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It was totally bound to happen. People have been enjoying the sweet nectar of pork we all afftectionately refer to as bacon on a overly indulgent basis for a long, long time. Forget the dead rising up to walk amongst us and gnaw on our fles
Yosemite. The word conjures up postcards and beautiful nature photography. Not anymore. It’s beginning to conjure up bad horror movie dealing with parasites and viruses. That’s right, kids… Yosemite’s hiding something creepy. Health officia
Because death and urns with your loved one’s ashes aren’t surrounded by enough creepy stories, a fun company called Cremation Solutions has decided to knock the creep factor over the wall. How? By using a 3D printer to create an amazingly c
Black Plague. Wiped out over a third of Europe back in the day. Everyone’s happy it’s gone and we’ve all moved on to live happy lives without any more talk of this contagion nick-named ‘Black Death’…or have we? About a week ago, in Oregon,
Who says people don’t read newspapers anymore? A Colorado woman lied to her employer when she told them she needed time off because her brother recently died. An icky, if not uncommon, crime. But she went too far when she tried to pad the f
You’ve had a long life. It’s time to check out. It’s a peaceful time and you know it’s about to come to a quiet conclusion. Everything’s cool and right. You hear a calming voice, “Don’t be afraid. I am here to comfort you.” You sigh. “I am
No really…how many of you have been shopping the tool sections of your local hardware stores or hitting up your local big box store for supplies to combat the impending undead parade across the face of the earth? We’re right there with you.
Automata have been around for a couple of centuries now. Most of the time they’re enjoyably amazing pieces of craftsmanship that cause people to smile. There’s been a chess-playing automata, an acrobatic automata that does a trapeze act and
Seriously, nature wants you and your whole family dead. Remember that the next time you’re thinking about saving the planet. It really hates you. [CNN]
He spent his time with zombies. That’s the excuse for a man claiming to be Zulu folk singer Mgqumeni, who died and was buried in 2009 on why he hasn’t be around. The would-be Mgqumeni says he’d spent the intervening years amongst the undead
A trip to the South Pole is not easy. Specifically not in 1912 when British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his intrepid crew are trying to become the first explorers to make it there. Only after an arduous two and half month slog bringing
That was the challenge for one biologist who discovered that this plant, Philcoxia, was indeed consuming worms. Yet it doesn’t seem to have any orifices to trap the organisms, or lures to bring the creepy crawlies out of the dirt to their d
When a someone truly great dies, everyone talks about how it relates to them. A testimony. As if to say, you could discount everything else about them, but I know my life was changed and here is how. You will see many, many people write abo
Welcome to the big leagues Ireland. You’ve just confirmed your first ever case of spontaneous human combustion! The pioneer went by the name Michael Faherty, he was 76. “This fire was thoroughly investigated and I’m left with the conclusion
A woman in Kazan, Russia was rushed to the hospital by her husband after reportedly suffering chest pains and collapsing. Doctors soon told her devastated husband the sad news, his wife was dead. Family was called and preparations were made
A hulking figure in the woods lunches toward you and your hunting party. In the woods, instinct and a steady hand are your only weapons and this is no different. In the split second before you pull the trigger, time slows down. You wonder i
No one wants to be the first person to die from anything. No one wants to choke to death while the smoke you’ve just inhaled in your lungs turns to acid. So can you have to be double cheesed off if you were among the Roman soldiers who were
Well, humanity had a pretty good run. Snakes have learned to fly and now we are on borrowed time. Five related species of tree-dwelling snakes found in Southeast and South Asia may just be the worst nightmares of ophidiophobes (people who h
Curious as to how ruined our planet would be if Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck fail to push that massive asteroid off course? Worry no more! There’s a web app for that. [Purdue via Reason]
Everyday this week… Brett Rounsaville brings us the Weirdest Survival Stories ever told. Wenseslao Moguel is the guy you never want to run into at a cocktail party…and not just because of his hideous, gag inducing face. In fact, he plays a
Why is it that time travelers always so sloppy? Whenever you hear of someone in the news evoking the time travel defense, it’s always for bad stuff like accidental deaths, murders or elaborate plots to kill someone who eventually ruins the
In case anyone was worried. Scientists from the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Southwest Research Institute, and Boston University suggest that the ribbon of enhanced emissions of en
If Skeleton Lake is a spooky name, the story behind it is downright terrifying. The short prologue, a British officer in 1942 happened upon roughly 300 skeletons surrounding a lake in Roopkund, India. But how could this many people seemingl
The magical Monet-esqe dreamscape where your soul mingles with the realm beyond, only for your Grandmother to pause her game of bridge with your pee wee football coach so she can tell you that your time on earth isn’t over, after all who el