Watch a 7 minute news piece on the bust featuring Germs drummer Don Bolles and soap.

“How a Photo Can Ruin Your Life”, or how photos of children can completely destroy you no matter how innocent they may be. Throw out that bathtub shot of you when you were 3.

A little light reading: Nazi and East German Propaganda.

Photographs from the Arkansas State Prison 1915-1937. Linked via Incoming Signals.

An interesting and troubling read from Glenn Greenwald: “The Bush administration’s terrible luck with finding documents”.

Grave Addiction contains “photos from cemeteries, haunted places, and historical sites”. This series of images from a visit to the Ohio State Reformatory is creepy and excellent.

Somehow I missed the news of a mother dismembering her child because she thought her daughter was possessed. The Dallas Observer has a crazy read about that case and the preacher who the mother followed fanatically, Doyle Davidson who is something nuts to watch.

I’m sure that William C. Rice was sincere in his belief that he needed to help “save” people, but man alive was his yard just one big scary eyesore.

27B Stroke 6 is a Wired blog that seems to be focused on privacy rights and generally scary news about such things.

Did you know Estus Pirkle (he of the “Communism Is Good” samples that Negativland loved to use) was involved in films? “If Footmen Tire You, What Will Horses Do?” is particularly amazing. Remember, dancing is evil and communists are taking over!

Justice Denied, “The Magazine for the Wrongly Convicted”.

Pardon the lack of updates this week. Some sort of plague has hit my house leaving my kids and wife sick all week long, leaving me with a little less time than usual. Back to normal soon is the plan.

Peruse Lenny Bruce F.B.I. file.

I’m pretty sure I’ve linked this before, but since the movie is currently generating buzz I’m doing it again. ZodiacKiller.com has lots and lots of interesting things to read and check out if the unsolved case interests you.

Weird Fortune Cookies.

Wacky fun and hijinks can be found at the impressively cluttered Virgin Mary’s End Time Prophecies page.

The Homicide Report, a depressing list of homicide victims from the Los Angeles coroner’s office.

Scarring mental image of the day: Santasm.net.

A site devoted to ManBoobs. Not safe for anyone.

A take on Iraq Body Count, Rio Body Count has been tracking the dead and injured of Rio de Janeiro since February 1st. As of this typing it’s at 117 dead, 56 injured. The First Post has a scary look at the current violence level in Rio.