In today's episode of Criminal Masterminds

Forbidden Game Escapes Its Own Cancellation

2014 horror game P.T. has left an enduring legacy behind , just as much for what it wasn't as what it was. It was a pitch-perfect bite-sized horror experience from the mind of gaming auteur Hideo Kojima. It wasn't, however, a full-sized, multi-hour game with a massive bag of…

Woman Risks Everything For Third Davenport

High-Five Declared Contraband By Governing Body

Internet Receives Assignment, Immediately Goes Too Far

Every American Secretly Wearing The Same Six Costumes

Is your state’s favorite Halloween costume one you’ve worn before?

Abandoned Distillery Somehow Becomes More Mysterious After Stopping

At first glance, the Oculus Tower looks more like a futuristic arena than part of an old distillery. Rising from the remains of the former Eridania industrial complex in Ferrara, this seven-story circular concrete structure was once the heart of a large alcohol-production plant.…

All Cops Are Bastards Gets Stenciled Somewhere Again

Bar Sells Books, Refuses To Pick A Lane

Is there a better pairing than a good book and a great drink? You can find both at this cozy bar on the east side of Chattanooga. But the books lining the walls of the Reading Room are not just decoration. They are for sale, and their journey began, appropriately enough, at the…

Chattanooga Quietly Becomes the Center of Everything

Chattanooga may be best known for its natural beauty, surrounded by mountains, valleys, and the Tennessee River. This charming Appalachian city is also home to annual music festivals like the IBMA World of Bluegrass and the 3 Sisters Bluegrass Festival . The streets and venues…

Podcast Host Solves Churchill, Briefs Nation's CEOs

Having pondered the traits that mark out those who reach the top of the tree and achieve greatness there, Mike Soutar – host of History’s Greatest Leaders podcast – reveals the secrets to enduring success

Man Learns Freon Lesson The Expensive Way

Man Trades Teeth For Coyotes, Calls It Even

100 years ago, if you lived long enough in the rural American West, it was entirely reasonable, that at some point, you might find yourself with a ever shrinking amount of teeth and a surplus of coyotes. Such was the position George Washington Hancock found himself in the early…

Plague Vacation Accidentally Produces American Literature

Irving stayed with a friend during a yellow fever outbreak, where these local sites and legends inspired his famous short story.

Honey, why is the water in the creek behind our house red?

Taco Physics Solved With One Biblical Fold

Newsletter Formally Addresses Cocaine And Darkness Simultaneously

Suspect May Have Been On Mission From God, Authorities Confirm Unsure

Original Code Runs In Browser Via Fake Pretend Computer

Demoscene Recomp features four classic PC demoscene productions on the web, using the original code recompiled "instruction for instruction" to run natively in the browser: "The C is compiled to WebAssembly, together with models of the hardware the demo talks to" including a VGA…

Most Americans Demand AI Slow Down And Wait For Them

Vice President Invents Exciting New Definition Of Socialism

"I think in reality what it actually means in the American context is you want to replace American workers with foreign workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports." JD Vance's personal definition of socialism. Sycophant and Vice President of the United States, JD Vance,…

Middlemen Now Charging Fees To Access The Fees

Euphemism Confirmed, Corn Officially Off The Hook

Laid-Off Designer Dies Of Dysentery Before Third Interview

A new online game turns looking for a job into a game like the Oregon Trail, only more depressing. In the Job Trail , players choose to play as a recently laid-off designer, copywriter, or software engineer looking for a new employer in the AI-hellscape that is 2026. Read the…

Canadian Poet Wins Nobel Prize, Economy Somehow Involved

Dogs Have Been Trying To Tell Us Something This Whole Time

These behaviors might seem strange to us humans, but there’s an explanation for them.

Scranton Courthouse Now Guarded By Possessed Priest In Bronze

In 2009 Jason Miller, who played Father Karras in The Exorcist and won a Pulitzer Prize for writing That Championship Season, was immortalized forever with his bronze statue in Scranton Courthouse Square. Miller was also in such notable films as Rudy, Toy Soldiers, Light of Day,…

Flat Earth Guy Actually Nailed The Landing, Technically

Trillion Dollars Spent, None Of It His

Neal Agarwal's site, Neal.fun , is filled with, well, fun stuff from the vaguely tortuous Password Game to the wholesome Internet Roadtrip . His latest creation, in collaboration with Wired, feels like an indictment of late-stage capitalism. Spend Elon Musk's Money is a…

August Flu Arrives Two Months Before It Was Scheduled

The season usually starts in October or November. But some western states, including California, Washington, Alaska and Hawaii, began seeing a rise in flu cases as early as August