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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The Murder Of Junko Furuta, A Man "Eaten Alive" By A Sinkhole, And A Bunch Of Other Terrifying Things You Should Know About
Hello! I'm Crystal, and you've landed on my weekly roundup of creepy, macabre, and horrible AF things I really wanted to share with like-minded folks (like you)! And if you looooove this kind of content, you should subscribe to my official That Got Dark newsletter to get your weekly dopamine fix of the macabre delivered RIGHT to your inbox! Now, fair warning, because this is a weekly newsletter, just know this article won't be formatted like your typical ~BuzzFeed style~ list. Related: Each week, we'll be highlighting these topics: 💀Terrible, Dark, and Shocking Things I Learned This Week 👀Creepiest Towns Across America 👽Weird Wiki of the Week 🪦Famous Death Anniversary 🔪Your Weekly Horror Movie Recommendation 🍕An Original Illustration of Serial Killers' Last Meals, by Yours Truly So, lock the doors and turn on a flashlight, it's time to dive into some dark stuff... If you need to add a new fear in your life, I have the perfect one for you: being eaten alive by a sinkhole. In 2013, a man in Florida named Jeffrey Bush was 'swallowed alive' by a 17-foot-wide SINKHOLE that had formed under his bedroom in the middle of the night, while he was sleeping. And, yes, you read that right…UNDER. HIS. BEDROOM. Apparently, the floor collapsed beneath Jeffrey, and he fell down into the void along with a dresser, TV, and most of his bed set. His brother, Jeremy, tried to save him, but said it was too late by the time he rushed in to help. Jeremy told reporters that all he could see was cable wire running from the TV down into the sinkhole, and a corner of Jeffrey's Bed. Jeffrey's body was NEVER recovered. Related: Occasionally, I like to ask the BuzzFeed Community to tell me about the most mysterious, cult-like, bad-vibes towns in the United States they've ever been to. And you'd be shocked at how many responses I get each time (or maybe not). This week's spotlight: Mack, Colorado 'Once we had to stop here for do this! Real The Hills Have Eyes vibes. We immediately turned around because of the bad vibes, but got stuck by a passing train. When we returned, a woman, rail-thin with missing teeth, yelled, 'Fill up, I'll open up!' So I started getting gas and noticed the 1980s-style pump had a piece of tape tripping the price. I go past the foul garbage can with flies everywhere and open the door to a horror movie. To my right, a boy eating cereal at a table stops and stares desperately at me. All the store racks were covered with plastic, and dolls were hanging from the rafters. As the woman started yelling, 'You didn't fill up!' I noticed a paper saying, 'Where are you from?' I dropped a 20 to cover my gas. We drove off only to be stopped by the train again. Just as it cleared the road, I saw the woman with other devil's reject types running after the car. Luckily, we got out of there, so I can warn you all!" —Anonymous Related: Wikipedia is like the Wild West. It's vast, lawless, and sometimes you can find some extremely weird (and horrifying) things out there. This week's spotlight: The murder of Junko Furuta. Warning: This is an extremely graphic story. Junko Furuta was a Japanese high school student who was abducted, raped, tortured, and then subsequently murdered in 1989 by four teenage boys over the course of 44 days. Some of the horrific acts she was subjected to included being repeatedly burned, beaten, forced to drink her own urine, and set on fire. Her case was often referred to as the "concrete-encased high school girl murder case," because her body was discovered packed in concrete inside a dumped oil drum. The case became widely known not only due to the extremely graphic nature of the repeated beatings and sexual assaults she endured, but also the belief from the public that the perpetrators received lenient sentences. Bruce Lee — Died: July 20, 1973. Cause of Death: Cerebral edema (swelling of the brain). How he died: Lee died on July 20, 1973, at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Hong Kong after being found unconscious on the floor of his apartment. He was 32 years old. Interestingly, at the time of his death, Lee had been in the process of working on a film called Game of Death. Because Lee had only shot roughly 40 minutes of footage before he died, the filmmakers opted to finish the film by using stand-ins, recycled scenes from some of his previous works, and even used real-life footage of Lee in his casket (as seen above) for a scene where the character in the film fakes his own death. Related: Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer (2021) What it's about: A four-part true‑crime documentary miniseries covering the terrifying 1984–85 murder spree of Richard Ramirez, infamously known as the 'Night Stalker.' Why you should watch it: This is from a few years ago, but if you missed it, I HIGHLY recommend you get on that. It's a deeply fascinating story told through the eyes of the detectives who actually chased Ramirez. Where you can watch it: Streaming for free on Netflix. David Alan Gore Gore was a serial killer who committed six brutal murders in Florida between 1981 and 1983. He was often accompanied by his cousin, Fred Waterfield, and together they were given the moniker the "Killing Cousins." They would abduct, rape, and murder women and teenage girls, often using Gore's position as an auxiliary sheriff's deputy to lure victims. Gore was arrested after a failed escape attempt by 17-year-old Lynn Elliott, whose murder led to his capture. He was executed by lethal injection in 2012 after spending 28 years on death row. His last meal: Fried chicken, French fries, and butter pecan ice cream. Well, I think it's time we shut it down for the week. In the next issue, I'll talk about a sleepwalking killer and the tragic story of a feral child that will scar you for life (so be sure to subscribe below)! Until then, stay safe, keep the lights on, and I'll see you for another horrifying trip down the rabbit hole… Do you have a weird, creepy, or shocking story you want to share? Perhaps there's a strange Wikipedia page you want to talk about? Tell me all about it at thatgotdark@ and who knows, maybe it'll be featured in a future edition of That Got Dark! Love this kind of content? Subscribe to the That Got Dark newsletter to get a weekly post just like this delivered directly to your inbox. It's a scary good time you won't want to miss. Also in BuzzFeed: Also in BuzzFeed: Also in BuzzFeed:
The National
2 days ago
- Politics
- The National
When it comes to femicide in Scotland why don't Women of Colour count?
Her death has sent shockwaves through not only Dundee where she lived but communities of colour across Scotland. While it is right that we refrain from public speculation about the circumstances surrounding her murder, it is no wonder that some communities of colour in Scotland are feeling afraid. I believe Dr Gomo's case highlights legitimate questions about women's safety in Scotland. I have no intention to stir up more anxiety but when listening to politicians and police insist there should be no wider safety concerns following the death of Dr Gomo, I'm unsurprised that few within my community believe them. In part, this is because hate crime in Scotland is at record levels and the threat of far-right racism still looms over us in the wake of last summer's violence. And while the leader of Dundee City Council has insisted the city is safe, I simply don't believe there isn't a strong enough basis of evidence to reassure me that this is true for all, especially women of colour. I don't believe it because we know that on a UK-wide level, women of colour are one of the most vulnerable groups to domestic abuse and femicide, yet we have almost no data in Scotland for us to know the extent of the issue here. The latest stats show 22% of female homicide victims in the UK recorded between 2020 and 2022 were from minority-ethnic groups – a massive overrepresentation compared to their share of the population. Most statistics on domestic abuse, femicide and ethnicity rely on freedom of information (FOI) requests by campaign groups to police, yet in the most recent Femicide Census, police forces only provided the ethnicity of 41% of all victims. When the charity that conducts the census received the pitiful number of responses from their FOIs, blatantly racist terms like 'dark European' and 'oriental' were used to describe the murdered women the census counts. The issue goes beyond criminal justice alone, as an anti-racist activist, I frequently encounter a lack of ethnicity data in my work, and it is at its worst in Scotland. It seems it's routine practice for public bodies paid for by taxpayers to not publish or even record data relating to ethnicity and where it is recorded, we see consistent results. People of colour in Scotland are more vulnerable to violence, poverty and homelessness, and women of colour are even more disadvantaged. By not recording violent crime and femicide by ethnicity, we risk losing vital insights that could help us mitigate harm. Evidence suggests that women of colour are more vulnerable to violence because in part of factors like racism and systemic discrimination by police, yet we cannot tackle an issue we don't count. Scotland already has a poor track record of effective interventions to reduce violence against women and there is a real risk that the interventions we do have will not serve ethnic minority women. This is more than a statistical oversight; it is systemic erasure of women of colour in Scotland. Let's be clear, for a country with a strong reputation for human rights and progressive politics, this is a national disgrace. It feels as if our discourse surrounding feminism in Scotland completely ignores these issues. While women are killed on Scotland's streets, our public debate seems stuck on arguing about who gets to use women's loos. Reactions on social media too have shown just how flippantly violence against women of colour is treated. Every person in Scotland, regardless of their race, deserves to feel equally safe. But if we don't take violence against women of colour equally seriously, communities will continue to live in fear. Dr Fortune Gomo was more than a statistic. She was a talented scientist, a mother, a friend, a human being with hopes, dreams and fears. She mattered. Scotland owes her and her family justice and real work to ensure a crime like this can never happen again. I want to believe that regardless of her race or gender, this will happen, but I am scared the real but too often unrecorded inequality in Scotland could endanger this.
Yahoo
12-07-2025
- Yahoo
'I Felt Like I Was Being Watched': 31 US Towns That Totally Freaked People Out
Do you love all things weird, dark, and creepy? Subscribe to the That Got Dark newsletter to get your weekly dopamine fix of the macabre delivered RIGHT to your inbox! We recently asked members of the BuzzFeed Community to tell us about the mysterious, cult-like, bad-vibes towns they came across in the United States. And I'm not exaggerating when I say there were A LOT of responses. Here are the sketchiest ones: Note: Apologies if your hometown is on this everyone's experience is personal, and who knows, maybe you agree with what these people experienced? of Refuge/Miracle Village, Florida — "It's a community for registered sex offenders. Tucked away in the vast, quiet stretches of South Florida, Miracle Village stands out for reasons that make you blink twice. Built in the 1960s for people who worked on sugar cane fields, it now houses a population you won't find gathered anywhere else. Florida's hardline laws push people convicted of sexual offenses to the margins, and these margins lead straight to Miracle Village. It's a place where they're allowed to exist, one of the very few places that'll have them. Here's where it gets sticky, though. The town offers a shot at redemption, but at what cost? Some folks think cramming everyone with the same past into one place is a ticking time bomb. But life there? It's quiet. Almost too quiet. The village's isolation serves two purposes: keeping the residents out of sight and giving them some peace, a sanctuary of sorts. It's eerie and leery." —smellycowboy28 New Mexico — "Took a wrong turn going to Albuquerque on Christmas Eve. Google Maps said it was a straight line to the connecting highway, and it and through a mountain. The road had sharp turns and steep dropoffs with no rails. It was getting dark, and fog started to settle in — puddles on the road would soon be ice. We were very low on gas, and the hairpin roads were too small to turn around. Cell phone reception dropped off. Thank God we rolled into not. Nothing was open. Not a soul in sight. We found a cop car sitting under a lamp in the tiny town square. I got out of the car to approach him, and when I got close, I saw the cop was a mannequin! Oh, hell no. I ran to the car, and right then, two teenagers walked out of the fog. Out of desperation, we asked how to get to the main highway. They showed us a road and we coasted on empty away from that creepy town and down the mountain. The Hillsboro has eyes!" —Anonymous Related: Texas — "I was born in Beaumont, near Vidor, as was my father. Vidor has always been a sundown town, and we avoided it if at all possible. When we lived there (mid-1970s), they still had signs posted saying, 'N-word, don't let the sun set on your head in Vidor.' I'm sure they are still there." —mindymegasloucks A sundown town refers to a community in the United States that historically excluded nonwhite people — especially Black Americans — through formal laws, unofficial policies, intimidation, or violence. The term comes from signs that were often posted at town or city limits telling non-white people to leave by sundown. Oregon — "Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. He started a cult, tried to take over a town, poisoned the city (not the entire city), and had armed guards. Just Google the name. Too much BS to remember all the things he tried to get away with." —evilminion33 Popularized by the Netflix docuseries Wild Wild Country, the Rajneeshees (followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh) founded a commune called Rajneeshpuram in central Oregon during the '80s. They fought with locals for many years, and there was even an internal assassination attempt on Bhagwan's personal doctor. Michigan — "It's a (not-so-former) Klan town. Not so much creepy in the background vibes, but blatant white supremacy and racist cult vibes for sure." —Anonymous Washington — "It's where the Ramtha School of Enlightenment 'cult' is headquartered. I visited a bookstore that was all new age and had Ramtha-related items, and I bought a bookmark with just a picture of the eyes of the leader, J. Z. Knight. Weird place. " —Anonymous, 43, Maine City, Iowa — "Everyone is Dutch and Christian, they don't accept you into the community unless you join the church. Main Street has fake fronts on all the buildings to make them look Dutch. When I lived there, I was in middle school, and they pumped canned music through the town on loudspeakers. You could be arrested for mowing your lawn on Sunday. It was freaky." —Anonymous Vermont — "A friend and I stopped at the Yellow Deli in Rutland before we had any idea who it was run by. We dealt with several people who were so ridiculously polite and friendly that it was actually kind of creepy; my friend and I joked that they must be in a cult. I got the 'Deli Rose' sandwich. I don't support the Twelve Tribes cult that runs the place, but that was hands-down the best sandwich I've ever had. I don't know what kind of secret ingredient they put in it, but I've tried over and over, and I can't replicate it. Now that I know who they are, I can't go back, but that was roughly fifteen years ago, and I STILL think about that delicious bastard two or three times a month." —srandlett25 Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona — "They're sister cities and Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints strongholds. Thirty years ago, it was like stepping into The Twilight Zone. People would watch you as you drove down the street by peeking out their windows, but as soon as you looked back, they would close the drapes. The police would come up and drive slowly behind you until you left town. Those who were out and about would look at you like you were the spawn of Satan himself. Children were never riding bikes, playing ball, or doing kid stuff. They looked like mini adults with worried looks on their faces." —Anonymous California — "I was there on a cloudy April day, and the vibe alone scared me despite being with a large group of people. When we went to a coffee shop, the people inside stared us down like we didn't belong. They were all pretty quiet and shady. There was unfinished construction on every block, and overall, the town had a ghost town feel, and strangers looked at you from what felt like every angle. I've never had such strong feelings about a place before, but I know I'm not going back there ever again." —sleepingtruck497 Related: USA — "The theme park founded by televangelist Jim Bakker and his wife Tammy Faye. Also, it was not me, but my younger brother (no longer with us). In the mid-'80s, my brother returned to school as a journalism major at the University of South Carolina. One of his assignments was to write a story about the newly opened theme park. So, one weekend, off he went. He later told me that the whole time he was there, he felt like he had to keep looking over his shoulder because he felt like a couple of guys were going to come up behind him, grab him, and say, 'You don't belong here.' Wish he was still here to tell you himself.' —Anonymous Vernon, Washington — "Walked into a Christian bookstore in the early 1980s. In the back they had Nazi books and, being Hispanic, I got a very creepy feeling." —fancyghost473 Missouri — "Look up Ken Rex McElroy, read about his murder, and then go visit the town." —boringgamer763 Ken McElroy was known for "terrorizing" the town of Skidmore, Missouri, in the 1950s. Over many years, he was accused of several crimes, including assault, theft, rape, and others. He gained notoriety as the "town bully." He was eventually convicted of attempted murder in 1981 but released on bond not long after. It was reported that residents got so "fed up" with his crimes that they organized an "extrajudicial killing," shooting him to death as he exited a bar in July 1981. Washington — "My ex-boyfriend and I went camping at Hood Park, which is just right outside of Burbank. We went into town to get some beer and went to the only bar they had in town. There was not a soul out in the looked totally abandoned! We walked into the bar, and all three of the patrons turned around to stare at us. We felt so out of place. It was soooo creepy. We left a bit earlier than we had planned." —amariem_88 Salton Sea, California — "It's an inland lake in Imperial County that was formed when an irrigation canal burst in the 1920s, letting the Colorado River flow into the below sea level desert. It's smelly, fly-ridden, and slowly dying due to poor environmental management and farm irrigation regulations. It is so polluted that the area has the highest rates of asthma in the US. In the 1950s and '60s, there were resorts and casinos built, and it was full of fish, swimming, boating, and life. All the resorts and casinos are abandoned and crumbling now. Everything is salt crusted and the meth labs have taken over the area. In the winter, there are modern-day hippies and RVs camping on the abandoned concrete slabs in 'slab city,' left over from a World War 2 military training ground. If you drive through, people stop to look at you like you're an alien. The surrounding desert is filled with trash and coyotes. It's the weirdest area in Southern California." —purpletortoise186 Pennsylvania — "Racist. Racist! RACIST!!! Look up Worthington billboards and you'll see what I mean. The most racist guy owns a gas station that has cheaper gas than anyone else, so everyone goes to him, and he uses his profits to display the most vile things. He got in trouble for displaying Swastikas, but after a half-ass apology, went back to displaying them. The whole town excuses his antics." —Anonymous Related: Minnesota — "I grew up in a previously abandoned house in Wasioja. It is a tiny unincorporated town that fizzled out after the Civil War. The house I lived in was a boarding house for seminary students, who lived there for three years before they went off and were killed almost immediately in the war. All around the town were rings of trees planted in yards in honor of those men who had died. The railroad bypassed the little town, and with all the men gone, everyone moved away. All that was left in the '80s when I was a kid were a few old bristly pioneer types and a bunch of old buildings that were built in the 1860s. It was kind of like a time capsule that never wanted to be one. The whole village felt 'off.' I always felt like someone was watching me wherever I went. My parents ended up flattening the house I grew up in, and got out of there. I moved a few hours away." —sportypony353 18."Rhyolite, Nevada — Pulled into this ghost town in the early '90s with a friend to check it out. Someone who apparently had taken up residence immediately started shooting at us. We left as fast as we could." —Anonymous Texas — "It's the town that weed built. It has a river running through town, and you could see weed growing on the riverbanks as you float by. The community is just now starting to integrate. Fifteen years ago, you did not catch a person of color living in the town proper. It is common to see a man beating his wife or kids at the Dollar General or the gas station. People pick up and eat roadkill. The mayor of the town is rumored to be a Branch Davidian, and he brags about attending Trump events when he is not fighting on the internet with misspelled words and handmade memes." —Anonymous Iowa — "Super conservative, religious culty vibes. People here live in a bubble where they think their views are the same everywhere. They are stunned when opposing views are expressed. So much so that those who don't agree are afraid to speak out. Plus, there is a small 'members-only' church with guards at the door to prevent non-members from entering." —susans4176e6f6a Georgia — "I've been there twice (4 nights total) while on a drive to Disney, and it looks so creepy. Shit ton of gun stores, smoke shops, and strip clubs. And the highest rated hotel? Paint literally peeling off the walls." —Anonymous Mississippi — "Dated a girl from there, and aside from the inbreeding that went on, the whole town seemed 'too happy.' I can't describe it. False cheeriness, like the townspeople had something to hide. It felt very surreal. Years later I learned it was near where they had The Valley Of The Kings cult, where the leader and his son were sexually abusing minor-age members of the congregation." —thesettledpirate Francisville, Louisiana — "It has the honor of being named at least at one time, the most haunted place in America. I grew up there, and there are definitely creepy places there. There's Myrtle plantation, where I myself have seen some stuff. From apparitions in the windows to voices within walls and hallways, this place is definitely haunted. Also, the battle of Port Hudson, the longest battle of the Civil War, was fought nearby, and most of the current town served as a cemetery for the battle." —michaelcarlson New York — "I visited for work once. It's a legit decent-sized city, but the downtown area was completely devoid of life. No cars, no people on the streets. It had apocalypse vibes. Weird." —Anonymous Washington — "Stayed there a couple times, just a very odd movie set kinda vibe. You feel like you're being watched every minute." —Anonymous Related: St. Louis, Illinois — "This city has the worst vibes in the Midwest. You cross the Mississippi River over a bridge from the beautiful, modern metropolis of St. Louis, with its Gateway Arch welcoming all, to the lawless, burnt-down, post-apocalyptic remains of East St. Louis. It feels like the only businesses in town are strip clubs, maybe a few gas stations. The whole area feels like the US headquarters for human trafficking and drug/arms dealers to meet and exchange best practices. Not very 'cult like' but extremely sketchy nonetheless. It always felt like we were taking our lives into our hands when we crossed over that bridge to the East side. Apparently, it was a nice place to live until a little after WW2. " —Anonymous Wisconsin — "They provide you with all the amenities, but they own your soul. Plus, all the leaders there are swingers. You will love all the secrets you stumble upon there!" —Anonymous Kansas — "People have cult-like rituals. For example, there was a high school graduation involving people taking mushrooms and basically worshiping of oak leaves. Weird stuff. They also have a fear of outsiders, and many homes are proclaimed to be haunted." —Anonymous Palms, California — "It would be a great location for a David Lynch-esque vampire film if you catch my drift." —happybee333 Vermont — "My son and I were there for a college interview and tour. We went to dinner at a local restaurant. When we walked in, the whole place stopped talking and looked at us. I didn't want to seem nervous about it, so I said nothing. Halfway through dinner, my son said, 'Is it me, or is everyone staring at us?' They continued to stare throughout dinner. I don't know if it's because we were dressed up, brown, or outsiders. He ended up going to that college, and a woman who owned a B&B told me that it was like that for her for years when she first moved there. She was from Brazil." —Anonymous Maine (in general) — "'Town' is too broad a word, but if you ever drive through Maine at night, you suddenly understand why Stephen King sets all of his novels there. Maine is mostly dense evergreen forests dotted with farmland, even on the coast, and outside of the interstate, most major roads/highways have no streetlights. The darkness is all-consuming. It's a tangible, oppressive feeling that is just so unsettling. If you're lucky, you'll have the moon. If not, it's just you, the trees, an endless highway with maybe a house every 10 miles and another car every 20, and the beams of your headlights." —lobster_lemon_lime Note: Some submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity. Is there a creepy US town you'd add to the list? Tell us about it in the comment or via the totally anonymous form below, and who knows, maybe there'll be a part two! Love this kind of content? Subscribe to the That Got Dark newsletter to get a weekly post just like this delivered directly to your inbox. It's a scary good time you won't want to miss. Also in BuzzFeed: Also in BuzzFeed: Also in BuzzFeed:
Yahoo
16-06-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Severed Feet In Canada, The Mystery Of "Titanic's" Skeletons, John Wayne Gacy's Last Meal, And A Bunch Of Other Creepy Stuff
Do you love all things weird, dark, and creepy? Subscribe to the That Got Dark newsletter to get a weekly post just like this delivered directly to your inbox. It's a scary good time you won't want to miss. Hello, friends! I'm Crystal, and I loooove going down a deep and dark rabbit hole, particularly late at night. And I wonder why I have trouble falling asleep…ha! But, much like going to a scary movie, I don't like doing it alone. So, every week, I'll gather the darkest, weirdest, and creepiest things I find on the internet (and beyond) to share just with you, my spooky-loving friends. So, tuck yourself in tight and get out that flashlight…it's about to get dark. Something that kept me up all night recently was the question: Where are the bones of the people who drowned when the Titanic sank? (Yes, these are the kinds of things I think about.) We always see STUFF in photos and videos of the wreck — parts of the ship, fancy dishes, personal belongings like watches and shoes — but we never see human remains, specifically bones. I decided to do a little deep-diving (no pun intended) and found a very simple but absolutely nightmarish answer. In an old NPR interview, deep-sea explorer Robert Ballard explained that the ship's wreck rests below the calcium carbonate compensation depth. What this means is that far down in the ocean, calcium carbonate (which is a primary component of bones) dissolves faster than it can accumulate. So, basically, after sinking to the bottom of the ocean floor, the victims' flesh was eaten by sea creatures, and then their bones DISSOLVED. Have fun thinking about that tonight. Related: If You Get 12/15 On This Honors Vocab Quiz, Your IQ Has To Be At Least 150 Occasionally, I like to ask the BuzzFeed Community to tell me about the most mysterious, cult-like, bad-vibes towns in the United States they've ever been to. And you'd be shocked at how many responses I get each time (or maybe not). This week's spotlight: Vidor, Texas 'It's just east of Beaumont and still a sundown town. Local infrastructure vendors, i.e. Telco, power, etc., know to send only white workers to that town for safety. I've been through once, and it just feels off, but I was also traveling with a Black friend." —Ok-disaster2022 Interesting fact: The 2017 film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri was inspired by the murder of Kathy Page in Vidor, Texas, and the billboards her father, James Fulton, put up after demanding justice. Wikipedia is like the Wild West. It's vast, lawless, and sometimes you can find some extremely weird things out there, like: the Salish Sea human foot discoveries Since August of 2007, there have been at least 20 DETACHED human feet discovered off the coasts of British Columbia in Canada and Washington state in the US. There are a ton of theories as to why JUST feet have been found — ranging from boating accidents, plane crashes, suicide, foul play, and even the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami — but no one really knows the truth and they probably never will. Related: This Prom Dress Generator Will Help You Design Your Actual Dream Dress, And I'm Sort Of Obsessed With It Anton Yelchin — Died: June 19, 2016, Cause of Death: Crushed by his Jeep Grand Cherokee How he died: The promising young actor who starred in films like Odd Thomas and the popular Star Trek reboots was killed when his 2015 Cherokee rolled backward down the driveway of his Los Angeles home and then pinned him between the mailbox and security fence. His official cause of death was listed as 'blunt traumatic asphyxia.' Yelchin's parents eventually filed a lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler (the makers of the Jeep Grand Cherokee), as his vehicle was among 1.1 million others recalled. They reached a confidential settlement in 2018. Strange Darling (2024) What it's about: Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer's vicious murder spree. Why you should watch it: This acclaimed indie horror has a 96% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and Master of Horror himself, Stephen King, called it 'a clever masterpiece.' Where you can watch it: Streaming for free on Paramount+ or for rent for $2.99 on Fandango at Home. John Wayne Gacy Known as the 'Killer Clown' — a moniker given because of his public appearances as a clown before the discovery of his crimes — John Wayne Gacy was a serial killer active in the Chicago area in the 1970s, who had at least 33 victims. He would rape and torture his victims — young men and boys — before killing them either by asphyxiation or strangulation. Gacy was executed by lethal injection in May 1994. His last meal: A bucket of KFC chicken, 12 fried prawns, a pound of strawberries, French fries, and a Diet Coke. Well, we survived another week, friend. In the next issue, I'll talk about a teenage TikToker who recklessly killed six people, a medieval torture device I can't believe was actually real, and Ted Bundy's last meal. Until then, stay safe, keep the lights on, and I'll see you for another horrifying trip down the rabbit hole… Got a weird, creepy, or shocking story you want to share? Tell me all about it at thatgotdark@ and, who knows, maybe it'll be featured in a future post or issue of That Got Dark! Want more? Subscribe to the That Got Dark newsletter to get a weekly post just like this delivered directly to your inbox. It's a scary good time you won't want to miss. 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