Gregory Burkart
This Artist’s Humongous Graffiti Spider is Horrifyingly Awesome
Attention arachnophobes: you might want to steer clear of this article (sorry about the lead image, but we have serious reporting to do here). All others: you’re in for some of the coolest, most insanely amazing monster street art you’ve ever seen. Portuguese artist Sergio Odeith has mastered the technique of painting murals that employ […]
Gregory Burkart
Ever Wanted to Try a REAL Tarantula Burger? Now’s Your Chance!
As far as we can tell, this is no joke… it’s just a big, juicy double-decker serving of NOPE. Known for including some seriously unsettling items on their menu (their motto is “We never met a meat we wouldn’t eat”), Bull City Burger & Brewery in Durham, North Carolina still manage to shock the public […]
Gregory Burkart
Yes, Robot Spiders Exist Now… Want to See One in Action?
When robotics Professor Ingo Rechenberg observed a strange spider in the Sahara Desert a decade ago, the arachnid’s unusual form of locomotion ended up inspiring the design for his latest robot design, which was recently revealed to the public for this year’s Hannover Messe technology fair in Germany. The “BionicWheelBot” was designed by Rechenberg for […]
Gregory Burkart
VIDEO: Man Plays “Chicken” With a Giant Spider… Guess Who Wins?
Oh Australia, how we love you for stories like this… seldom a week passes without a headline describing daring confrontations between Aussies and venomous spiders, giant snakes, killer crocs, rampaging boars, legions of crabs, and a few creatures that could kill you in minutes, then go take a nap. But mostly, we love all the creepy […]
Gregory Burkart
Witness the Birth of HUNDREDS of Venomous Spiders [VIDEO]
When it comes to pure, unfiltered horrors from the animal kingdom, we’ve learned to rely on our friends in Australia to deliver the goods… but dammit, they just keep raising the bar on us. Case in point: Australian Reptile Park – always a trusted source for creepy videos and images of spiders and snakes – […]
Gregory Burkart
Gigantic New Spider Species Discovered in Mexican Cave
It’s been a while since we dropped some of nature’s creepy-crawlies on you, hasn’t it? I know you miss that, but this story might help make up for it. This story begins in Mexico back in 2013, during an expedition into the Sierra Cacachilas range in the Baja Peninsula. While searching a grotto, Michael Wall […]
Gregory Burkart
Shocking Scientific Study Finds Spiders Could Devour Every Human on Earth
We shouldn’t just assume a headline as insanely terrifying as this couldn’t be possible… but I can confirm it comes verified from peer-reviewed scientific papers, with all the necessary data to back it up. In other words, it wouldn’t take much for a literal Arachno-pocalypse to occur… and if it did, we’d probably be ill-equipped […]
Gregory Burkart
This Literal EXPLOSION of Huntsman Spiders Shocked an Experienced Pest-Controller
Seriously, Australia? Is this really how you wanted the rest of the world to start their week? Once again your venomous arachnids are swarming all over our news feeds. Of course, I kid you fine folks Down Under; this site is, after all, devoted to all things scary, creepy, gross and bizarre… and this story certainly […]
Gregory Burkart
Spiders, Sharks, Scorpions and More Horrors from the Headlines
Face it, folks: the world we live in is getting weirder by the minute. Seriously, at this point, the urge to retreat into a world of fictional monsters is nearly impossible to resist. But journalists still have a job to do (even if we’re just writing about demon sightings, botched exorcisms and… uh, Florida?). Honest, well-researched […]
Gregory Burkart
One Soldier’s Terrifying Nocturnal Encounter with a Monstrous Camel Spider
Today’s skin-crawling tale was handed down from the son of a Marine veteran, whose tour of duty in Afghanistan ended with a horrific accident in which he lost both legs. The official story, as the man related to his teenage son, was that his crippling injury was caused by a land mine… but evidence has […]
Gregory Burkart
Gruesome Footage Shows a Giant Wasp Preying on a Huntsman Spider
Yay Australia! You never, ever disappoint us when it comes to giant, horrific creepy-crawly creatures that bite, sting, squeeze, leap on and generally terrorize other species… including Homo sapiens, of course. Infamous among that continent’s local fauna is the huntsman spider — one of the most aggressive and venomous arachnids in the world — which […]
Gregory Burkart
Giant Spider Drags a Lizard Up a Living Room Window… and Horrifies the Entire World
Remember that story we ran back in October showing a Huntsman spider dragging a mouse up the side of a refrigerator? If you’re still having nightmares from that one, then turn back now, and read no further. Still with me? Okay, then let’s go back to Australia — that magical land where all your animal-based […]
Gregory Burkart
Arach-NOPE-Phobia: The World Freaks Out Over This Enormous Huntsman Spider
The quaintly-named “Barnyard Betty’s Rescue” sounds like a wonderful place to visit for animal lovers. But I should warn you that it’s located in Queensland, Australia… and if you’ve been following our news feed, you probably know Australia is home to some of the most horrifying creatures on the planet (or any other planet, as […]
Gregory Burkart
Horrified Family Discovers the World’s Deadliest Spiders Hiding in Their Bananas
Courtesy warning to all arachnophobes: this will not be a fun read for you… and it also gets kinda naughty toward the end. I’ve managed over the past few months to bypass horrifying news reports of rampaging and occasionally deadly spiders (sorry, I’ve been busy), but this story is just too good to pass up… […]
Michelle Lopes
The Ten Most Common American Phobias (as Seen in Movies)
What are you afraid of? Come on, you can tell me. There’s a wealth of things out there that can make your skin crawl and your heart shudder, and it’s likely that your fear is more common than you think: 6.3 million Americans have diagnosed phobias, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. That […]
