Join me for a look into the Doomsday Subreddit, April 30th 2015, where an apocalyptic roleplaying game was taken seriously by some. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/atrocityguide Twitter: https://twitter.com/AtrocityGuide Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AtrocityGuide/ Stock footage credit: CACAOMEDIA Some stock footage provided by Mário J.R. Matos Footage provided by https://goo.gl/dhzYHQ Daniel Moraes Music: Epilog – Ghostpocalypse by Kevin […]
In 1982, a treasure hunt consisting of 12 unique puzzles was presented to the world. Nearly 40 years later, only 2 have been solved. Join me for a look into Byron Preiss’ “The Secret: A Treasure Hunt” Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/atrocityguide Twitter: https://twitter.com/AtrocityGuide Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AtrocityGuide/ Nefarious TV: https://www.youtube.com/c/nefarioustv Music Provided by: Consequence […]
In 2001, an ARG was released in the form of a PC game. Despite its innovation, it became a tragic failure and faded into obscurity. Join me for a look into the ARG Majestic. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/atrocityguide Twitter: https://twitter.com/AtrocityGuide Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AtrocityGuide/ Voice acting provided by Night Terror: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE37tASbONYsm6AfwcCLJ1w Sources: Boundary Spaces: […]
From 2009 to present day, the most elaborate case of online harassment and doxing I’ve discovered is unfolding in Japan. Join me for a look into the HaseKara Calamity. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/atrocityguide Twitter: https://twitter.com/AtrocityGuide Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AtrocityGuide/ Check out more from my special guest Nihongo Johnny: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8LmWcrYOF56_mupWmSeSBg Sources (Most are in Japanese): […]
Elaborate races and scavenger hunts filled with extreme and occasionally dangerous challenges have been organized throughout the country for the last few decades. Join me for an in-depth look into The Game. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/atrocityguide Twitter: https://twitter.com/AtrocityGuide Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AtrocityGuide/ Sources: Game Control: http://web.archive.org/web/20070704082343/http://gamecontrol.com/Default.htm Shelby Logan’s Run: http://shelbylogansrun.com/index.html Seattle Times write-up: https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/the-game/ […]
The early 2010s witnessed two enigmatic internet mysteries: the Twitter profile Horse_eBooks, and the Youtube channel Pronunciation Book. Over the following years, these two gradually became stranger, eventually coalescing into a reveal which was more bizarre than any could have anticipated. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/atrocityguide Twitter: https://twitter.com/AtrocityGuide Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AtrocityGuide/ Orbis Obscura: https://www.reddit.com/r/orbisobscura […]
In 2001, a peculiar individual who was capable of fascinating feats of creativity was discovered by the Something Awful forums. What follows is the story of Nick Smith, AKA “Ulillillia” Merch: atrocityguide.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/atrocityguide Twitter: https://twitter.com/AtrocityGuide Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AtrocityGuide/ Nick’s novels: https://www.amazon.com/Legend-10-Elemental-Masters-ebook/dp/B00QG97HW8/ https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Basement-Nick-Smith-ebook/dp/B018EU57F0/ HomeStarRunnerTron: https://www.youtube.com/user/HomeStarRunnerTron Sources: Nick’s website: https://web.archive.org/web/20041119043657/http://www.ulillillia.us/ Youtube Archive: […]
In 2015, a single word, which seemed to possess an uncanny authoritarian power, became the subject of an internet investigation which continues to this day. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/atrocityguide Twitter: https://twitter.com/AtrocityGuide Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AtrocityGuide/ Special thanks to Nexpo: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpFFItkfZz1qz5PpHpqzYBw Additional thanks to Nefarious TV for providing the intro and outro screens: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpFFItkfZz1qz5PpHpqzYBw Sources: […]
A throne room, built from garbage and wrapped in aluminum foil, was discovered in a storage unit in 1964, Washington DC. Accompanying it, was a holy text written in an unrecognizable language. Together, these works make up James Hampton’s “Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly.” […]
Beginning in the late 1980s, a man who went by the name “Sir Alfred” lived on a red bench inside a pre-departures terminal of Charles de Gaulle international airport in Paris for eighteen years. To this day, no one is sure why. Merch: atrocityguide.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/atrocityguide Twitter: https://twitter.com/AtrocityGuide Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AtrocityGuide/ […]
