I refrain - as much as possible, from the news. It's not a happy place, generally, and the general climate of fear and insecurity it promotes are at odds with my worldview. That said, I'd like to introduce you to Christine Chubbuck, a News Anchor, who shared my views, and the extremes it took her to.
Link: Wikipedia on Christine Chubbuck
WARNING: Not a happy story. Par for the news...
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Nothing jogs the imagination like an unsolved mystery, and the internet provides as many as it solves.
Here's a link to a collection by the Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/05/02/five-of-the-internets-eeriest-unsolved-mysteries/.
And, as it's been getting a lot of press, more on the Cicada 3301: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada_3301.
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Having reached the end of the interwebs in boredom I discovered the brilliant Robert Popper, AKA Robin Cooper, author of the brilliant Timewaster Letters and phone calls. Absolutely hilarious, think a kinder, gentler but equally absurd David Thorne. Visit Robin Cooper's website here: http://www.robincooper.co.uk/.
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