By Steve Huff 6/08/12 1:59am

Zombies of Summer

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Bizarre Attacks Prompt Production of Special ‘Zombie Bullets’

A raft of news stories that could pass for harbingers of a zombie apocalypse has apparently even created a need for bullets specially-designed to stop the undead in their shambling tracks. Zombie Bullets, from Hornady Manufacturing, are for those who want to be ready and fully-supplied for, in the company’s words, “the Zombie Apocalypse.” Said Apocalypse will require Hornady’s “Zombie Max ammunition,” which is loaded “with PROVEN Z-Max bullets” which are specially designed to “MAKE DEAD PERMANENT.” Read More

By Steve Huff 4/15/12 9:42pm

Mysteries

Not exactly related, yet appropriate.

The Toms River Horror: New Jersey Family Flees “Haunted” House

A haunting mystery is unfolding in Toms River, New Jersey: Did Josue Chinchilla and Michele Callan flee the 3-bedroom ranch they rented at the corner of Terrance and Lowell to get away from malevolent spirits that fly in the night? Or were they running from the more prosaic demons that haunt every empty pocket book?

Mr. Chinchilla and his fiancee, Ms. Callan, told the Asbury Park Press that they took Ms. Callan’s two children and fled the home one chill March night around 1 a.m.–just a week after moving in. The pair claim they and their children were terrified by a litany of classically vague ghostly visitations: Read More