Weird New Year Traditions
In an earlier entry I shared some bizarre December traditions around the world. Of course there are some strange choices to ring in the...
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- Dec 4, 2015
- 4 min
Try these weird Christmas traditions
It’s December and the final holidays of the year are in full swing. Christmas gets most of the attention, but it’s certainly not the only...
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- Sep 24, 2015
- 2 min
Hendrix seance artifact up for auction
This wax figure of Jimi Hendrix stands in Mme Tussauds of London Photo by Denis Bourez [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons. We have a...
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- Sep 23, 2015
- 3 min
Phobia causes actions beyond reason
Aftermath of freak crash by wane.com You may have heard of the bizarre accident in Northern Indiana where a woman found a spider on her...
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- Sep 16, 2015
- 1 min
Who’s your Buddie?
NOTE: This information is provided for entertainment purposes only and is not intended to express support or opposition to the...
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- Sep 9, 2015
- 1 min
Fatal selfie
Artist rendering shows how an unsuccessful gun selfie might look before the final moment. In a previous article from July we highlighted...
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- Sep 8, 2015
- 1 min
Adventures in time and space
Can you tell the difference between the blue boxes below? Photo © Copyright Karl and Ali and licensed for reuse under this Creative...
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- Aug 28, 2015
- 2 min
Blood Moon
You may have heard some things about the Blood Moon in 2015. Some say it’s the Apocalypse. Some say it’s a time of strong magic and...
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- Aug 25, 2015
- 1 min
Welcome to snake island
We’ve shown you islands of cats and bunnies. We shared the island of lost dolls. Now it’s time to stir up the nightmares with a trip to...
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- Aug 19, 2015
- 2 min
Roanoke mystery solved?
One American mystery that has lasted for more than three hundred years is the colony of Roanoke, Virginia. Led by John White, they were...
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- Aug 17, 2015
- 2 min
You might belong in a museum
This amazing mummy rests in peace at the Museum of the Weird At the Museum of the Weird we feature a mummy that might date back 3000...
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- Aug 13, 2015
- 2 min
When monsters attack
Several weeks ago we had a story about legendary monster, Godzilla, receiving official citizenship from Japan. That’s odd, since he spent...
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- Aug 6, 2015
- 2 min
Beginning at the end
Couple celebrate their wedding in the family funeral home. We look forward to the day when an especially weird couple chooses to tie the...
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- Jul 29, 2015
- 1 min
Buried alive in Brazil
You may have seen a recent story repeated from dailybuzz.com with titles like “Woman Buried Alive, Funeral Goers Hear Screams From The...
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- Jul 27, 2015
- 1 min
Vampire flowers had willing donor
Hemochromatosis. The result was that his blood had too much iron. The treatment at the time—which is still recommended today—is removal...
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- Jul 23, 2015
- 2 min
Ouija does it…
Three talking boards await clearing by Doc Saul Ravencraft. As I give tours to visitors at the Museum of the Weird I tell them about my...
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- Jul 15, 2015
- 1 min
Flame on—spontaneous human combustion
A recent rash of news articles has focused on the strange case of the nine-day-old child of Karna Perumal, an agricultural labourer, and...
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- Jul 13, 2015
- 1 min
Death by selfie
Recently, Russia released a pamphlet advising people about the deadly consequences of taking selfies. Apparently, the carelessness of...
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- Jul 8, 2015
- 1 min
Some parts may not be included
If it’s never happened to you, it’s difficult to understand the tragedy of losing a loved one, especially in a death that requires an...
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- Jul 6, 2015
- 1 min
If you give a mouse a Mountain Dew
We’ve all heard some of the food horror stories: animal and human body parts found mixed amongst the fries; things found packaged in the...
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