Yankovic called his attempt to get permission to parody "Beat It" was "a shot in the dark. We're talking about the most popular and famous person in the known universe, and here I was, this goofy comedy songwriter." Jackson approved the parody and told him he thought the idea was funny.
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It's clear that QAnon has spread from the outer fringes to a more mainstream position, albeit one still somewhat fringe-like. But what is QAnon?
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Parisian, fortune teller, serial killer, secret abortionist, poisoner, clairvoyant, black mass priestess, businesswoman, possible sociopath: quite a resume for one person. But this list of crimes and occult practices did indeed belong to a single individual: Catherine Monvoisin.
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The Ghost Army was assigned with deceiving the Axis forces. They did so by "[employing] an array of inflatables (tanks, airplanes), sound trucks," and more.
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With many aspiring stars passing away in Tinseltown over the last century, many Hollywood landmarks are now known to be haunted by their spirits.
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Why do we like stories about haunted dolls? Whatever the reason, here are some legends about dolls that are absolutely creepy.
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It was just another Friday night at a Burger Chef restaurant in Speedway, Indiana in 1978. Until something happened, four employees disappeared, and the place was robbed. The case was a disaster from the beginning, and murders went free. This is the untold truth of the Burger Chef murders.
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While Haunted Houses are fun to explore, things sometimes don't go as planned. Here are some disturbing things that actually happened at haunted houses.
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From domestic life to war, from private passions to public performance, the lives of ancient people have suddenly ended in the most unexpected ways. Here are some of the weirdest deaths from ancient history.
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Church By The Sea is a non-denominational Christian church that has stood in the community of Madeira Beach in Saint Petersburg, Florida since 1944. But that's not why it's famous.
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One of the most memorable characters in Toy Story is Mr. Potato Head. He's funny, loyal, and often misplaces a body part. Of course, like many of the toys in the franchise, Mr. Potato Head is extremely familiar to children. After all, he's been around since the 1950s.
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What many don't know about Axl Rose is that he was severely mistreated by his stepfather in his early years.
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The theory of the Smiley face murders says there's a prolific serial killer-or killers-in the US. This is the untold conspiracy of the Smiley face murders.
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The witch trials aren't the only awful thing that ever happened in Salem. So of course there are plenty of ghosts.
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When a van in which she was a passenger accidentally struck and killed a Honduran boy who shared her last name, Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes saw a connection.
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It's tempting to envision UFO sightings as happening along backwoods roads with no witnesses and a single abductee describing a scene lifted from The X-Files.
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The Bruderhof (German for "place of brothers") is a pacifist, socialist Christian movement that began in Germany in 1920. Its founder, Eberhard Arnold, was inspired by a cultural and educational campaign started in 1896 called the German Youth Movement.
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Many know of Fatima, in Portugal, and many know in 1917 the Virgin Mary appeared to three children and told them some top-secret info, but... what did she say?
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Boxing may seem vicious now, but compared to the sport's beginnings in the United States, it's actually quite tame.
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Williams, told how she "gathered some old blokes who were ex-carpenters and builders, and a group of women that would get creative, and we started it up in my garage and carport." From there a small community of 50 to 60 people would show up on Wednesdays to construct and decorate coffins.
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The term "haunted house" may be an understatement for McKamey Manor. There, volunteers take part in an actual, real-life, interactive torture experience.
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You'll remember him from the classic childhood adventures he told in books like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, The BFG, and others. But you might be surprised by the last words to come out of Roald Dahl's mouth before he died.
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Everything about Jet Li is impressive, and the same might be said about his wife Nina Li Chi, who most people know nothing about.
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Etiquette rules from years ago don't always make a whole heap of sense to modern society. Here are some of the weirdest etiquette rules people used to follow.
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Folklore and fears aside, though, is there any hard data that demonstrates the potential for the existence of ghosts?
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You probably know King Tut's fancy gold mask, and you probably also know that he was a boy king and his tomb was cursed. But there's more than that — King Tut had a short and sordid life, a mysterious death, and some weird stuff going on with his family tree. This is the untold truth of King Tut.
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Banksy's works and very existence continue to entice, entertain, provoke, and baffle audiences all over the world. But where did he come from? What motivates him to create artwork after artwork? What kind of person is he? Let's take a look at the untold truth of Banksy.
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