Cracked Archive - Weird World
5 Terrifying Truths About The Crappy Lock On Your Front Door
We sat down with people whose main expertise is to get inside any of our homes or cars at any time. We were not put at ease.
- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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- March 01, 2017
6 Bedtime Stories In History Creepier Than Our Horror Films
History's forgotten children's books prove that at the end of the day, a lot of people want to either scare kids to death or see pictures of dead and dying children in literature.
- By Marina Reimann
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- February 28, 2017
5 Absurd As Seen On TV Products (That Are Secretly Useful)
Some products aren't really designed stupidly -- sometimes they're simply victims of user error.
- By Pauli Poisuo
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- February 26, 2017
22 Surprisingly Surreal Scenes From Your Own Home Planet
Chances are you could probably simply walk into (a place that looks like) Mordor.
- By Auntie Meme
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- February 25, 2017
Most People You Can Handle, These 5 People Are Why You Drink
Whether it's a good thing or a bad thing that you can only handle these people whilst three-sheets to the wind is another conversation altogether.
- By Ian Fortey
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- February 24, 2017
Awkward Situations Your Grandparents Never Had To Deal With
Quite frankly, we'd prefer to have to risk getting polio over being entered into another group chat.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- February 24, 2017
5 Little-Known Ways You Suck At Owning A Car
A car is like a romantic partner: If you go too long without one, people think you're weird, but once you get one, it sucks up all your cash and will possibly murder you on a dirt road on a moonless August night.
- By J.F. Sargent
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- February 23, 2017
23 Advertisements That Need To Die, Right Now
Hey advertisers, either get creative or get out of our television boxes.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- February 23, 2017
4 Impending Panics From The Past (And What Came Of Them)
Once we've collectively overdosed on panic, we just move on like it never happened, never mentioning the problem again. But did it go away on its own? Did we solve it?
- By Luis Prada
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- February 22, 2017
6 Surprising Things You Learn In The Alt-Right Media Bubble
The first step toward solving any problem is understanding it, so I spent a month digging into the alt-right bubble, and think it's time to get a few things straight.
- By Robert Evans
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- February 22, 2017
5 Realities Of Reporting The News In A Brutal Dictatorship
'Luis' is a journalist in Venezuela, and he risked his life to bring you the stories of other journalists he knows who've risked their</i> lives reporting the truth in
- By Robert Evans
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- February 22, 2017
15 Stupid Ways Americans Apparently Picture Foreigners
Sooo ... these aren't true?
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- February 19, 2017
6 Big Differences That Turn City Dwellers Into Liberals
If you aren't a liberal when you get to the big city, you might be before the year is up.
- By Loey Nunning
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- February 18, 2017
Realities Of Returning To Society After A Long Prison Stint
Imagine you woke up one day to find several years had gone by in a blink. That's pretty much the same situation inmates are in, and with stigma attached.
- By Amanda Mannen
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- February 18, 2017
4 Ways A Normal American Day Is Absolutely Bonkers To Others
There are some things everyone seems to do that, if we stopped to ask some friends from a faraway land about, they'd think we're all absolutely nuts.
- By Felix Clay
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- February 17, 2017
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