Gizmodo: Creepy

3D Darth Vader Wall Clock Springs into Action When the Lights Go Out

Sean Fallon — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:40:00 EDT

Just when you think that every possible opportunity for Star Wars merchandising has been explored, the folks at England's Wesco Limited come up with this 3D Vader helmet clock. Sure, clocks have been done before, but this particular version features glowing red eyes and a breathing sound effect that kicks in when the lights go out. It's kind of like having a perverted demon lurking around in the darkness while you sleep. Now, that is $35 well spent! [Star Wars Shop via GeekAlerts]

LA Train Victim Makes 35 Phone Calls From Beyond the Grave

Sean Fallon — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:45:00 EDT

If you haven't been creeped out yet today, this crazy morbid story from the scene of the recent Metrolink train disaster should do the trick. Apparently, family members of passenger Chuck Peck received 35 calls from his cellphone throughout the night of the crash. There was nothing but static on the other end of the line, but Peck's fiancee used these opportunities to shout encouraging messages into the phone like "hang in there baby. We're gonna get you out. You're gonna be okay." The authorities managed to trace one of the calls which lead them to the first train and eventually to his body. Unfortunately, Peck died on impact.

It is logical to assume that the phone calls were the result of a technical malfunction and not supernatural forces. And, as far as I know, there has been no analysis of the condition of the cellphone itself. But consider this—all 35 calls were made to close family members only: his son, brother, sister, stepmother and fiancee. Plus, this is not the first time something like this has happened. OoOoOoOoh! [KTLA]

14 Crazy Looking Gas Masks

Sean Fallon — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:20:00 EDT

We have seen a few crazy gas masks in our day, but the 14 collected by OObject really take the cake. How about meeting Armageddon head on wearing a Mickey Mouse gas mask? Or a luxurious Diddo Velema mask perhaps? Oooooh...creepy. [OObject]

Verizon Restores Voicemail of Man's Deceased Wife in a Story That is Touchingly Creepy

Sean Fallon — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:40:00 EDT

In what has to be the saddest cellphone-related story ever, an 80-year-old man spent a part of every day listening to a voicemail recording of his deceased wife saying her name, "Catherine Whiting." Ever since her death in 2005, listening to the recording offered the man a small amount of comfort. However, when his service was upgraded earlier this year, the message was lost.

To compound the problem, the message was the only existing recording of his wife, so Mr. Whiting blamed Verizon for "taking her voice away." When Verizon got wind of the situation, they promptly restored the greeting from an archive while simultaneously restoring our faith that there might actually be humans behind our nation's faceless wireless carriers. [Fox News via MobHappy via BoingBoing]

Dismembered Baby's Head Theremin is One Badass Musical Instrument

Adam Frucci — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:33:21 EST

Looking for a way to make your music more demonic and creepy? Well, it's time to start learning the Theremin, as there's no instrument out there more unsettling than this baby's head Theremin that's currently for sale on eBay. Its red eyes light up when you play it! Holy crap, is it awesome. So scrape a few benjamins together and head over to eBay, before it's too late. There's always time to learn how to play it after you buy it. [eBay via Boing Boing Gadgets]

Binoculars in Stuffed Toys Make You Look Like a Fluffy Pink Pig While You Flagellate Yourself Peeping in Your Neighbor's Window

Jason Chen — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:40:50 EDT

Adam from Lifehacker found these binocular plushes while he was trying to find a replacement for his normal pair (they got crushed when his wife found him looking at the old lady across the street). Creepy! [Finetoy via Uneasy Silence]

Deleted Text Message Reader

gizmodo.com — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 16:12:47 EST

We once knew this girl whose boyfriend was such a controlling creep that he insisted on reading through her email and checking her cellphone call and sms logs to see if she'd been in contact with anyone he didn't approve of. Instead of dumping him like any sensible person would, she decided to create a super sekrit email account and to delete calls and sms he wouldn't like from her phone as soon as they were done. Had it existed at the time, we're sure the creep would've just loved the Deleted Text Message Reader. £149 and all he would've had to do to read her last 20 sms was insert her phone's SIM card into the device, plug it into a Windows 2K or XP machine and run the included software. Dear readers: don't be a creep.

Deleted Text Message Reader [via The Red Ferret]