Navigation » Unusual Stuff | Videos | Images | Monthly Archives

In 1999, Clayton Lockett, a four-time convicted felon, and two accomplices were in the middle of a home break-in when 19-year-old Stephanie Neiman and a friend interrupted their crime.  Lockett shot Neiman with a sawed-off shotgun and watched as the two accomplices buried her alive.  For that crime, Clayton Lockett was sentenced to death by lethal […]

Jay Z and Beyonce are probably as famous for being a famous celebrity couple than they are for their musical exploits these days.  They’re famous because they’re so famous, if that makes sense, and the addition of Blue Ivy didn’t do much to dampen their star appeal.  Beyonce might have a new video album and […]

When you’re an established company, there’s not a lot you can do to change up the public perception of you.  By the time you become something nationally known, you’re kind of stuck being who you are.  Sure you can add Doritos to the shells and try your hand at breakfast, but once you get known […]

There’s nothing that brings the world together quite like sports.  Even when you consider something like the fall of the Berlin Wall, I think that these days, the fortunes of the German national football team means as much or more to the people from Germany.  Germans are so into football (soccer) that they threatened to […]

Once upon a time, it was the hardest thing in the world to accomplish.  It took hundreds of years for someone to officially scale to the top of the highest peak on planet Earth, yet over the years it’s become so easy that piles of trash are accumulating on the mountain’s pristine climbing paths.  However, […]

Whether you’re just a normal murderer or a big company, you need to always be mindful of what goes up on your Twitter or Facebook feeds, because eventually it will come back to haunt you.  No one knows that better than US Airways, which recently stumbled into some hot water after a mistaken link to […]

One is a legend in the television ranks.  The other is so popular that his show taking a hiatus is newsworthy.  One is the face of a network, and the other is about to replace the face of a network.  David Letterman is retiring from Late Night, and his replacement has been finalized.  Cable superstar […]

The Ultimate Warrior at his final WWE appearance.   Two days ago, the Ultimate Warrior, AKA Jim Hellwig, made an appearance on WWE’s Monday Night Raw to celebrate his being inducted into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame for his contributions to the wrestling industry.  In the 80’s and early 90’s, the only person […]

After witnessing the incredible success of such B-list made-for-TV movies as Sharknado and Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus, it’s only natural that other cable channels will look to the SyFy model and try to find weird, viral, social networking hits of their own.  Cheaply made and starring a household name or two (who are willing […]

  In 1993, David Letterman left NBC and the Late Night franchise after being passed over as Johnny Carson’s replacement in favor of the recently-retired Jay Leno.  His eventual destination was CBS, where he started his own late-night talk show, The Late Show with David Letterman.  Some 21 years later, Letterman isn’t the king of […]

The living room is the ultimate battlefield.  Sony and Microsoft are doing battle for video game supremacy, with Nintendo looking for the underserved market.  Apple has Apple TV, which competes against Roku which competes against your local television provider’s own DVR and streaming services.  There’s also smart televisions that provide streaming services, depending on what […]