Won't someone think of the rats?! After all, Frank "Rat Man" Calzarano is only one man—for over a decade he's risen at dawn to bring food to the poor needy rats on the Lower East Side, particularly in the vicinity of Stanton Street. But New York City's rat community has thousands, perhaps millions, of desperate rodents, and Calzarano can't feed them all himself, try as he might. And if one area woman has her way, Calzarano's rats will be left to starve in the gutter. more ›

It's been a little while since we heard from the Rat Man, but thanks to YouTube he's pretty easy to track down. A new video has popped up showing that recently he was subjected to... the kindness of strangers! These two people offer the man and his rat a temporary place to stay, but warn him that they have a cat. He still seems to be interested in the offer, however, noting that he has a cage. Think it worked out? more ›

A man accused of shooting four female family members and then burning down the house they were in turned himself in to police yesterday in Irvington, NJ. Rolando Terrell (known as "Rat Man") is accused of shooting three women and a teenage girl in the NJ town bordering Newark. Two of the women were burned beyond recognition and the 13-year-old girl was shot in the face. A 14-month-old toddler who survived was rushed from the apartment covered in blood by an unknown woman. more ›