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Austrian Court jails 'ghost'

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INNSBRUCK, Austria (AP) -- A Polish woman who harbored a grudge against her husband's employer has been sentenced to four months' imprisonment for terrorizing the boss by making ghostly sounds at his castle-like estate.

The 42-year-old woman, whose name was not released, was convicted on nuisance charges after she allegedly spent weeks masquerading as a ghost and making mysterious noises, Austrian television reported.

Police captured the woman on videotape after the jittery owner, who employed the suspect's husband, begged authorities in the alpine province of South Tyrol to solve the mystery.

The haunted owner had complained of hearing footsteps in the hallways and slamming doors late at night at the estate near Austria's southern border with Italy.

It was unclear why the Polish woman had become angry.

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And I would have gotten away with it....if it wasn't for those meddling kids!

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Oh this is too funny! :lol:
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*wonders when Italy returned Southern Tyrol to us*
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And she would have gotten away with it, too, if it hadn't been for those meddling kids and that stupid dog!
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Coyote wrote:And she would have gotten away with it, too, if it hadn't been for those meddling kids and that stupid dog!
'You're right Scoob! This was one twisted son of a bitch!'

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But seriously, was this girl crazy or what?
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Coyote wrote:And she would have gotten away with it, too, if it hadn't been for those meddling kids and that stupid dog!
Damn you for beating me to it! Damn you to the pits of TrekBBS! :P
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*wonders when Italy returned Southern Tyrol to us*
Consolation prize for getting successively smashed by the Prussians, the Italians, and the Allies.
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How strange... and yet absolutely amusing. This is why it's still worth it to check the news.

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And she would have gotten away with it, too, if it hadn't been for those meddling kids and that stupid dog!

beat me to it! :D


maybe if he had a firearm those meddlin kids wouldn't meddle.
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HemlockGrey wrote:Consolation prize for getting successively smashed by the Prussians, the Italians, and the Allies.
I'll let that poor history slip if you can convince the Italians to actually hand over that "consolation prize".

That being said: Just because it's customary to report happenings in South Tyrol as "domestic" in Austria doesn't mean that CNN should not know that it's actually Italian
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I'll let that poor history slip if you can convince the Italians to actually hand over that "consolation prize".
I was unaware of the status of Southern Tyrol, but perhaps you might care to correct me on my history?

I mean, ok, I understand that "smashed" may not be the best word to use when discussing the Italians fighting anyone since the fall of the Roman empire.
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Unless, of course, it's in the context of "The Italians GOT smashed".
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Simple: Italy doesn't belong in there.
They were losing in 1866 (the date of "Prussia smashes Austria"), and didn't do anything important until 1915, which probably already counts as "Allies smash Austria" (you can still talk your way out of it, and make me look bad, by saying "No, that'd be the Entente, I was talking about the bombing campaigns in WWII").
(Which would open the question how much Italy actually contributed to WWI...)
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Well, they still wound up winning territorial gains from Austria even after unification, but, like I said, I don't suppose that really counts as *smashed*, but it was certainly a blow.

Just trying to salvage the little military dignity Italy possesses.
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