On This Day March 4
On this day in 1918, the USS Cyclops and her entire crew of 306, vanished [...]
Outsider Art Part One: Henry Darger
History has a cruel and ironic relationship with artists. Right now, somewhere unseen, masterpieces are [...]
On This Day February 25
On this day in 1957, the malnourished and battered body of an unidentified boy, approximately [...]
The Pathology of Obedience
Obedience: the essential ingredient in our social contract, without which the civilized world would devolve [...]
On This Day February 18
On this day in 1983, Willie Mak, Benjamin Ng, and Tony Ng, entered the Wah [...]
Project Artichoke
When choosing my topics for Dark Distractions, I often find myself desensitized to my research [...]
On This Day February 11
On this day in 1905, James Blackstone of Seattle, bowls 299½. This seemingly impossible score [...]
Serge Voronoff, the Monkey Gland Man
Everyone wants to live forever and science has long endeavored to deliver that immortality, staying [...]
On This Day February 4
On this day in 1866, Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist [...]
Death by Clutter: The Collyer Brothers
We all have that one house in our neighborhood, a dwelling so strange and mysterious [...]