June, 2023

Bud Light Triggered the End Times, Big Muddy Monster, Pompeii Pizza

June 30, 2023/in Weird News/by Charlie Hintz

Things were feeling rather infernal here in Wisconsin this week as an acrid haze from the Canadian wildfires blew threw. I suppose that’s probably a sign of Armageddon brought on by the confluence of evil corporations supporting diversity and equality.

Speaking of…

Evangelist says Target, Kohl’s, and Bud Light are part of a satanic plot to usher in the End Times.
Pompeii is known for its erotic frescoes, but there’s also this 2,000-year-old pizza.
What will bring about the end of humanity? An octopus farm.
Exhibit A: Otto, Charles, and other unruly octopuses that are sick of our shit.
Murphysboro commemorates 1973 “Big Muddy Monster” sightings with a bronze statue.
The Harvard scientist trawling the ocean floor for alien spacecraft.
What it’s like when your Dad is a famous UFO abductee.
AI will be able to generate a Hollywood blockbuster in 3 years.
A microscopic “Louis Vuitton” bag sold at auction for over $60,000.
Ken knows how to what? French Barbie movie poster goes hardcore.
South Koreans just became a year or two younger.
In Oregon you can now legally pump your own gas.
Sunday is World UFO Day so enjoy some extraterrestrial weirdness.
MORE: Alien pancakes and other bizarre Wisconsin UFO cases.
“Presumed human remains” and OceanGate wreckage brought ashore.
But if you’re looking for a job, OceanGate has an opening for a submersible pilot.

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Satanic Panic at Hobby Lobby, Mormon Cricket Invasion, Titanic Sub Conspiracy

June 23, 2023/in Weird News/by Charlie Hintz

Happy Pink Flamingo Day!

Now on to the week’s weird news headlines:

Why is the official bird of Madison, WI the pink plastic flamingo?
AI did a good thing for once: Satanic panic over Hobby Lobby.
UPDATE: The woman who woke up at her funeral…has died.
Humans aren’t ready for an AI-saturated “post-truth world.”
Invasion of the Mormon crickets.
The savage bug-eating plants of New Jersey.
End of the future: Will time ever stop?
Octopuses are building underwater cities in the ocean near Australia.
Plastic surgery can’t hide you from facial recognition.
Dumb conspiracy theories abound over the missing Titanic sub.
When Titanic sank what happened to all the dead?
42,000-year-old penis pendant is the earliest known depiction of human genitalia.
The doomed SS Normandie was a floating Art Deco palace.

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10-Foot Aliens in Vegas, Woman Wakes Up at Her Wake, Nazi Gold Train

June 16, 2023/in Weird News/by Charlie Hintz

Here are this week’s weird headlines:

Mysterious object in the sky leads to report of a 10-foot creature in the backyard.
More on the 10-foot Las Vegas aliens with large shiny eyes.
Then the family put up surveillance cameras.
Dearly De-Pinted: Ben & Jerry’s ice cream graveyard (h/t Tui Snider)
Woman wakes up at her own funeral, knocks on coffin lid.
Man faked his own death, then showed up at the funeral.
Why does this giant squid have the world’s largest light-producing organs?
Octopuses can edit the genes in their brains.
Folk horror and the holy fool: How paganism re-enchanted modern Britain.
Harvard morgue manager allegedly stole body parts and sold them online.
Chupacabra attacks in Guatemala.
Hidden rails found in Poland could lead to the lost Nazi gold train.
Ohio city tells homeowner to take down her 10-foot werewolf which she dresses up for the seasons and holidays.

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In other news, I made a Wisconsin Travel Guide to the Dark Side which is available over at Wisconsin Frights. The cover features a photo I snapped a few years back of the severed, mummified head of German serial killer Peter Kurten:

Another one of those photos can now be found in the upcoming new book Murderabilia by Harold Schechter.

Both photos were taken during this trip.

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UFO Whistleblower Bombshell, Virgin Mary Apparitions, Croc Virgin Birth, Ed Gein

June 9, 2023/in Weird News/by Charlie Hintz

It was a big week for UFO afficionados, with news of a military intelligence officer claiming that the US government has a UFO retrieval program, is in possession of intact craft of non-human origin, and that UFOs trigger a multi-decade cold war.

Let’s get into this week’s weird news headlines:

Whistleblower says the US government has a UFO retrieval program.
But his claim is lacking in the credibility department.
More on the UFO bombshell that wasn’t.
Body language expert analyzes the UFO whistleblower.
Good riddance, Pat Robertson.
Wrong answers only: What was there before the Big Bang?
On the space between waking and dreaming in Kafka’s diaries.
AI will lose the war of creativity with humanity.
People who never forget.
First known virgin birth in a crocodile.
A legendary lost city swallowed by the ocean has been found.
Here’s what happens when a human gets hit by lightning.
The Pope says Virgin Mary apparitions are “not always real.”
But what about incorrupt nuns?
A URL on 800,000 Maryland license plates now redirects to an online casino.
ChatGPT allegedly falsely accused a man of embezzlement.
The search for Earth’s hidden mountains.
In South Africa, the world’s oldest-known burial site has been found.
Will Cleopatra’s tomb ever be found?
What did ancient Romans smell like?
Upcoming MGM+ docuseries promises “new reveals” about Ed Gein.
See also: Ed Gein on Cult of Weird

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Incorrupt Nun in Missouri

June 8, 2023/in From the Grave/by Charlie Hintz

Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, the incorrupt nun of Missouri, showed little sign of decomposition when she was exhumed from her grave 4 years after her death.

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