Tony Alpsen is a writer for VICE entertainment. His work has also been published by Cracked, National Lampoon, Splitsider, and ReMIND Magazine.
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5 Classic Horror Movies That Used Real Human Skeletons Instead of Props
Actual human remains found their way into a number of famous films over the years, mainly because fake skeletons are reportedly expensive to make
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The Bizarre History of Professional Farters, Including a Few Who Got Stinking Rich as ‘Fartists’
Roland the Farter and Le Pétomane are a couple of the more well-known flatulists (or fartists) from history, the latter of whom was a sensation in France
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Did People Really Die in the ‘Evil Dead’ Cabin? Here’s What Actually Happened.
Sam Raimi once claimed that several mysterious deaths occurred on the property, and that the place burned down shortly after production wrapped
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Is There Really a UFO Flying Around in This Classic John Wayne Movie?
In the background of one scene from ‘Rio Grande,’ something appears to be shooting across the sky just behind Wayne and Maureen O’Hara
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31 Years Ago, ‘MADtv’ Accidentally Predicted One of the Worst ‘Friday the 13th’ Movies
For ‘Jason X,’ the filmmakers decided that the iconic serial killer needed to get out of Crystal Lake and head to outer space, much like he had in a ‘MADtv’ sketch years earlier
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The Original ‘Game of Life’ Was Way Darker Than the Version You Played as a Kid
The origins of the beloved board game can be traced back to the Abraham Lincoln administration, and the initial version was much darker than the one we know today
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Larry David Has One of the Craziest O.J. Simpson Stories of All Time
David and fellow ‘SNL’ writer Alan Zweibel saw Simpson at the Riviera Country Club in L.A. on the morning of June 12, 1994, while having breakfast with their wives
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The Dark History Behind the Mansion From ‘The Big Lebowski’
Ned Doheny, the son of an oil tycoon, was found dead inside the home in 1929, having been killed by his boyhood friend
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The Wild Story of How Ernest Hemingway Survived Two Plane Crashes in 24 Hours
Hemingway and his wife, Mary Welsh, were erroneously reported dead and had the distinct pleasure of reading their own obituaries
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The Author of ‘Jaws’ Said He Could Never Write the Book Today. Here’s Why.
Peter Benchley became a shark advocate following the release of the novel and spoke of the implausibility of a rogue shark targeting humans
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Sylvester Stallone Was So Broke Before ‘Rocky’ That He Starred in This Porno
An X-rated film Stallone did out of desperation later resurfaced after he had his big breakthrough with ‘Rocky’ in 1976
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The Tragic Reason MTV Had to Censor ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ in 1993
A five-year-old boy accidentally burned down his mobile home in 1993, killing his sister, but whether or not the show was responsible has been called into question