Christian Josi, 1/27/12

Recording artist, activist, and occasional columnist

Meet Caitlin Doughty of Los Angeles, California -- a feisty 27-year-old Mortician and, thanks primarily to Jezebel, rapidly-rising Internet sensation.

Corey Hutchins, 1/26/12

Corey Hutchins is a reporter for the Columbia Free Times.

"We must have certainty in South Carolina that zombies aren't voting," Rep. Alan Clemmons has testified at a hearing into claims that more than 950 people who voted in the recent elections could actually be dead.

Marc Hartzman, 1/26/12

Author, Found on eBay, American Sideshow, God Made Me Do It, and The Anti-Social Network

Miles Darden's typical breakfast included one dozen eggs, 30 buttered biscuits, a gallon of water and two quarts of coffee.

Alejandro Rojas, 1/26/12

UFO and paranormal researcher and journalist

The idea of life on Venus is not given much credence by most mainstream scientists because of the extreme surface temperatures, which can exceed 800 degrees Fahrenheit.

Dr. Franklin Ruehl, Ph.D., 1/24/12

Host, 'Mysteries From Beyond the Other Dominion'

With a potentially hot new film, Man On A Ledge, on the verge of being released, it is appropriate to review four intriguing similarly themed entries from the 1950s.

Pete Earley, 1/23/12

Best-selling author; former reporter

In the 1980s, David Gore murdered six women in the scenic shore community of Vero Beach. Unlike many serial killers, Gore "hunted" -- his word -- local women, including two mothers and four teenagers, instead of prostitutes.

Dr. Philip Stone, 1/22/12

Dark Tourism Expert

What seems to be making the sinking of the Costa Concordia such a compelling narrative and the ship such an attraction is parallels with the Titanic disaster 100 years ago.

Shirin Sadeghi, 1/20/12

Host, New America Now; former producer, the BBC and Al Jazeera

Those stories you hear about the foreign troops who pillaged and pilfered Iraq, the seat of ancient Mesopotamia -- those stories don't do justice to what we have learned from the tale of Nigel Ely. He's taught us things that only Saddam's buttock could have imparted.

Alexandra Holzer, 1/20/12

Author and Paranormalist

"To this day, I do not know what we saw, but it is clear that it was under intelligent control," says retired Pan American World Airways Pilot, Captain Ralph Loewinger.

Tanya Jo Miller, 1/20/12

Co-host, CyberFrequencies

Trent Arsenault may have more complex reasons for his virginity and Xtube sessions than even he himself completely understands. But, really, who cares?

Christopher Maag, 1/18/12

Writer

As residents of Earth, we've grown accustomed to having just one moon. Let Saturn and its 62 moons be the solar system's showboat; that just leaves us on this planet to enjoy our single natural satellite all the more. Or so we thought.

D.J. Grothe, 1/12/12

President, James Randi Educational Foundation

When national media outlets give such a large platform to hucksters who make false promises and beguile the public, they are as much to blame for the public deception as the fake psychics themselves.

Rebecca Anderson, 1/10/12

Team Scientist, Alliance for Climate Education

Over the last couple weeks, the climate blogosphere has been lighting up over a recent report that enormous plumes of methane are bubbling to the surface off the coast of eastern Siberia in Russia.

Angora Holly Polo, 1/9/12

The Donnybrook Writing Academy

The Money Drawing Aromatic Bush Bath smelled like a pretty nice bath -- old lady scent, I would say, but nothing scary. And then the funniest thing happened. I immediately won the lottery!!!

Todd Hartley, 1/9/12

Columnist, screenwriter, playwright, lyricist, novelist, blogger and stand-up comedian

I am now 48 hours into a meat-, dairy-, sugar-, alcohol-, chocolate-, processed-food- and taste-free vegetarian detox cleanse, which is the longest I've gone without eating meat by roughly 46 hours.

Seth Shostak, 1/5/12

Senior Astronomer, SETI Institute

The next time you check your moves in the mirror and reflect on how special you are, consider that somewhere in this universe or in another parallel universe, your double might be doing the same.

Karl Rotstan, 1/6/12

Observer of weird news for more than 30 years

The ongoing animal rebellion against mankind's domination of the Earth took a sudden turn in December.