Just found out that Google Books has indexed "The Weekly World News" ( books.google.com/books/serial/ISSN:0199574X )

And as a revelation: Most headlines translate into rather rough but actually usable plot hooks! Please, no flames, let me give you a few:

"Duck Hunters Shoot Angel"
Actually, Hunter shot a sororitas with strange markers on her armor and told a local police force about it. The case is in the jurisdiction of the Inquisition to find out what happens there.

"Alien Skull found at Roswell"
Archeologists discovered xenos skeletons at their dig site. Probably not so old, murdered by the original human colonists. If xenos agents get a hint of this, all hell breaks loose.

"Woman gives birth to angel"
A quirky news from a backwater planet, rather obscure and bizarre. The child of a couple would die during its birth, but they get "help" from a heretek who not only saves the life of the newborn but "upgrades" it (who would ever hear about it? Theres barely anone living out there). Tech Heresy ? What else is the Heretek up to?

"The 10 Lost Commandments"
A shrouded figure haunts the underhives and preaches from an ominous book (which is composed from a few fragments from the emperors own writings, abolishing believe and gods alltogether...). The players get to decide: keep the integrity of the ministorium and destroy the parchments or go radical and have themselves hunted for heresy....

"Man hatches from egg"
Genestealers are in town! While the locals might be afraid, they really have no idea just HOW afraid the SHOULD be. Send in an expendable team to ascertain the situation before bringing in the Big Guns.

"The amazing clay man"
Just a mutation? A Heretik construct? Or perhaps a remnant of the legendary Men of Stone of antiquity? Even if it turns out harmless, one can be sure this will draw the attention of other, less respectable parties. It might be prudent to send in a team to observe, perhaps they get lucky and bag a wanted heretic or 2. Or perhaps they get annihilated in the slaughter that follows a demonic incursion. Oh well.

"Redneck Vampire attacks Trailer Park"
Uhm... Ok. I'm stumped.

Good find

Awesome! Thanks for finding and posting those! I love reading these things though they tend to give me more fodder for modern conspiracy/weird games (especially Dark Conspiracy, natch, and Unknown Armies) as opposed to 40k, but these can still get the old brain juices flowing. I morned their passing when i learned of it though I'm glad their special kind of imaginative insanity and contribution to the white-trash mythos can still be found somewhere :-D

Thanks, Ikkaan! WWN definitely serves as a fine random plot generator (with emphasis on 'random')!

Darth Smeg, "Redneck Vampire Attacks Trailer Park" could indicate a workers' barracks being terrorized by a blood cult that's recently gained a foothold in the community.

MuadMouse said:

Elvis impersonators guild falls into league with Khornate preachers...

"Blood for the Blood-King, momma!"