// September 17th, 2019 // No Comments » // Bizarre
It’s called the Everest of Ultra Running. But Mount Everest has been summitted by more than 4,000 people. The Self Transcendence race has only been finished by 43 people in the 22 years it has been run. It is certified as the world’s longest foot race.
// June 27th, 2019 // No Comments » // News
It’s a hot topic today – UFOs – and they’re now being discussed openly, and seriously by the news media. And the number of reports are only accelerating.
// February 28th, 2018 // No Comments » // Government
In 2016, investigators pouring through leaked Edward Snowden documents made a startling discovery. The Long Lines Building was not just a communications hub but an ultra-secure data center and a monumental listening and data collection post for the NSA operating under inside a downltown-Manhattan building known as Titanpointe. According to the leaked documents, computer systems […]
// September 21st, 2017 // No Comments » // News
All the world’s a stage – and our platform grew more bizarre, and dangerous, this week. Convicted mob hit-man Salvatore “Sammy The Bull” Gravano has been released from prison on parole. In 1989, the 72-year-old mobster confessed to 19 murders (including his brother-in-law) but avoided death row after taking a generous plea deal which brought […]
// July 18th, 2017 // No Comments » // Government
With the evidence currently available, we cannot conclude that US President Donald Trump has illicit direct connections to the Russian government or the mob, ties that potentially include concessions that weaken the USA’s democracy, nor can we confirm that Donald J. Trump’s business practices, or those of any other New York real estate magnate, are […]
// September 21st, 2016 // No Comments » // News
The source of the radio transmission is unclear as is its intent. The transmission began on September 20, 2016 on AM radio station 1630 and repeated the phrase “Trump will go 26th” in a loop that lasted several hours. Recordings of the message were captured and posted on YouTube.
// February 8th, 2016 // No Comments » // News
Officials announced this week that the Indian Point Energy Center nuclear power plant is leaking radioactive tritium into groundwater wells near the facility. Of course, authorities are telling the public there is nothing to worry about. However, be forewarned – there’s no such thing as a “harmless” radioactive material leak.
// October 19th, 2015 // No Comments » // News
They may look innocuous enough – large gray or white unmarked vans driving through neighborhoods or downtown cityscapes. But these super-secret vans may be not only invading your privacy, they may be endangering your health as they spray military-grade backscatter X-rays to pierce walls, doors, and steel truck and car bodies allowing authorities to peer […]
// April 28th, 2015 // No Comments » // News
For the second time in twelve months, residents of New York City reacted in panic after seeing a UFO streak across the skies above the Bronx. Authorities say they received several phone calls from citizens on April 25, 2015 reporting a “flying saucer” moving swiftly over East 149th Street and Bruckner Expressway.
// March 18th, 2015 // No Comments » // Unsolved
Robert Durst, born April 12, 1943 in New York City, the oldest of four children, is the son of New York City real-estate moguls Seymour and Bernice Durst and an heir to the enormous Durst skyscraper fortune. He has been implicated in the decades-old disappearance of an ex-wife, a suspect in the murder of his […]
// January 13th, 2015 // No Comments » // People in Unusual Circumstances
54-year-old William G. Biggart first heard about the World Trade Center terrorist attacks from a passing taxi driver. News that a plane had just crashed into the World Trade Center prompted Biggart to rush to his apartment near Union Square and grab three of his cameras – two film and one digital. He then walked […]
// December 3rd, 2013 // No Comments » // Unusual Places (you can visit)
The first reports came via social networks in late October 2012 during Hurricane Sandy. Puzzled New York City residents reported hearing a strange sound, described as a steady, consistent moaning noise, coming from One World Trade Center (formerly known as Freedom Towers). Users discussed the odd noise and decided it was the wind whistling through […]
// September 9th, 2013 // No Comments » // News
A Manhattan garage worker survived when the car he was driving plummeted three and a half stories down an empty elevator shaft. The unidentified worker, who was driving a black Audi in the Sterling Garage on E. 80th St., thought the elevator bed was on the fifth floor and drove the car into the elevator […]
// August 11th, 2013 // No Comments » // Unusual Places (you can visit)
For years, curiosity seekers visiting the grave of Lee Harvey Oswald have wondered about the near identical headstone next door, marked “NICK BEEF”. The rectangular markers are the same size, each bearing only a name, with no inscription for date of birth or death. But there is one big difference between the two graves – […]
// January 3rd, 2013 // No Comments » // Bizarre
If you saw the movie, Premium Rush, you probably figured those crazy New York bike messengers must be tamer in real life than they were portrayed in the movie. You’d be wrong. Premium Rush (and Quicksilver, another movie with a bike messenger theme) actually offer a very close portrayal of a professional bike messenger. Bike […]
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