museums Museum issues curatorial challenge: Show us your creepiest objects — museums bring the creepy Gareth Branwyn

music Ki ki ki, ma ma ma David Pescovitz

Business "Out of Home Advertising": the billboards that spy on you as you move through public spaces Cory Doctorow

Weird Fun with charcuterie Xeni Jardin

toys Minnesota county museum's impressive collection of creepy antique dolls David Pescovitz

Gadgets Extremely cheap microwave oven has Alexa, listening Rob Beschizza

Entertainment Watch the trailer for "It Chapter Two" David Pescovitz

surveillance Airbnb guest uses network sniffer to find hidden webcam, Airbnb finds no wrongdoing Cory Doctorow

surveillance London cops are subjecting people in the centre of town to facial recognition today and tomorrow Cory Doctorow

eff EFF's guide to creepy, surveillant Christmas gifts Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Dystopia watch: Guide to spotting hidden cameras in your Airbnb Cory Doctorow

Weird Couple's 'maternity shoot' turns weird Rusty Blazenhoff

News Who is this mysterious shackled woman ringing doorbells in Texas? David Pescovitz

documentaries Documentary about The Slenderman David Pescovitz

art Frighteningly lifelike clay sculptures Andrea James

creepy Spanish football app turns users into unwitting surveillance operatives Seamus Bellamy

Science Creepy new spy camera is so small it could be hiding anywhere Seamus Bellamy

politics Watch countless American news anchors mindlessly intone the same propaganda script Rob Beschizza

surveillance Now Peeps are being enlisted to surveil our children Rusty Blazenhoff

art Someone put this Jason Voorhees statue under a lake to freak out divers Rusty Blazenhoff