Perhaps no other media personality is as symbolic of the 24/7 cable news craze as Nancy Grace. A one-time prosecutor and legal analyst at Court TV who capitalized on a world that craves controversy and bombast, she has long been a lead anchor at HLN. Much like TLC, HLN dropped its original name "Headline News" some time ago as a sacrifice to the altar of the Ratings Gods. Grace is someone who truly seized her opportunity in the cable news realm. In spite of many times in which she's been wrong, she still steamrolls forward moving from case to case unapologetically crushing anyone who stands in her way and translating controversy to ratings. She's also expanded her repertoire from serious legal cases to stories about people eating their pets.
But above all else, Nancy Grace has the weirdest hashtags on Twitter.
In promoting her many bizarre stories, Grace sends out teasers with a unique hashtag to get people talking about what she's covering. On Thursday, that presented a remarkable event when she used #Marijuana and #BakedCat for two stories that were somehow unrelated.
A mild-mannered cat enthusiast allegedly skins & cooks his own cat after he says he wanted to try it w/onions! #BakedCat
— Nancy Grace (@NancyGraceHLN) January 10, 2014
I don’t understand why I keep hearing that pot is not addictive #Marijuana
— Nancy Grace (@NancyGraceHLN) January 10, 2014
At least I think they were unrelated, the thought of a cat high on ganja and then being eaten by its owner is really something else.
#BakedCat is far from the most bizarre hashtag Nancy Grace has used on Twitter. She's somehow able to turn awful, disgusting stories into Twitter punchlines with the kind of skill stand-up comedians could only dream of. Like her cable news career, she's attacked the art of the hashtag with a venom seen nowhere else. Here are her weirdest hashtags, arbitrarily ranked for your enjoyment.
1) #BabyInDryer
Man thinks he hears his cat in the dryer—but when he goes to look, it’s his newborn infant on permanent press #BabyInDryer
— Nancy Grace (@NancyGraceHLN) September 11, 2012
2) #BabyInShoebox
…digging the baby out of her vagina with a pair of scissors. What state of mind would this take? #BabyInShoebox
— Nancy Grace (@NancyGraceHLN) October 3, 2012
3) #BoxOfInfants
A son makes a gruesome discovery in his mom’s home—a box full of tiny, infant skeletal remains! #BoxOfInfants
— Nancy Grace (@NancyGraceHLN) December 18, 2013
4) #ToiletBaby
I’m not arguing the abortion argument, but if you give birth to a viable baby & then kill it, that’s murder #ToiletBaby
— Nancy Grace (@NancyGraceHLN) September 4, 2013
5) #VacuumSex
After a major fight, boyfriend allegedly demands makeup sex—when she says no, cops say he kills her w/ a vacuum cleaner?! #VacuumSex
— Nancy Grace (@NancyGraceHLN) November 21, 2013
6) #SexedUpMommy
A mom of 3 arrested for having sex with underage teen boys she met through her young son #SexedUpMommy
— Nancy Grace (@NancyGraceHLN) December 13, 2012
7) MiniGolfDeath
This girl was electrocuted—that’s probably more painful than a lot of other things #MiniGolfDeath
— Nancy Grace (@NancyGraceHLN) August 28, 2012
8) #MurderForPizza
13 year old & bestie go to grandma’s house, but not for a visit. They bludgeon her to death w/a hatchet for pizza money #MurderForPizza?
— Nancy Grace (@NancyGraceHLN) September 27, 2012
9) #CreepySexDiaries
Susan is dead, her 2 boys are murdered…and now this is her father-in-law’s perverted fantasies #CreepySexDiaries
— Nancy Grace (@NancyGraceHLN) August 16, 2012
10) #Elmo
#Elmo is a sentimental favorite—even for me. But we’re not talking about a puppet—we’re talking about a grown man #Elmo
— Nancy Grace (@NancyGraceHLN) November 13, 2012
11) #DeathByCurlingIron
Everytime a murder happens it’s because someone’s upset or angry. You don’t murder because you’re happy… #DeathByCurlingIron
— Nancy Grace (@NancyGraceHLN) November 6, 2012
12) #DeathByMinivan
The couple reportedly had an argument moments before this hit-and-run occurred #DeathByMinivan
— Nancy Grace (@NancyGraceHLN) October 8, 2013
13) #GrannyHasAGun
She shot him b/c he was holding onto her & wouldn’t let go? My twins hold on to me everyday—shooting isn’t the best response #GrannyHasAGun
— Nancy Grace (@NancyGraceHLN) July 19, 2012
14) #ShoppingCartPorn
I always get those wipes & sanitize the shopping cart – now I know why—because these 2 have been there #ShoppingCartPorn
— Nancy Grace (@NancyGraceHLN) July 3, 2012
15) #HotCrayons
What’s next?? A tea party w/Satan? #HotCrayons
— Nancy Grace (@NancyGraceHLN) December 20, 2013
16) #StripClubBaby
Cops say a dad leaves his 4-mo-old baby in a car…to go party at a strip club! #StripClubBaby
— Nancy Grace (@NancyGraceHLN) December 12, 2013
17) #ButtDialMurder
What would you do if you heard your own murder plot over the phone? #ButtDialMurder? Calls: 877-626-2901
— Nancy Grace (@NancyGraceHLN) November 26, 2013
18) #ChainedToChicken
A child was allegedly found handcuffed w/ a dead chicken around his neck—allegedly kept prisoner at his own home! #ChainedToChicken
— Nancy Grace (@NancyGraceHLN) November 19, 2013
19) #TooYoungToTat
A young mom allegedly tattooed her 11-yr-old daughter. I want to know—isn’t that #TooYoungToTat?
— Nancy Grace (@NancyGraceHLN) December 28, 2012
20) #TooFatToDie
Being fat is not a crime, or I’d be in jail http://t.co/pQ12z6Uf #TooFatToDie?
— Nancy Grace (@NancyGraceHLN) December 20, 2012
21) #TooFatToKill
Is she #TooFatToKill?
— Nancy Grace (@NancyGraceHLN) September 27, 2012