The claw hammer and the last beer

We've reached the end of our trip through the 13 oddest things to come from The Chronicle in recent years. (See all 13.)

Our No. 1 entry was one of our most-read stories last year, a grimly compelling Southern gothic item Flannery O'Connor could have imagined. We think the weirdness of real life can be a lot scarier than ghosts and goblins. Thankfully the woman in the story escaped largely unscathed.

Police said Wednesday that an Augusta man they arrested hit his wife in the head with a hammer because she drank their last can of beer.

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