What Scares You?
Imagine this: you’re homeless, resting beneath a bridge, minding your own business. A naked man approaches and proceeds to beat you unconscious before eating, yes eating, your face. That’s what happened to Ronald Poppo when Rudy Eugene attacked him on May 26, 2012.
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If you have any interest in extraterrestrials, there’s a good chance you’ve heard of the Nazca lines. What you may not have heard of is the three-fingered mummified bodies found there as well.
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He murdered his wife, mother, and three children. A murder so carefully carried out that no one noticed for nearly a month. John List gave himself plenty of time to make his escape, and remain a free man for more than 17 years.
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For those who love to explore, spelunking is a favorite activity. The art of exploring caves on an increasingly difficult level adds to the adrenaline, easily making it an addictive form of pleasure. For John Jones and his family, caving and spelunking was a cherished part of childhood. As an adult, despite having grown up, the love was still there, so it was no surprise when John and his brother Josh decided to explore the Nutty Putty Cave.
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In August 1990, fear gripped the people of Gainesville, Florida. Students were being killed, mutilated, in their college dorms. Classes were canceled, everyone took to carrying baseball bats with them wherever they went. People slept in shifts and no one went out alone. The Gainesville Ripper was out there. A killer who inspired American screenwriter, Kevin Williamson – the creator of the Scream movie franchise.
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If you drink whiskey, or even if you don’t, you’re likely familiar with “Jameson Irish Whiskey.” John Jameson was born in 1740 in Alloa in Scotland. He began his career as a lawyer, but after he married Margaret Haig in 1753, his future would be forever changed. Margaret just so happened to be the daughter of John Haig, the famous whisky distiller in Scotland. In 1774, John joined the Convivial Lodge No. 202, of the Dublin Freemasons, and by 1780 his Irish whiskey distillation began. He worked for the next 41 years, building up the business, then passed it on to his son, John II in 1851.
When is a game no longer a game, and instead a ritual? Games and rituals have many things in common; set up, game play or ritual elements, and the end. Games are generally risk free, whereas a ritual comes with its own set of consequences – whether you complete it correctly, or not.
Love, true love, often strikes from out of nowhere. Life is grand, you’re living your life, and then boom! It smacks you. You can’t control who you fall for, and that often leads to the vow, “‘Til death do us part.” But is death truly the end of your love story? It wasn’t for Carl Tanzler.
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Most people would agree that dolls are creepy. They are intended to be nothing more than a child’s plaything, and yet, they terrify adults. Perhaps that’s because of dolls like Okiku, who grows human hair.
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