READ: 18 of the Strangest Stories We Covered in 2025

View fullsize

As 2025 fades into the rearview mirror, it’s worth taking a moment to look back at the stories that made us stop, reread, and occasionally ask, “Wait… what?”

From AI-fueled delusions and haunted buses to brain-powered computers and possible portals ripping open reality, these were some of the most unusual headlines we covered this past year. There’s no ranking here—just a grab bag of high strangeness for you to peruse again as the new year breaks and the world continues doing whatever this is.

• READ: Lawsuit Alleges AI Fueled a Man’s Belief That He Could Bend Time, Leading to Psychosis and Hospitalization

• READ: Donor Traits Appearing in Transplant Patients as Cellular Inheritance Gains Attention

• READ: Scientists Turn Skin Cells Into Human Eggs — A Breakthrough With World-Changing Implications

• READ: Russian Woman Sells Her Soul for 100,000 Rubles to Buy Labubu Dolls

• READ: First AI-Linked Murder After ChatGPT Fuels Businessman’s Deadly Delusions

• READ: China’s Humanoid Pregnancy Robot May Launch Soon Amid Rising Controversy

• READ: Locals Report Haunted Activity from Idle Bus in Zimbabwe

• READ: Declassified CIA Records Detail “Project Stargate,” Alien Outposts on Earth and Beyond

• READ: Scientists Explore Bodyoids as a Source for Human Organs

• READ: New Study Suggests Black Holes May Be Portals, Not Cosmic Traps

• READ: Cortical Labs to Sell World’s First Computer Powered by Human Brain Cells

• VIDEO: DNA Match Solves One of History’s Most Haunting Mysteries— Who Was ‘Jack the Ripper’? (Graphic Image Warning)

• READ: Lightning Strikes 4 Iconic U.S. Structures on New Year’s Eve: Coincidence or Omen?

• VIDEO: Did They Just Find a Buried City Under the Pyramids?

• READ: AI Actress Tilly Norwood Unveiled at Zurich Film Festival

• VIDEO: When the 6–7 Portal Opened (and the Whole World Answered)

• VIDEO: Are Portals Opening in Joshua Tree? (They’re Opening Spiritual Gateways)

• VIDEO: REAL 911 AUDIO – Dispatch Call Logs Reveal CLASS A Rake Encounter in North Carolina

If 2025 taught us anything, it’s that reality is getting stranger faster than most people are willing to admit. Buckle up—because if this is the warm-up, the next year might get real uncomfortable.