Creepy Pokemon Go-Like App Lets You Receive Visual Messages from Beyond the Grave
A Japanese tombstone company is using the augmented reality technology made popular by Pokemon Go to allow mourners to “catch” pre-recorded video messages from their deceased loved ones in cemeteries. Named “Spot Message”, the new Pokemon Go-inspired app is the brainchild of Yoshiyuki Katori, president of Ryoshin Sekizai, a tombstone company based in Katori, Japan’s […]
Artist Submerges Dress in Dead Sea for Three Months, Retrieves a Beautiful Salt Crystal
In 2014, Israeli artist Sigalit Landau submerged a 19th century-style gown into the lifeless waters of the Dead Sea, for a unique photo project. The dress was retrieved after three months, and as you can see in the photos below, the transformation is quite significant. For her latest project, an eight-part photo series called Salt Bride, Landau […]
Woman Hires Someone to Cut Off Her Hand and Foot So She Can Claim Health Insurance
A young Vietnamese woman recently shocked police after admitting that she had paid someone to cut off her left hand and foot, so she could claim a health insurance payoff of roughly $180,000. The extreme insurance scam reportedly began in May, when a 30-year-old woman named only as Ly Thi N convinced an acquaintance to cut […]