The Weirdest Mugshots Ever

1. A fight with some barbed wire?

Image source MohairWe know many criminals like to think of themselves as hard and intimidating and this guy did his best to be more rugged as he might otherwise be mistaken for someone who helps old ladies across the road.  He soon solved the issue by trying to break into a warehouse but had a fight with the barbed wire on his way in.

2. Michael Jackson looking NOT like Michael Jackson ....

Image source Mohair69Ever since Michael Jackson started being teased by his controlling father, he experienced issues with his appearance.  There was absolutely nothing wrong with his cute face but the late great legend spent years changing his look and whitening his skin until he was unrecognisable. His mug shot was taken when the police hauled him in on charges of child molestation.

3. He's scary but was HE frightened of the dentist?

Image source Mohair69We are always told by dental hygienists and dentists to floss in between our teeth, use an electric toothbrush etc etc etc.  This bad boy rebelled against all of the advice and didn't keep up to his six monthly check ups.  The result is, well, see for yourself.

4. A fancy dress bee keeper ....

Image source Mohair69A lesson we should all learn is to never judge people by their appearance.  There may be a good reason why an individual looks a certain way and you don't know what's going on in their head.  However, we do know what is going on AROUND this criminal's head ....and its not flattering.

5. Room for one more tat?

If you want to look mean, take a leaf out of this naughty boy's book.  He must have spent an absolute fortune on tattoos and where was he getting the money from to have them done - criminal activity?  Apart from that, every one of the tats must have hurt like hell!

6. Took a long time to look this natural!

Image source Mohair69Youngsters always like to experiment with their hair, especially when they want to impress their friends or love interest.  Boys slap on the gel to keep their locks in place and this guy may have had the same idea.  Maybe he as watching a documentary on a flock of seagulls when he was styling the look!

7. When you've lost your tweezers there's only one thing for it ....

Image source Mohair69How annoying is it when you can't find your tweezers even though you could have sworn you left them in the bathroom.  After searching for a year, this convict sensibly decided to shave the curly brows off and get some permanent ones tattooed on instead, to save any further stress.  Good move!

8. Did I blend it in OK?

Image source Mohair69In these days of equality and not judging anyone for who they want to be or how they choose to look, this bad boy took advantage and borrowed his mum's highlighter to bring some colour to his face.  Entirely up to him but we would recommend he use a mirror next time.

9. Gurning!

Image source RedditStraight from the world championship gurning competition, this criminal was pulled in for breaking the law.  He had been accused of biting into a steak, with a side of fries and then running out of the restaurant without paying.  He gave his favourite smile as his belly was nice and full.Image source Reddit

10. ....and you're still smiling (almost) ....

Image source Mohair69Confidence comes from within and is a great thing to have.  It helps you get on in life and feel good about yourself.  This guy, dragged in by police for trying to break into the 'House of Horrors' at Universal Studios, was confident enough to force a smile when his mugshot was snapped.

11. Let me guess .... are you a fan of pirates?

Image source Mohair69The criminal in this mugshot was a huge fan of Johnny Depp, especially when he starred in 'Pirates of the Caribbean'.  He joined the fan club, turned up at premieres and even bought a parrot.  It wasn't enough for him though and there was only one thing for it!

12. I know it makes you look taller but ....

Image source Mohair69Isn't it annoying when you can't get your hair just as you want it.  It's either too flat, too frizzy, too fine .... the list goes on.  You can end up spending fortunes on taming your mane or improving the texture.  Luckily, this woman didn't have any of those issues and was a natural.

13. How inconvenient for this guy .... he was half way through a hair transplant!

Image sourceMohair69Hair transplants used to be a very painful procedure and it was always kept a secret if you had one (although going from bald to a centre parting looks a little suspicious).  These days it's much easier and less expensive.  The criminal here asked his family (at gunpoint) to chip in so he could have one but he got arrested before it was completed!

14. Wondered where grandma's dress had disappeared to!

Anything goes - and that goes for anything!  If you wake up one day, the sun is shining and you feel at one with yourself, why not look in your granny's wardrobe, for some inspiration.  After trying on 7 dresses and a balaclava, this soon to be prisoner got it just right.

15. A real eye opener!

Image source Mohair69Not to be joked about as this convict unfortunately had lost an eye but he used it to his advantage by constantly asking people to help him get cash out of the ATM, because of his poor eyesight.  When the stolen cards he was using failed to encourage the machine to dish out some dollar, he robbed the helpers instead.

16. It's rude to stick your tongue out!

Image source Mohair69How childish can you get?  It's not big and it's not clever but try telling this to the menacing looking male in the mugshot.  Every time the police officer told him to put his tongue back in, he stuck it out further and thought it was funny.  Great sense of humour for the mass murderer.

17. When you can blend into a crowd ....

Image source Mohair69When you're totally addicted to getting tattoos but run out of space on your criminal body, there's only one thing for it - start on your face and fill that up as well.  On the plus side, if you are ever unwell, no one would notice how pale you were, under all that ink!

18. A tad miffed!

Image source Mohair69This lady was so angry at getting caught.  It was her daughter's birthday party that day and she had managed to shoplift all the food for it, a princess chocolate layer cake and two blocks of Lurpak butter.  Life is so unfair for some criminals and their kids.

19. That's what happens when you get a front row seat at a tennis tournament!

Image source Mohair69We aren't exactly sure how the criminal in this mugshot got that 'thing' on his forehead.  It may have been a serious medical issue or he hurt himself when he tried to headbutt the police officer.  Either way, it doesn't appear to be an issue as he's still smiling.

20. Angry because they didn't capture her best side?

Image source Mohair69This shifty woman was beyond angry.  She had been settled down watching her favourite tv programme,' The Chase', when officers brought her in to custody.  We aren't sure what she was being charged with but one of the offences might have been scaring everyone around her with that frown.

21. Feeling Horny!

Image source Mohair69There's no accounting for taste and this bad man felt he was at one with the devil.  Devious as he might have thought he was when he was caught stealing an ice cream van, it wasn't difficult for witnesses to give a description of the culprit as he was caught as he tried to drive away to the tune of 'Just One Cornetto'.

22. Rulers aren't just for measuring!

Image source Mohair69When you know there's a chance of getting caught in the act (of the crime), it's always good to be prepared for the mugshot.  This guy made sure he got an appointment at his favourite barbers and chose a style out of the hair magazine that would suit his personality.

23. He might be a pussycat really!

Image source Mohair69There's scary and then there's down right terrifying.  Even the custody officer was filled with trepidation as he focussed the camera on that face.  Just wondering what would happen if this criminal had a summer cold and had to keep blowing his nose.  Tricky.

24. Spaced out for sure - on another planet ....

Image source Mohair69Don't think this fella was in the mood for a mugshot.  He had spent the day getting stoned and when they shoved him in the police van, he didn't know what day it was.  He couldn't even speak when questioned and just stared without blinking.  Very unsettling.

25. Whip up SOME enthusiasm if you don't mind ....

Another image of a criminal who had been partaking in everything that was illegal and was away with the fairies.  Brought in on suspicion of sunbathing naked, because he didn't want any tan lines, we can only hope it was just his upper body that remained naked when the mugshot was taken.

26. Keeping an eye on him ....

Image source Mohair69There's nothing to joke about someone who has, unfortunately, lost their eye but he does paint a chilling picture in his mugshot.  He got picked up by police after being the look-out man in a bank robbery.  Plans went very wrong because the gang didn't realise the bank had closed down 3 months earlier in cut backs for Barclays.

27. When you get an allergic reaction to your guy-liner!

Image source Mohair69This must be one of the most disturbing mugshots ever.  The convict looks to have been beaten up badly but still insisted in saying the other man came out worse!  It doesn't help his appearance that he's taken the Slimming World diet too far but he was desperate to win the 'slimmer of the month' title.

28. Like my party trick?

Image source Mohair69Talk about lack of respect!  Nasty Nigel refused to stick his tongue in and even bragged about his party trick of being able to curl it.  This wasn't the first time he had been brought in by the police.  The last time was when he called out the wrong numbers when he worked at the bingo hall so he could have the winnings for himself.

29. No one will notice my hairline is receding if I grow it long at the sides ....

Image source Mohair69When you manage to get exactly the right hairstyle for the shape of your face, you feel a million dollars.  This convict was on cloud nine until his door was battered down by police and they arrested him for being in possession of a hundred hairdryers, still with their security tags on.

30. He should grow a fringe to even things up ....

Image source Mohair69There's that joke when you ask a horse, 'why the long face?'  Whereas the majority of people would laugh at that, it would be a little too close to home for this guy, whose forehead was, let's say, on the deep side.  This could prove an issue for him when he's wearing a hat.

31. A slick bowl cut and fluffy beard please

Image source funcageThese are some serious hair choices from this guy. Which is totally personal - but we think his barber should be fired. First off there's the severe fringe and bob style cut, dead straight against his face which is a sharp contrast to his dry, haywire fringe.

32. Deeply disturbed...

Image source funcageI don't know about you, but we would be terrified if we bumped into this guy. He seems like he's reflecting deeply about something very disturbing. And the way he has his teeth bared...we definitely would not want to cross him when he's in a bad mood.

33. Has any of my makeup smudged?

Image source funcageShe's totally wired, and the term pulled through a hedge backwards applies here. This is actually the famous Lisa Ribin Kelly the American actress who was arrested for domestic violence in 2012 and she also made one of the strangest mugshots - why does she look like she's smiling?

34. He just doesn't want to be there...

Image source funcageThis guys just does not want to be there. And we don't blame him. But rather than looking nervous or anxious about having a mugshot taken he just looks totally fed up and bored. He's also as white as a sheet - literally. Perhaps he wasn't feeling too good on this day.

35. The 90s called, they want their brows back

Image source funcageSomeone's back in the 90s decade when we all plucked our brows within an inch of their life and ended up with a thin McDonald's arch over their eye. It is hard to find this criminal intimidating when he looks permanently surprised!

36. A double chin!

Image source funcageNow the term double chin is one that would not go amiss here. Which would be rude for us to say because who knows - this could be a medical condition. But this seriously must be heavy. He also clearly decided to hold his shirt in front of himself rather than actually wearing it.

37. A fair grimace

Image source funcageWhatever he's been arrested for...this guy is clearly excited or pleased about it because he's certainly smiling about something. And he's certainly not afraid to show off those gnashers. Maybe that's his technique to scare people away?

38. These are some VERY red eyes

Image source funcageThis woman had been taking a LOT of illegal substances prior to her arrest and mugshot. And...it definitely wasn't the first occasion she'd done so, and she looks in a real state judging by the appearance of the scabs on her face and the redness of her eyes....

39. Don't mess with me...

Image source funcageThis guy looks tough. His neck is literally thicker than his head...by a couple of inches. We wouldn't mess with this guy if we were you. He also looks like he's staring RIGHT at you which is pretty terrifying because it doesn't look like he's here to mess around.

40. The blonder the better

Image source funcageIs that a wig? Or is that real? We are not sure which screams the loudest here. Is it the platinum blonde hairdo which is a very particular choice... Or is it the drawn-on eyebrows and liner. The black lines of the eyebrows are almost as big as that strange drawn on line underneath his eye.

41. Say cheese...

Image source funcageThis mugshot literally looks like it has been taken out of a high school album where he's been placed on the chair and told to say cheese while they take his yearly picture. It's pretty weird for a mugshot. We also have no idea what is going on with that hair style wither.

42. I like an arched brow

Image source funcageThere are arched brows, and there are ARCHED brows.... and then there's these. We heard she'd actually been arrested for crimes against eyebrows... The front part is so large and the end SO thin that it literally looks like a furry tadpole. Which isn't a good look by any means.

43. Makeup on point...?

Image source funcagePretty terrifying. Now we can't judge someone on their appearance. But this person has made some questionable choices and it's leading to a pretty frightful look - maybe that was the intention? The scarier the mugshot the better perhaps?

44. I broke my glasses

Image source funcageIs it the fact that his glasses are taped in the middle or the expression on his face which just makes this mugshot kind of comical? Rumour has it that this guy was caught stealing him the latest pair of reading specs and got caught just before he could replace them. No wonder he looks miffed.

45. On an another planet

Image source funcageNothing about this guy in the mugshot makes it seem like he is at all present. From his vacant expression which makes him look like he's on another planet to his hair which is blowing in different postcode. At least he looks totally chilled about being there.

46. Feeling extremely happy with his mugshot!

Image source funcageYou are probably thinking that this mugshot is actually shockingly normal after we've witnessed the rest of these. But who looks THIS happy about having their mugshot taken. He must use at least one tub of gel a day to get that extreme side part effect.

47. I'll use my ear skin as elastic bands today...

Image source funcageAt first this looks like they are using elastic bands - but then you look closer and see that it is SKIN. We have no idea what this guy is thinking, but the effect and the thought of his ears being pushed through his own skin is truly ghastly. Maybe he wanted ears like Shrek?

48. A wannabee Medusa

Image source funcageNow these are some of the strangest dreads we've seen. You can literally imagine these starting to wiggle - thin, curly dreadlocks which literally look like he's copying Medusa. Maybe it's to make him more feared in prison - but in actual fact we can't take him seriously like this.

49. This guy is big on symmetry

Image source funcageEveryone's heard that symmetrical faces are supposed to be the most attractive. Maybe this is what this guy was thinking when he went to get a tattoo, and had it perfectly mirrored on either side of his face... we aren't sure if this has the same effect, however.

50. A criminal version of young Beckham

Image source funcageNow this guy's mugshot is pretty tame in comparison to the others we have witnessed. But it's a fairly extreme mohawk and it does actually take us back to the Beckham days when he was young, and everyone started to copy him. This guy took it a little bit too far...