In 1943, this city accidentally sold its jail to a 16-year old for $1.50. Originally, he was looking for some land to buy and noticed that the jail was included on the list of properties for sale. He told the city about their mistake and they told him to f@#k off. So he bought it.

Even after he had the deed in his hand, the city refused to admit their mistake and still housed criminals in the jail. So he sued them for rent, and they still tried to d@#k him around.

Later, he tried to sell it, but according to the law, he couldn’t sell property until he was 21, so he put it up at a war bonds auction and the famous ventriloquist dummy, Charlie McCarthy, bought it for $10K in war bonds.