Live in a D.C. penthouse for $1 a month—you just have to be naked
The Craigslist rental game is rough. Misleading photos, terrible locations, roommates from hell; you’re almost certainly getting ripped off—so it’s nice to know someone’s out there who doesn’t care...
View ArticleDad gets carjacked while trying to raise money for daughter's Disneyland trip
When Rosario Yepiz posted his 1999 Lincoln on Craigslist, he did so with a goal in mind: Funding a trip to Disneyland for his daughter’s birthday on Dec. 4. And the Lodi, Calif. man took the necessary...
View Article2 unicorns for sale on Craigslist, serious inquiries only
Parents anxious over the outlandish requests on their kids’ Christmas lists can breathe a little easier now, because barring some kind of elaborate Craigslist hoax—and how often does one come across...
View ArticleNow you can buy the devil's own engagement ring on Craigslist
Items on Craigslist can have all sorts of interesting former owners. Take, for example, a house“owned" by Breaking Bad character Walter White. Or how about an engagement ring that was previously worn...
View ArticleAfter a horrifying Craigslist murder, the Internet rallies to support a family
Jim Vester, a 32-year-old former National Guard Sergeant at Arms, thought he was meeting up with his Craigslist correspondent to buy an iPad as a Christmas gift on Wednesday. Instead, in a parking lot...
View ArticleThis future Harvard student will pay you $160,000 to steal his identity
For most people, the biggest downside of higher education is the cost. So who in their right mind would turn down a chance to study at Harvard, all expenses covered—and get a salary for it, to boot?...
View ArticleThis New York Giants rookie is renting out his apartment for the Super Bowl
Though thousands of residents of the greater New York City have offered their homes for rent for the Super Bowl, one online ad is a bit more awkward than the others. New York Giant Cooper Taylor is...
View ArticleThis oil painting of Mayor Bloomberg holding an owl is yours for just $1,200
New York’s stone-faced billionaire mayor will be leaving office soon. Why not immortalize his reign with a painting fit for royalty? For a mere $1,200, you can own a piece of history—and all you have...
View ArticleThis Craigslist psychic is like a palm reader, but for boobs
Taking a page from the Karen Smith playbook (her breasts can tell when it’s raining!), a modern philanthropist is offering one hell of a service to lucky ladies in New York: free psychic breast...
View ArticleThe hottest kickstarter of the moment? A cutting-edge language app
Author, opera singer, and polyglot Gabriel Wyner had long known that learning language is a memory game heavily dependent on remembering pronunciations, especially of those words that the untrained...
View ArticleLove sprays eternal in the No. 1 Craigslist missed connection of New Year's Eve
It was love at first slight dampness. Everybody enters the new year with a lasting few regrets about the old, but, clearly sick of wondering what might have been, a young woman of Bloomington,...
View ArticleWannabe congressman turns to Craigslist to find campaign manager—pays $300 a...
It may be the brightest political move this year or the the riskiest. Either way, congressional hopeful David Green is taking a chance on Craigslist. The candidate for Illinois’s 13th Congressional...
View ArticleConsumer Electronics Showcase attendees are trawling Craigslist for sex parties
We are in a magical time, my friends. Nope, not the New Year. And I’m not talking about the holiday hangover that stretches into January. I’m referring to the Consumer Electronics Showcase, or CES,...
View ArticleWant a Jeep Cherokee? Have a wife? Then this Craigslist user has a deal for you
If you are like me and live in a city where gridlock has replaced most new-age religions as your state of being, even ridiculous gas prices can make you yearn for an SUV—you may not be moving, but at...
View ArticleThis is the sexiest Craigslist ad in Modern Language Association history
The annual Modern Language Association (MLA) Conference is a bit like the Real World of academia. The weekend-long conference, which takes place in Chicago this weekend, is what happens when...
View ArticleHorrible human left cat to die in polar vortex, but Craigslist saved it
There's a scene in the new Coen brothers film Inside Llewyn Davis where our frumpy folk hero Llewyn finds himself stranded on the side of a highway with his guitar and cat. Certain he won’t be able to...
View ArticleThis Craigslister dressed up as a middle-aged creep to terrify whoever bought...
Meet Jerry. Jerry’s a normal-looking dude. Jerry also had a TV he didn’t need anymore. So, like you do, he sold it on Craigslist. His friends came up with a pretty funny idea: Why not shave your...
View ArticleThis Craigslister is drunk, snowed in, and in desperate need of Taco Bell
One Baltimore resident, snowed in during this latest storm to hit the East Coast, now had a problem many have faced before. After having a few drinks too many, she felt a desperate longing for Taco...
View ArticleTrade anything but cash or animals for 18,000 hours of porn
Since the adult film industry switched from VHS to DVD to online streaming services, longtime consumers have been trying to figure out what to do with their boxes o’ porn. Should they be donated to...
View ArticleCourt orders Craiglist sperm donor to pay child support
A judge has ruled that a Kansas man who answered a lesbian couple’s Craigslist ad seeking a sperm donation is responsible for paying child support for the baby he helped conceive, the Topeka...
View ArticleHow a Craigslist mastermind helped orchestrate jewel heists from prison
On July 7, 2013, a Middle Eastern man boarded a flight from Los Angeles to Oakland. He was bearing a 4-carat diamond worth $175,000, as well as two smaller, 2-carat gems, intending to sell them in...
View ArticleCraigslist kidnapping attempt ends in car chase and shootout at Florida Walmart
Even for a casual reader of the Internet, seeing the words “Craigslist” and “Florida” in the same sentence is enough to produce a shiver of dread. Throw in the phrase “Walmart parking lot” and you’ve...
View ArticleOne man's Mark Wahlberg worship ends with an epic Craigslist ad
Any Craigslist ad that blames Mark Wahlberg for a perceived injustice is going to be Internet gold. That’s how the missive of one Georgia man attempting to sell his silver Mini Cooper for parts...
View ArticleGoneWild girls, do not respond to this photographer's Craigslist ad
Ladies of r/gonewild (NSFW), listen up: an Austin-based photographer is making y’all an offer you can (and probably should) refuse. He wants to come to your house and shoot you in various states of...
View ArticleGuy who sent naked men to his neighbor's house gets banned from Internet
If a naked stranger arrives at your door in the middle of the night, here’s what you should probably do: 1) Make sure he is, in fact, a naked stranger, and not a merman who fell in love with you 15...
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