Oakland Mother of Ghost Ship fire victim pens moving opinion piece Rusty Blazenhoff

art Artist transforms London garage into quirky firetrap Andrea James

News Arrests made in Ghost Ship fire that killed 36 in Oakland, concert promoter among those charged Xeni Jardin

A tanker of molten sulphur vanished with 39 crew in 1963 Ellsworth Toohey

Happy Mutants "Gretapocalypse" is a Greta Thunberg-themed art car made from the "shredded remnants of the very tools of the American dream" Jennifer Sandlin

Trump's latest Epstein excuse: "He stole" Virginia Giuffre from the Mar-a-Lago spa Ellsworth Toohey

politics California's leadership prepared to resist Jason Weisberger

tabletop gaming What's new in tabletop gaming for August, 2023 Gareth Branwyn

censorship Substack CEO refuses to say whether he would ban explicitly racist content Thom Dunn

review "Boston Strangler" offers genre delights over political truths Greg Nussen

art St. George's Church is home to 30 beautiful ghost sculptures Popkin

law Virginia cop catfished a teen, murdered her family, then died in a shootout with other cops Rob Beschizza

censorship Substack fires editor in "retaliation" for working with high-profile writer who switched to rival Ghost Thom Dunn

dupe Burning vehicle suddenly starts, sending it on its final journey Rob Beschizza

tabloids 100 reasons to love America (and several reasons to hate it) in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

guns How do the latest 3D-printed, mostly-plastic ghost guns fare on the shooting range? Thom Dunn

real estate Ruins of haunted Scottish village for sale starting at £125,000 Thom Dunn

ghosts You can buy the ruins of a haunted Scottish village for just $173,000 David Pescovitz

hot sauce Somebody told me that The Killers' new hot sauce is a Hot Fuss Thom Dunn