Cheryl Eddy

What If Game Of Thrones Was A Saturday-Morning Cartoon?

As imagined by Conan, it would be called Lil’ Thrones, and it would be raunchy and violent and probably wonderful. Check out the (obviously tongue-in-cheek) musical number, complete with deadpan George R. R. Martin intro, below. Valar morghulis, kids!

Climate Change Means This Tree May Soon Become An Endangered Species

The US Fish and Wildlife Service is considering adding the yellow cedar (Callitropsis nootkatensi) to its list of threatened or endangered species, at the urging of environmental groups. The reason for the iconic Alaska tree’s population decline: climate change. According to the Seattle Times, the groups that petitioned to protect the yellow cedar are pleased…

Ian McKellen Will Play The Clock In Live-Action Beauty And The Beast

Well, why not? The man’s already been a wizard, a mutant, a monster-movie director, a Nazi in hiding, many Shakespearean types, and will soon portray Sherlock Holmes. Why not an enchanted talking clock? If you’ll recall, the talking clock Sir Ian will be playing answers to “Cogsworth” and is the butler of the Beast’s well-staffed…

The Life Story Of Isaac Newton, Compressed Into 90 Animated Seconds

Animator Kevin Orzel offers a rapid-fire, adorably-animated look at the life and times of Isaac Newton, whom “you may know from every science book you’ve ever read.” (Spoiler alert: Newton was a genius.) [Via Kuriositas]

Giant Godzilla Head Warmly Welcomes You To Tokyo!

This week we learned that Godzilla is Japan’s new tourism ambassador. Now we have a visual! Here’s the G-man being unveiled (OK, head only … 171 feet tall, though) Thursday outside of Toho, the studio that made the original 1954 film. AP Photo by Shizuo Kambayashi

Will The Umpteeth Attempt To Film King’s Dark Tower Finally Succeed?

Hollywood has been promising-threatening to adapt Stephen King’s epic novel series The Dark Tower for years. In 2011, it was gonna happen at HBO. In 2013, it was all about Ron Howard’s version. Now comes news that a “totally reconceived” take will become a film franchise, with tie-in TV series. Lower your raised eyebrows; this…

Nearly 200 Years Ago, Awful Crimes Were Committed In This Lovely House

New Orleans visitors interested in macabre history are required to pass by the LaLaurie Mansion, located at 1140 Royal Street. Its genteel exterior masks its horrifying history, revealed 181 years ago today when a fateful fire broke out and the secrets within its walls were unleashed. As the History Channel reports, the source of the…

Five Haunting True Crime Docs (And Two Series) You Absolutely Must Watch

These films may inspire outrage, turn your stomach, frighten you, or make you marvel at how low humans can sink. They may not encourage you to sleep well at night. But they all offer incredibly well-crafted true crime stories. 1) Cropsey An urban legend comes to frightening life in this 2009 doc, in which filmmakers…

Enormous Paintings Sliced From Their Frames Return Home To Bolivia

The long saga of two giant, colonial-era paintings — stolen from a Bolivian church in 2002 and unwittingly purchased in 2003 by New York collectors, who discovered they were stolen after loaning them for a 2013 exhibit — came full circle yesterday when they were unveiled at the government palace in La Paz. The works,…

The Lizzie Borden Chronicles‘ First Episode Shows Wickedly Campy Promise

Lizzie did it. That was heavily implied in Lizzie Borden Took An Axe, the Lifetime movie that spawned The Lizzie Borden Chronicles, which keeps that theory alive and embellishes the hell out of it. Like the film, the series stars a clearly-having-a-ball Christina Ricci; it starts after the accused murderer’s acquittal. Spoilers ahead! In episode…

A new study of over 21,000 Swedish men conducted over 37 years found that “genetics as well as environment can influence the likelihood that a person will become a sexual offender,” though “a genetic predisposition did not by any means indicate that a person was bound to become a sex offender.”

Serial Saga Continues In New Podcast

Serial addicts, take note: Undisclosed: The State vs. Adnan Syed debuts April 13. The podcast will be produced by lawyers Rabia Chaudry, Susan Simpson, and Colin Miller, and will offer “an investigation of the case rather than a narrative,” plus new information and fresh looks at angles covered by Serial.

How A Note Attached To A Severed Sheep’s Head Helped Solve A Murder

On April 9, 1984, Margaret Backhouse’s car wouldn’t start. Her husband, hairstylist-turned-sheep farmer Graham, quickly offered up his vehicle instead. But as soon as she turned the ignition, a bomb rocked the English countryside. Scandal — and impressive feats of forensic science — soon followed. Incredibly, though she’d been practically sitting on top of a…

Yellowstone Coyote Demonstrates Flawless Downward Dog Technique

A stretching coyote emulates just the right yoga pose in this shot taken near Yellowstone Lake on March 27, 2015. Though the coyote population in Yellowstone declined after the reintroduction of wolves in the mid-1990s, recent data has shown their numbers are on the rise. Photo by Diane Renkin, via the Yellowstone National Park Flickr…

Remarkable Video Shows Giant River Turtle Interacting With Hatchlings

This National Geographic video taken by researchers using a shell-mounted “crittercam,” capturing rare footage of a giant river turtle in Brazil’s Amazon basin interacting with its hatchlings underwater. Also recommended: this NatGeo video charting the surprisingly difficult task of attaching a crittercam to a manatee, because the sight of a manatee briskly and matter-of-factly removing…

With a range of culprits that include molten gold, a shadow demon, and the Hound’s sword, here’s an illustrated guide to all 456 deaths on Game of Thrones, seasons one through four (animals included). For kicks, the infographic also breaks down the deadliest locations and the deadliest killers.

The 7 Worst Attempts By Criminals To Blame Someone (Or Something) Else

Some crooks confess when they’re caught, but most have trouble admitting what they’ve done — and sometimes, they go so far as to assign responsibility for their actions to someone or something else entirely. Here are seven instances in which criminals tried to pin the blame anywhere but on themselves. 1) David Berkowitz In 1976…

The Twin Peaks Revival Is Happening Without David Lynch

Just a few weeks back, Showtime denied rumors that the Twin Peaks revival might not happen. But now, it turns out the truth may hurt fans even more: David Lynch just announced via Twitter that he’s exiting the project, and he made no bones about why. Here’s what Lynch just tweeted: The complete text of…

As It Happens, Orphaned Baby Bats Are Head-Explodingly Adorable

This video of orphaned baby bats, just doin’ their orphaned-baby-bat thing at the Australian Bat Clinic and Wildlife Trauma Centre, is probably the most adorable thing ever recorded. That is all. [Via Mental Floss]

A Psychic Offers Wise Advice (That Nobody Will Take) In Insidious 3 Clip

More horror goodies for you on this fine Sunday, this time in the form of a Wondercon-borne clip from Insidious: Chapter 3. Here, we have the great Lin Shaye reprising her role as psychic Elise Rainier, who has some sage advice about letting the dead rest in peace. But, then there’d be no movie series!…