We horror writers draw inspiration from everything. Every. Thing. Wes Craven credited A Nightmare on Elm Street to a story he read in the local paper. While the paranormal portion of The Amityville Horror may have been fictionalized, the shootings that occurred were not. Sometimes a real tragedy or mystery can act as a vehicle […]
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“Based on true events.” Four little words that have the power to heighten tension before the story even begins. Heinous crimes have long served as inspiration for genre writers, giving us works such as Room (based upon the Fritzl case), We Need To Talk About Kevin (inspired by the Columbine massacre), and The Night of […]
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 […]
Back in the Good Old Days… The goal of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade must originally have been to scare all children because Moviepilot.com has a compilation of old photos and they’re just special. I definitely remember grandma and grandpa reminiscing about the happy days of demon dinosaur cats. Bedtime Stories A new edition of […]
The Worst Game of “Would You Rather…?” Ever So would you rather deal with one, giant, Shelob spider or over a million little spiders? The Baltimore Wastewater Treatment Plant got to play this fun game when they put out a call for extreme spider help. I guess the spiders were really into snowboarding and drinking […]
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 […]
Not for that Kind of Storage Andrea Giesbrecht of Winnipeg, Canada, has been arrested for the six decomposing infants found in her rental storage unit. Authorities don’t know how long the babies have been there but they were found in various states of decomposition. Interestingly, Giesbrecht hasn’t been charged with homicide. She’s been charged with […]