Do you have daddy issues, or hate your family every now and again? Well count yourself lucky you are not one of the descendants of some of the most notorious dictators of the 20th century. Weird World Wire delves into what the relatives of some of the most brutal leaders in history are up to…
If you’re a fan of the Netflix show Narcos you’ll be familiar with the name Carlos Lehder. A notorious member of the Medellin cartel and one of Pablo Escobar’s right-hand men, he had a bizarre obsession with both John Lennon and Adolf Hitler. Now aged 70, Lehder has been released from a US jail where…
Now, you read that title and I’m sure you sneer. Don’t be shy, I would too when just reading the title on some random website. Obviously a bit of clickbait, right? Well, no. There was an actual secret army of Nazis that existed in post-war West Germany. It was never activated obviously, but it was…
When we think of terrorist groups, we have a lot of, usually accurate, preconceived notions. Chief among them is the image of desert warriors in the mountains or caves of a bombed-out wasteland. When you look at most footage of insurgents on the ground, it seems pretty accurate. ISIS certainly seemed like that in their…
Since our popular article on prostitution and casual sex after coronavirus, I know many of you were naturally disheartened. Thus I’ve been searching for ways to work around the draconian measures enforced by the Swiss. The not so welcome answer hit me in the eye straight from the New York Health Board: Gloryholes… In a…
We’ve previously written about a number of dictatorships you may not have heard of because they are our friends, but the most misunderstood and indeed overrated is the UAE and Dubai. What does the UAE mean? So you have like the USSR, which is the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and you got the USA,…
Few would argue that communism was invented by Marx, improved by Lenin, solidified by Stalin, and perfected by Enver Hoxha, but believe it, or not there are others out there, such as Trots and reformists who do not know this. Here’s our five weird communist trends, plus bonus round of factual one. Trotskist Internationals Leon…
If you listen much to President Trump or other loud-mouthed right-wing Americans, ANTIFA is pretty much the most significant threat to American freedoms since, well ironically, the Nazis, but who and what actually is ANTIFA? What Does ANTIFA Mean? ANTIFA is literally shorthand for Anti-Fascists. That’s right; people that stand up against people that believe…