Blogger in the Sub-basement

Mar 30, 20203 min read

Tsutomu Yamaguchi

When I was a kid, my dad was a computer programmer, back when computers were still mystery machines of buttons, heavy green monitors and...

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Mar 17, 20203 min read

The Tragic Tale of Miracle Mike

If I’m honest, I’ve always been interested in Weird Shit. In 1994, we went on a family holiday to Cornwall and near the end of a...

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Mar 8, 20204 min read

Do Victorians dream of electric sheep?

Well, they did do, possibly, but it might not have been sheep. It was more likely to be cows, dogs, or even freshly hung prisoners....

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Feb 23, 20206 min read

Fun with Cults

Somewhere on my forehead, I have an invisible tattoo that reads ‘if you’re a bonafide mental, come talk to me.’ I’ve been searching for...

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Feb 18, 20206 min read

Can Magic Mushrooms make Healthy Minds?

In short, yes, I believe they can. At the age of forty (where I find myself looking young enough to require an ID to buy alcohol, but too...

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Jan 27, 20203 min read

The Toynbee Tiles

The Toynbee Plaques - better known as the Toynbee Tiles - are a mystery I stumbled into in the wee small hours of the morning around 2007...

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Jan 18, 20203 min read

Ricardo Lopez

It was at some point last year, over a weekend, when myself and a bottle of red wine were floating about the interwebs looking for a...

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Jan 11, 20203 min read

The Forrest Fenn Treasure Hunt

Okay, first off, it's not strictly $2 million in cash that's up for grabs. It's actually a treasure chest filled with gold nuggets,...

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