intro / disclaimer
this page is dedicated to the disturbing oddities of the internet that have, in some way or another, captivated me. entries on this page may include discussions of suicide, blood/gore or violence, drugs, etc. please take heed. i do not use any graphic images on this page. reader discretion is highly advised.
...was a website and forum dedicated to the production, chemistry, biology, politics, and legality of synthetic drugs. Living on the surface web, the site was created by Hobart Hudson— known under the pseudonym Strike. He was something of a drug savant; publishing multiple books on how to source materials for, create, and get away with creating MDMA (known as Ecstacy in tablet form and Molly in crystal form). After an investigation by Dateline NBC in 2001, Strike was arrested on various drug charges related to his MDMA production. Despite this, The Hive would continue to garner thousands of users, until it went offline in 2004 due to hosting issues. Other drug-creation related sites like "Rhodium.ws" (The Hive's sister site) and "Thevespiary" (a modern day site with the same purpose) succeeded The Hive. // written [07.12.25]
the-hive.archive.erowid.org 🞘 the hive via the wayback machine 🞘 the hive wikipedia article
...was a short-lived blog published in 2008, where the anonymous woman "Jane" claimed that she would be committing suicide in 90 days. The blog chronicled her supposed "last days" before the 90 days was up. The blog was revealed 7 days later to have been an art project by the blog owner, who did not intend for so many people to find it. She took the site down shortly after. Unfortuately there is no proper archive of the blog, only snippets from other blogs. The current site is owned by a user who uses the infamy of 90 Day Jane to promote their own blog. // written [07.12.25]
90 day jane wikipedia article 🞘 one of the only photos of the blog i could find
...was a social media phenomenon that gained popularity from late 2015 to 2017. Allegedly, the challenge consisted of a series of tasks assigned to players by the group's admin over a 50-day period, beginning seeminlgy innocent before introducing elements of self-harm and the final challenge of suicide. The story of the Blue Whale Challenge is muddled with misinformation and moral panic; what was once known as a disturbing and ever-growing danger to young people circulating online, is now known in the modern day as a hoax.
On 23 November 2015, Russian 16-year-old Renata Kambolina posted a selfie onto the social media site VK captioned "nya.bye" before committing suicide. Her death was exploited by the internet, particularly internet forum-goers and news media. After one poorly-researched news article from journalist Galina Mursaliyeva that used hearsay as evidence, Renata was falsely claimed to be a victim of a "Russian death group" self-named F57. The group themselves didn't help the misinformation, claiming that Renata was actually subscribed to one of these so-called F57 groups and heavily promoted themselves on the internet as a suicide cult. They were the creators and blueprint of the original "game;" the group had announced a mass suicide scheduled for 8 December 2015. An investigation from the Investigative Committee of Russia proved that that there was no such group, Renata was not a part of it, and the creators of the group only used her suicide as what was essentially a marketing stunt. // written [07.12.25]
article from the BBC 🞘 blue whale challenge wikipedia article 🞘 renata kambolina wikipedia article
