Standort: fm4.ORF.at / Meldung: "Today's Webtip: I want to believe!"

Dave Dempsey

Dave digs the Dirt, webtips, IT-memes and other online geekery. Also as Podcast.

28. 5. 2015 - 10:56

Today's Webtip: I want to believe!

One of the slightly less scary places to collect your news of things that go bump in the night.

I have fallen down some pretty deep rabbit holes in my time on the web. Those crazy places where science, history, fantasy and uncontrolled speculation come together to make you seriously worry about the world.

I used to actually collect Forteana, conspiracy theories and accounts of alien abduction. It somehow fit well with my collection of fairy-tales, folklore and mythology.

As the world got weirder I found myself dragged back to reality, with little patience for the things that go bump in our minds. But if the X-Files really are going to get a reboot, it might be time to get back up to speed on the current state of the unknown.

And that is where unknown universe comes in. Highly speculative sometimes alarmist articles about things like Killer Tomatoes, Hawaiian Horrors and Unfortunate UFOs.