This week, we look a close look back at the Goosebumps book series, because if you were ever 12 years old, it turns out other people once were as well. That meant looking at the author, the best books, the weirdest books, and kids’ horror in general. Of course, there are other frightening things out there, from Willie Nelson in a black belt to giant planets coming our way.
Here's a look back at the facts we learned this week. These short summaries are not meant to be appreciated by themselves—each one links to a full article we put out this past week with much more info, so click every one that interests you, or we will sentence you to a dental appointment.
It starred a bunch of teenagers and was more a series of references to the game rather than an adaptation of the murder plot. For example, instead of a murder suspect named Colonel Mustard, a kid plays a video game called M.U.S.T.A.R.D. and gets the rank of colonel.
It also starred Lauren Graham and Jenna Elfman, and yet it completely vanished from the memories of anyone who watched it.
Despite that fact, the united militaries of the world passed up on the chance to attack the rival planet.
His family simply declined to use it and instead went to an out-of-network doctor. Of course, the series wasn’t actually about health care at all.
He founded his own comedy magazine, Bananas. There used to be quite a few magazines named for synonyms of “MAD.”
More controversially, they digitally snip away at actors’ ears and noses, to keep them looking young. This is routine.
He called himself Edward Hardy and won the 2022 UMAC Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Open Championship, his second championship win this year.
The Florida man planned to buy cheap Target stock after his attack crashed the price, but his partner turned out to be an FBI informant.
This piano in San Francisco’s Condor Club ascended and descended from the ceiling using hydraulics, and it shot up fatally while they lay on it.
Stop the Bop fundraisers play the Hanson song continuously, until students and staff donate enough money.
The Münchner Räterepublik, which took over in 1919, tried some strange ideas, including money that expired unless you regularly paid to have the government stamp it.
He complained to New Zealand’s Advertising Standards Authority that the film omitted one shot from the trailer, and Paramount agreed to refund his ticket.
He modeled it after his own dentist’s chair, and when the first execution resulted in the inmate’s suffering, rather than the predicted instant death, he declared it a success.