最近思いもよらない事件が多いね。事実は小説より奇なり、とはよく言ったもんだよ。の英語

You hear about a lot of incidents these days that would be hard to dream up. It really backs up the old saying that fact is stranger than fiction.

There have been quite a few peculiar incidents lately, which have had me quite puzzled.

I can't remember the incident well; it was a long time ago.

Those kinds of things are happening frequently these days.

But no one is willing to talk about the incident.

I'm jumping about a bit in time, but some time before that I had such a strange experience.

I've never come across such a strange case.

The article alludes to an event now forgotten.

It was strange (terrible) affair.

There was something weird about the incident.

The event is on everyone's tongue everywhere.

We haven't yet heard any news of the event.

What, another crime so soon after coming out of [being released from] jail [prison]?

For me, this story is too far removed from reality.

The case has not yet been properly investigated [has not yet received a full investigation].

It was a strange affair.

I have no remembrance of the incident now.

From humorous to creepy stories, like the last volume, you can enjoy various types of stories.

how much of the story is fact and how much fiction is hard to tell

The event is still fresh in my memory.

The event is still green in my memory.

The affair was reported in detail―reported in full―reported at length―in yesterday's paper―Yesterday's paper gave particulars of―gave details of―the affair.

The event is still fresh in our memory.

Most funny stories are based on comic situations.

If you only listen to the testimony of the victim you can't understand the full story of the incident.

It is a pretty complicated affair.

In this book, lots of coincidences happen.

This incident was so impenetrable [mysterious] that it had even the great Holmes scratching his head in puzzlement.

The story got more and more interesting.

The story got more and more exciting.