Paul Gascoigne is a classic. A blend of undiagnosed mental disorder, lots of booze and becoming a superstar footballer young meant he was never on the rails. There's tons of stories of his antics but the most famous involves a crossover with a spree shooter.
Spurned roided Geordie meathead, Raoul Moat, had shot his ex, her new fella, then a random copper. This spawned a weeklong manhunt, 1 a counter-terror team from Northern Ireland and TV survival host Ray Mears. Eventually this lead to a standoff between Moat and the police.
Enter Paul Gascoigne.
Having retired into a life of alcoholism, Gazza's star had faded. But something had inspired him, seeing the weeklong media storm over Moat had made him move. So at the standoff, Gazza turned up with chicken, beer and a fishing road, claiming to know Moat and to encourage him to surrender. Obviously, the police turned him away but his arrival escalated this story about a frankly underwhelming killing spree (only one death directly as a result of his shooting) into something remembered forever, more than the shooting a month before that actually iced 12 people