I’m going to try to make this a regular feature here, but that’s only if I can keep the demons at bay. The plan is to just kind of talk about some news in the horror community. I probably won’t just start making stuff up. Ghostbusters I know I’m a little late on this, but […]
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I, For One, Welcome Our New Robot Overlords OC Robotics has created what they’ve dubbed a snakebot. Its extreme flexibility and swappable heads make it ideal for working in recovery areas with lots of debris. Its staring robot eye and its undulating movements that resemble the creatures from The Abyss make it ideal for pranking […]
Arachnaphobes Take Cover! A team of scientists found eight, count them, eight potentially new species of spiders in an Indian tiger preserve. Field studies at the Parambikulam Tiger Reserve is difficult due the bears, bison, tigers of course, and venomous snakes that live in the region, so microfauna like spiders have been ignored. The researchers […]
Beautiful Decay Filmmaker Danny Cooke has found a way to gain new perspective on the abandoned site Chernobyl. He managed to take amazing footage of the city of Pripyat, which has been abandoned since the disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986. There are no long-term residents but it’s safe for short-term visits. […]
Definitely Not the Work of the Elders at All Remember in July when those mysterious holes started forming in Siberia? They’re finally frozen enough for some brave scientists to start exploring them. Until now, the working hypothesis is that global warming caused methane pockets to explode. They found a lake, estimated to be 35-feet-deep at […]
Now that’s my Kind of Vacation! Cemetery tourist Loren Rhoads has just released a book about her travels, Wish You Were Here: Adventures in Cemetery Travel. The former editor of Morbid Curiosity magazine shares her adventures and tips touring the world’s cemeteries. My particular favorites are St. Paul’s and Trinity Churchyard in Lower Manhattan. City […]
Fashion Kills The Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto recently had an exhibit about the perils of Victorian fashion called “Fashion Victims: The Perils and Pleasures of Dress in the 19th Century.” Nowadays, we worry about people developing anorexia and plastic surgery addictions, but try wearing a dress made of arsenic. The world had no colorfast […]