I like sports. Hell, I even love sports. I don't memorize stats or even watch professional sports on a consistent basis, but I do have a deep appreciation for each game. Over the years I've heard tid bits of stories surrounding the history and origin of certain sports. So I decided to dig into that a little deeper and make a podcast episode about it.

 Blog: http://acunit.home.blog/?p=5059

Perhaps the most memorable thing about Sea Monkeys was how unremarkable they were and how that seemed to have taught an entire generation an important lesson: reality isn't nearly as spectacular as our dreams. 

Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/11/16/sea-monkeys-from-the-moon-to-the-kkk/

Giants, did they and do they still walk among us? 

Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/11/09/giants-of-old/

Traveling can be fun or it can be a nightmare... or both. But when arriving at Denver, Colorado via airplane, the gazes of travelers inevitably fall on a giant statue that not only appears as if it has trotted right out of a nightmare, but has a back story suggesting it is cursed. 

Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/11/02/blucifer/

What if I told you Wes Craven based his horror classic on real-life events? The real-life inspiration for this iconic horror film was a family that survived the Cambodian genocide of the 1970s.

Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/10/12/nightmare-in-cambodia/

About 500 years before Christopher Columbus crossed the ocean blue (1492), Erik the Red and Leif Erikson set out on the North Atlantic Ocean and started settlements on Greenland. Erik's son Leif went on to be the first European to reach the New World, a feat that was so difficult that he was seldom believed by his fellow man.

Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/10/05/leif-erikson-day/

The town of Palisade was known as the most dangerous and lawless town in America... but is now known as the world's first theme park! 

Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/09/28/palisade-nevada/

Tomoaki Hamatsu was manipulated and lied to in order to boost ratings of a Japanese Reality TV show. He is credited for hosting the first-ever video game live stream. He is in the Guinness book of world records. He has scaled Mount Everest. He is The Eggplant. 

The Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/09/21/the-eggplant/

This week's episode is about Sawney Bean and his clan of murderous incest cannibal family members.

Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/09/14/the-caves-have-eyes/

Mary Vincent is an artist and victims' advocate. She became known to the public after surviving a violent attack in which her arms were cut off while hitchhiking in 1978. Vincent has focused her adult life on her art, and she generally avoids the public spotlight.

Blog: https://acunit.home.blog/2022/09/07/mary-vincent-refused-to-die/