Though once a prosperous town, Vernon, Florida's e...  ...d 60s, people got so desperate that they took out insurance policies, then cut off or shot off arms and legs....  ...selves, blowing off a limb, and collecting on the insurance . How the trend started, no one knows — perhaps...  ...or perhaps it was a c...

We've covered a lot of weird cri...  ...g with two other people to defraud an insurance company by intentionally cutting a person's...  ...hand off with a pole saw and then filing an insurance claim. According to the U.S. Attorney's...  ...e and two other people committed...