Posts by Matt Gilligan

High-profile kidnappings often capture the American public’s attention, as was the case with the 1960 disappearance of the heir to one of America’s most well-known business families. On February 9, 1960, 44-year-old Adolph Coors III, the grandson of the founder of Coors and the current chairman of the company, vanished. That morning, a milk delivery man pulled...

Most people know about the notorious 1962 Alcatraz prison break from the 1979 Clint Eastwood film Escape From Alcatraz. The film thrust the true story of inmates Frank Morris, Clarence Anglin, and his brother John Anglin into the public consciousness and was regarded as one of the best movies of 1979. While the film version of...

Man, adults can be dummies. I’m talking about big, big dummies. Have you ever had to explain something that seemed very simple to an adult and you kind of felt sorry for them while you did it? These 15 people certainly did. Take a look and see if you can relate. 1. 2. 3. 4....

Have you seen It yet? If not, you might want to reconsider after you see what happened to a fella named Chris who went to see the movie last week in England. Chris wandered into the theater to catch the remake of Stephen King’s classic book and saw…this… I’m not a mathematician, but I estimate a 99.9%...

Do you connect emotionally to music? Are there certain songs out there that give you the chills and goosebumps? For me, there are a bunch of tunes that take me to another place and spark a specific memory in my head. For example, this is one of my favorite songs of all time. Every time...

Hurricane Harvey and Irma have wrought misery along the gulf coast and east coast of the USA over recent days. While there are many important questions that Texas and Florida residents will be asking, whether or not the food in the fridge is still safe to eat is definitely one worth adding to the list....

Fall is quickly approaching, but summer isn’t done with us quite yet. You just know that there’s going to be at least one more miserable hot spell before we can all enjoy the cool breezes of autumn. Do you have a hard time sleeping when it’s hot? I sure do. I have a fan blasting...

Isn’t it great when people take a silly, little idea and just snowball it into a wild and amazing tale for the masses? Kind of like this article about two guys tweeting the plot of an entire cheesy horror movie with each other. Well, this is another shining example of human creativity at its best, and...

Peter Dinklage rules. I’ve been a fan since he had a small role in a great indie film called Living in Oblivion with Steve Buscemi. He was also excellent in The Station Agent. These days Dinklage is a big star on Game of Thrones. When he was still a young actor in New York in the ’90s, Dinklage fronted...

It’s gotta be hard to come up with new ideas when you’re in advertising. Especially when you are marketing food products. Take baked beans for example. How much can you really say about them? How can you make them interesting? And what can you do to set your brand apart from the others? Well, Heinz...

You spend roughly a third of your life sleeping (some of us WAY more than that), but most people never really question the habits associated with slumbering. So let’s take some of our waking hours to learn about the time we spend beneath the blanket. One question worth considering is why humans like to be...

We’ve all been in love. You fall head over heels for someone and they are the only thing you think about. You have what everyone refers to as “the butterflies.” You know, that great feeling that makes you kind of queasy, but also feels really great. It lasts for a while…but at some point, the butterflies...

Across the world, no matter what culture a person comes from, one thing remains consistent: we don’t address our parents by their first names. Every culture around the world uses some kind of word like we use ‘Mom’ and ‘Dad’ here in the good ol’ USA. Surprisingly, across the world, the different names for ‘Mom’...

We all get ’em. Crushes. They’re called that for a reason, you know. You admire someone from afar, they have no clue who you are, you live in agony until you discover someone new. These tweets perfectly capture those crushy feelings that haunt us all. 1. Truth me when i see my crush in public...

Let’s face it, being an adult kind of sucks. When you’re a kid, you dream every day about being able to drive a car, get out of the house, have your own money, etc. Then one day it happens and you realize it’s not that much fun, and also why your parents hate you and...