media has deemed it 'robbery by appointment' because you're posting ads, you're selling your iPhones, your iPads, your vehicles, and when you go to a meeting location, you're being robbed." More »

Your Depressing Anti-Choice Propaganda Digest

Erin Gloria Ryan — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:20:00 EDT

Mississippi's "personhood" push combined with a wave of abortion restricting laws across the country seems to have emboldened anti-choice protesters. Let's take a quick, awful peek at how the other half thinks. Not surprisingly, their tactics are nuttier than a squirrel orgy. More »

How Your Sausage Is Made

Anna Holmes — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 19:10:00 EDT

[Milwaukee, April 5. Image via Getty]

Cities Across America Reject PETA Ads

Katy Kelleher — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:40:00 EDT

PETA has done a lot of things to piss people off, but their newest offer - to help cash-strapped cities pay off their deficit through ads on trash cans - makes us wonder if anyone can stomach the organization. More »

McCain Campaign, CBS Journalists Are Unashamed Of Their Own Entitlement, Election Tactics

Megan Carpentier — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:00:00 EDT

When the chips are down and all the prayers to God to win the election and protect you from witchcraft haven't worked, everyone knows it's time to call in the big guns: the forces of evil. And, if they're too busy helping the Axis of Evil get nukes and shit, well, then you can always call in the forces of pettiness and covert racism, as they've been helpful in many an election here in the States. But Swampland's Ana Marie Cox and I will insist on, at a minimum, throwing rhetorical spitballs at the hordes and making assfucking jokes as the sky is falling, so there's that, at least... after the jump. More »