Porn, it gets pretty weird sometimes, Pt. 13
You ever have one of those moments where you suddenly feel less alone in the world? A man in Singapore was sentenced to 14 years in jail and ordered caned 18 times after smelling women’s armpits. The victims…23 females from girls as young as nine to women in their 50’s.
My hero.
So, on to the good [...]
Albinos, Hunted in the Name of Magic
A grim, amazing bit of reporting, about a life that’s almost too hard to imagine:
Samuel Mluge steps outside his office and scans the sidewalk. His pale blue eyes dart back and forth, back and forth, trying to focus. The sun used to be his main enemy, but now he has others. Mr. Mluge is an [...]
King Kong Is Dead
Some amazing pics from Brent Stirton, who documented the search party for four mountain gorillas killed in Eastern Congo last year. One of them was a silverback alpha male, the leader of the group, who was shot.
via we make money not art
Foot Found, But Who Lost It?
The BBC reports:
The police in Canada have a gruesome mystery to puzzle over as after a human foot was found washed up on a beach near the west-coast city of Vancouver. It is the fourth such foot to be found on beaches in the area in the past eight months. All four of the feet [...]
Odds and Ends…and Cannibalism
A guide to the artists shortlisted for the 2008 Turner Award.
What ever happened to Mr Gay UK, 1993? Oh yeah, he’s been eating people.
The Vatican says it’s okay to believe in aliens. (What would an Alien Jesus look like?)
A documentary called Cannibal Tours, which follows a bunch of tourists journeying into a fake Heart of [...]
Bong of the Year
YES:
Three Kingwood teens have been arrested and accused of digging up a secluded grave and removing a skull in Humble. According to court documents, they removed the skull from the coffin and converted it into a “bong,” to smoke marijuana.
And it’s not even an isolated incident!
Grand Theft Auto, Real and Fake
The Guardian reports that a man was stabbed while waiting in line to buy Grand Theft Auto this morning. It’s not so much the “art imitates life” story line that’s interesting; it’s that the other people in line just assumed it was some viral marketing tactic. To be honest, I’d have probably thought the [...]
“Cos I wanna do hood-rat stuf wit my fren”
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Australia has this kid. But we got Latarian. (”My fren. Smokes. Wif cigarettes.” His friend is seven.)
Smiley Faced Murders
From Buzzfeed, which rounded up the best links:
A group of private investigators say they’re able to link up dozens of seemingly unrelated deaths of college men through a common clue: Smiley faces found near where the drowned bodies were found. The deaths (murders?) all share common traits: Well-liked, athletic college guys who drowned mysteriously, usually [...]
Terrifying Depravity
Man, what is it with the Germanic countries. Probably the most horrifying story ever:
Austrian police have arrested a 73-year-old man who they say kept his daughter locked in a cellar for 24 years and fathered seven children with her, three of whom never emerged into daylight from their prison until now.
Remember that story of the [...]