When you think of the word “cursed,” what comes to mind? Do you imagine a witch from your favorite childhood fairy tale putting a spell on innocent children that wandered into her garden? Or how about ...

Everyone has a guilty internet pleasure. Some spice up their time online by watching porn in an incognito browser, others find solace in binge-scrolling through pages and pages of their co-workers ...

Spend enough time scrolling through social media and you’ll find one: A photo that’s too strange to just be “creepy,” too puzzling to just be “mysterious,” too sinister to just be “weird.” That, my ...

Severed Barbie doll heads on a car antenna. A grass field covered with plastic forks. A guy setting his hair on fire. There's nothing more captivating than seeing an image on the internet that leaves ...

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Emma Grey Ellis covers memes, trolls, and other elements of internet culture for WIRED. Shocking images are classic internet entertainment: Before they get to social media, many cursed images start ...

Similar to this subreddit and this Instagram account, the Facebook page 'Daily Cursed Images' shares absurd, strange, and slightly unsettling pictures that somehow feel both innocently funny and ...