Support the California Digital Newspaper Collection

Attention spooky nerds, true crime historians, folk legend researchers, and everyone else who loves open access to information! The California Digital Newspaper Collection at UC Riverside needs our help! The legislature has denied their funding this year –...

Zizians

I have been wanting to write about the Zizian cult since they first popped up on SFGate – at which point I got sixteen texts about it from everyone I know. They started in Vallejo! They left a trail of bodies! They evolved from some other Bay Area tech ass cult!...

Ye Olde Crimes for Modern Times

One of the questions true-crime people ask each other is “what is your favorite case??” Or, if you know them better, “who is your favorite serial killer?” A lot of ink has been spilled about whether it’s appropriate for people to be fascinated with the human misery...

Waiting for Birdot

It’s February – the gloomiest month, which seems insane to say after the 150 day January we just had. Things to look forward to are . . . candy? I guess? Only 28 days until the ALLEGED first month of spring? An inevitable bro fight between the corniest fucking...

Body of Work

We lost one of our greatest American artists last week, David Lynch. He was always a huge favorite of mine and I wanted to write a different kind of tribute to him, one that is personal for me and my audience. IMAGINE A STRINGBOARD, IF YOU WILL:  Lynch was deeply...