U.S. gulags Ron DeSantis shows off Alligator Alcatraz with grim tour (video) Carla Sinclair

donald trump "The Mar-a-Lago of mass incarceration": Trump demands to reopen Alcatraz Jason Weisberger

san francisco Salesforce Tower extra phallic in LEGO San Francisco Jason Weisberger

shark Great white shark eats seal off Alcatraz Island Jason Weisberger

Bondi and Burgum tour a crumbling prison with dreams of shark-infested justice Jason Weisberger

wildlife National Geographic photographer captures first underwater image of Great White shark in Maine Ellsworth Toohey

politics Check out this big, beautiful billboard depicting Trump as "Swamp King" Jennifer Sandlin

trump 2.0 DeSantis opens Alligator Alcatraz — only to have it flood on 1st day (video) Carla Sinclair

ghosts Mysterious floating orb and ghostly activity caught on security cam inside bar after closing time (video) Allan Rose Hill

ghosts Researcher mapping Alcatraz prison island erosion terrified by ghost Allan Rose Hill

code 256 bytes of code generate this spooky fractal city Rob Beschizza

thrift stores "Charley Varrick"— like a Steve McQueen movie but with a grumpy high school principal starring in his own fantasy Lee Keeler

America National Day of Mourning Rob Beschizza

comedy A beginners' safety guide to hunting the wild Scottish haggis Jason Weisberger

criminals Two men used toothbrush to tunnel out of prison only to be caught at a nearby IHOP the next morning David Pescovitz

prisons US Marshals release new "wanted" images of the three men who infamously escaped Alcatraz David Pescovitz

fbi One of the jurors who convicted Whitey Bulger started up a strange pen pal friendship with him Thom Dunn

Business After Trump reversed Obama's restrictions on private federal prisons, states started banning them instead Cory Doctorow

crime Which prison will house 'El Chapo'? Probably this Colorado 'supermax' Xeni Jardin

Copyfight Happy Public Domain day: for real, for the first time in 20 years! Cory Doctorow