A lady walks into a bank in New York City and asks for the loan officer. She says she’s going to Europe on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000. The bank officer says the bank will need some kind of security for such a loan, so the lady hands over the keys … Read more
There are some who believe acupuncturists play the role of “Angel of Death.” If those needles are placed in exactly the right location… bam! The end! A few years ago, a woman died during acupuncture when a needle pierced her heart. This story is actually true, and repeated over and over by acupuncture skeptics. What … Read more
Below is President Zuma, the current South Africa leader. President Zuma, as the current leader of South Africa, has purchased the most expensive aircraft in the world for his own personal use and for those of his staff and underlings. Welcome aboard his custom-built plane that makes Air Force One look like the Wright Brothers’ … Read more
I heard about this while I was doing research project on the deep Web. There are a few variations, but here’s what I found on the Red Room. The Red Room is a popup that will appear on your screen while either trying to find information on The Red Room, or using the deep Web. … Read more
There was a boy named Tom who received a letter from his friend Kyle. The letter contained 20 reasons NOT to run the disk named: Sonic.EXE. Tom played the game anyway, and fell in HORROR. First, for a SPLIT second, Sega 666 appeared on the title screen. Then, Tails was chased by Sonic.exe and he … Read more
Toward the end of the 1940s, Soviet researchers sealed five prison inmates in an airtight chamber and dosed them with an experimental stimulant gas to test the effects of prolonged sleep deprivation. Their behavior was observed via two-way mirrors and their conversations monitored electronically. They were promised their freedom if they could go entirely without … Read more
A lady in a faded gingham dress and her husband, dressed in a homespun threadbare suit, stepped off the train in Boston, and walked timidly without an appointment into the Harvard University President’s outer office. The secretary could tell in a moment that such backwoods, country hicks had no business at Harvard & probably didn’t … Read more
SAN DIEGO, California – Earlier this month, an 80-year-old, homeless, white-bearded man was found deceased under an overpass in San Diego, California. Nobody knew the man’s name, but friends referred to him as Jessie. Investigators decided to try DNA testing with hopes that something would pop up in the nationwide DNA database. What came up … Read more
Take a look at this interview where the owner of a security company stated that if a user turns on the flashlight app on the phone it makes them susceptible to their phone content being hacked. The maker of the most popular flashlight app, Brightest Flashlight, in the Google Play (Android) store was caught stealing … Read more
Around the turn of the 20th century, children started going missing in a small rural county in Texas. People blamed it on The Candy Lady, a woman who supposedly lured children to her home with candy, then they were never heard from again. Children in the area told stories of how they would wake in … Read more