When you think of the word “cursed,” what comes to mind? Do you imagine a witch from your favorite childhood fairy tale putting a spell on innocent children that wandered into her garden? Or how about ...

Cursed images have a way of grabbing your attention and making you wonder how—and why—they even exist. They’re the perfect mix of funny and unsettling, capturing moments that feel just a little off in ...

Spend enough time scrolling through social media and you’ll find one: A photo that’s too strange to just be “creepy,” too puzzling to just be “mysterious,” too sinister to just be “weird.” That, my ...

Sometimes, while scrolling through adorable cat and dog memes, you might stumble upon content that’s a bit… strange. Or downright cursed. Yes, we’re diving into the internet’s most bizarre and ...

A puppy surrounded by two large snails. A bunch of spaghetti placed directly onto the glass of a photocopier. A man holding two hot dogs and crying as a dog’s eyes glow in the background. Web detritus ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from The Cursed Garden I was an ordinary caretaker of a quiet garden, routine nights, sounds of nature, and nothing to worry about... Until he came that night.

Emma Grey Ellis covers memes, trolls, and other elements of internet culture for WIRED. Shocking images are classic internet entertainment: Before they get to social media, many cursed images start ...

Everyone has a guilty internet pleasure. Some spice up their time online by watching porn in an incognito browser, others find solace in binge-scrolling through pages and pages of their co-workers ...

Three years ago, I interviewed the proprietor of the Twitter account Cursed Images, which had amassed more than eighty thousand followers in just a few months with its steady stream of creepy, uncanny ...

This week was Upvote Everything Day on Imgur (the procrastination black hole I spend way too much time on). So instead of the usual feel good fluff and pandering cute pet pics, the front page was ...