Tag Archives: Electroshock

Tough Mudder 2012: Michigan/Ohio

For those readers who haven’t yet heard about the Tough Mudder, let me briefly fill you in on what you’ve been missing. The Tough Mudder is a grueling 10-12 mile obstacle course originally designed by members of the British Military’s Special Forces. The purpose of the event (and let me make this clear – it […]

The Ridges/Athens Medical Center: A Haunted, Ohio Mental Institution

And these mental institutions are often overcrowded, especially in the United States, and Ridges is no exception. Horror movies often show these buildings as haunted, these mechanical structures with spiders in the corners and ghosts lurking around every corner. The minds of the institutions left behind are even worse than those of the rumours. Unfortunately […]

Recap: ‘Homeland,’ Season 1, Episode 12, ‘Marine 1’

“Homeland,” Season 1, Episode 12, “Marine 1,” begins with Brody, resplendent in his Marine uniform, recording his terrorist suicide recording. It is a vile, horrible justification for the mass slaughter he intends to carry out. Spoilers follow. Carrie, in the meantime, is all but catatonic, in the depression phase of her bipolar episode. Her life […]