by Jason D. Grooms In July of 1916 an unprecedented heat wave led thousands of tourists to the Jersey shore seeking relief. But instead of relief, all they found was a tooth-filled horror that…
By Jason D. Grooms There are scant few creatures that speak louder or bigger to the American fascination with monster lore than the super-hairy, unkempt, woods-tromping, barefooted beast we all know and love. No, I…
by Jason D. Grooms When I say “New Orleans” and “disaster” what comes to mind? Hurricane? Flooding? Levies breaking? Giant tidal surge? Katrina? Not this time mon cheri. This time it’s something worse. Something…
by Jason D. Grooms After a long hiatus, the Deep-Fried Cheese column is returning. Why? Quite frankly I’ve been watching a lot of great cheese lately and I feel like they’ve been lost in all…
by Jason Grooms It’s a calm, normal day deep in an African blood-diamond mining operation. The workers are digging away in a muddy, unsupported mineshaft overseen by an machine-gun-wielding slave driver. What is the worst…
by Jason D. Grooms There are few things more terrifying than an enormous man-eating creature with a penchant for terror and a lust for wanton destruction. It’s even worse when that creature has enormous teeth…
by Jason Grooms Have you ever worked with someone and thought, “I wonder if they have anything interesting or strange in their past or maybe there’s a deeply repressed memory in there somewhere?” Well if…
by Jason Grooms In a bizarro world where Clint Eastwood forgets how to act, zombies eat their own guts, and being a cowboy means hunting the undead with a bb gun, one man stands alone…
by Jason Grooms There is nothing worse than attending one of those high pressure time share meetings. You know the ones I’m talking about. You get a free boat ride, drinks and a meal and…