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Cornell University LibraryThe Great Pyramid of Giza and the Great Sphinx, pictured here in the late 19th century. New research purports to upend established theories about when the Great Pyramid of Giza was built.The Great Pyramid of Giza, generally believed to have been built as the tomb of Pharaoh Khufu around 2575 B.C.E., is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. But what if its even older than that?Alberto Donini, an engineer from the University of Bologna, recently applied a new dating system that he calls the Relative Erosion Method (REM) to the pyramid. Now, hes claiming that his research suggests the famous landmark may have actually been built nearly 25,000 years ago.When Was The Great Pyramid Of Giza Built? The Origins Of Egypts Ancient WonderScientific studies of the pyramids at Giza have been ongoing for centuries, so the current timeline of their construction is widely accepted. As it stands, the Great Pyramid was seemingly built during the reign of Pharaoh Khufu, who ruled over Egypt from roughly 2589 B.C.E. to 2566 B.C.E. The Pyramid of Khafre came shortly thereafter, followed by the Pyramid of Menkaure.This timeline was determined using both historical records and scientific study. Ancient authors like Herodotus wrote that Khufu had the Great Pyramid constructed as his tomb, noting that he brought the people to utter misery by making them transport impossibly heavy limestone blocks from quarries possibly located hundreds of miles away in order to erect the 481-foot structure. Exactly how they managed this remains a mystery to this day, though several promising theories have been put forth, such as the use of a ramp system.Public DomainA statue of Khufu at Cairos Egyptian Museum.Then, in the 1800s, archaeologists discovered graffiti inside the Great Pyramid that mentioned Khufu by name. It was seemingly scrawled by the workers who built the monument, adding another layer of evidence that the structure was built during that pharaohs reign.Archaeologists later used scientific methods to date the pyramid. They radiocarbon dated the mortar used to secure the stone blocks, which was made using ashes and thus contained organic matter. These results suggested that the mortar was likely mixed between 2620 and 2484 B.C.E., once again aligning with the reign of Khufu.With so much proof pointing to a construction date of roughly 2575 B.C.E., it seems unlikely that theres any additional information out there that could significantly change the timeline. However, Alberto Donini claims that his research could completely rewrite this story.Why The Relative Erosion Method Could Complicate The Story Of How Old The Great Pyramid Of Giza IsIn a preliminary report on his research, Alberto Donini describes his new Relative Erosion dating method: The REM is based on the ratio between two types of erosion affecting the same type of rock in the same location: one with a known date and the other with a date to be determined. The ratio is then used to calculate the age of the stone block under examination.When the pyramids of Giza were built, they were covered in a gleaming casing of smooth, polished, white limestone. Then, in 1303, a massive earthquake struck the region, knocking some of these stones to the ground. The fallen material was recycled to build palaces and mosques in Cairo, and in the years that followed, even more of the limestone was removed intentionally to use for decorative purposes. By 1400, much of it was gone.Alberto DominiA small section of the Great Pyramid where the smooth, white limestone cladding still remains.Donini began his research by comparing the areas of the Great Pyramid that were once covered by limestone with stones at the structures base that have always been exposed to the elements. By comparing the amount of erosion thats taken place in the past seven centuries to the amount of erosion on the blocks that were never covered by limestone, Donini believed he could calculate when those original stones were placed.Donini noted that erosion occurs by several means. Water is a major source, from runoff dripping onto surfaces to trickles of liquid seeping into small cracks, freezing, and expanding. Wind blowing rough sand from Egypts desert also wore down the limestone over time, as did temperature fluctuations, acid rain, and surface wear from humans touching and walking on the surfaces.There were several factors that Domini took into account while making his calculations. First, he acknowledged that theres been an increase in foot traffic in the modern era, leading to more surface erosion in recent years than in ancient times. Theres also likely been more acid rain since the Industrial Revolution. These elements could lead to an underestimation of the Great Pyramids age.Alternatively, the climate was wetter in ancient times, so more rain then could have led to faster erosion rates than those seen in the past few centuries. This, in turn, could lead to an overestimation of the monuments age.With all this in mind, Domini developed a mathematical formula for REM. He then selected 12 points around the Great Pyramids base to analyze, aiming to compare two areas of erosion from the same stone block. The arithmetic means of these 12 values represents the earliest probable estimate for the age of the Pyramid of Khufu, Domini wrote.Alberto DominiOne of the eroded limestone blocks that Alberto Domini analyzed in his study.The results? The Great Pyramid of Giza could be 25,000 years old.If Dominis method is accurate, the pyramid potentially could have been built around 23000 B.C.E. a staggering 20,000 years before its currently accepted age.On the basis of this preliminary report on relative erosion measurements, Domini wrote, it can be concluded that around 20,000 years before Christ there existed a civilization in Egypt capable of constructing at least the Khufu Pyramid.Of course, his findings are controversial. Other archaeologists have pointed out that erosion rates are extremely variable and unreliable for linear models. The study has also not yet undergone peer review, so it remains to be seen if his Relative Erosion Method is scientifically sound.However, if it is, Domini may have just rewritten the entire history of ancient Egypt.After reading about the new study that suggests the Great Pyramid of Giza is perhaps 25,000 years old, go inside El Castillo, the ancient Maya temple that towers over Chichn Itz. Then, explore the Nubian pyramids of Sudan.The post New Analysis Suggests That The Great Pyramid Of Giza Is Potentially 20,000 Years Older Than Experts Thought appeared first on All That's Interesting.

Few creatures are as historically reviled as the rat. They are known for carrying disease and were blamed for spreading the Black Death in the mid-14th century. The mere mention of its name is enough to incite fear and revulsion in many.Given the historically unforgiving associations people have with the rat, its no wonder that some have imagined it to have abilities and behaviors that are flat-out unbelievable. Case in point: the rat king.Wikimedia CommonsA purported rat king on display at the Maastricht Natural History Museum in the Netherlands.Put simply, rat kings refer to a bunch of rats whose tails have become entwined, effectively creating one gigantic super-rat.While many scientists have said that rat kings are not real and dismissed the phenomenon as nothing more than folklore, various specimens are on display in museums across the world. Furthermore, sightings have been documented as recently as 2021 in Russia and Estonia, with evidence even captured on video.Strasbourg MuseumRat king is a term used to describe a group of rats whose tails became entangled, like this specimen found in France in 1894.So what are rat kings, are they in fact real, and how might they come to be?What Is A Rat King And How Does It Form?Rat king sightings date as far back as the 1500s, with most taking place in Europe. Those who hold that the phenomenon is real say that it occurs when a group of rats, while confined to a small space such as a burrow or other cramped living quarters, simply becomes matted together.Others suggest that survival efforts yield the furry amalgam. During particularly cold seasons, the rats will intentionally tie their own tails to one another in order to stay warm.Wikimedia CommonsThis is the largest rat king specimen ever recorded, with 32 rats. It was discovered in 1828 and is still on display in Altenburg, Germany.The phenomenon is made all the more believable because rats, like humans, produce sebum, or natural oil, in order to protect and hydrate the surface of their skin. It is thus possible that the oily tails of a dozen or so rats could form a sticky substance and bind the rats together.However, as senior curator of mammals at the Museum Victoria in Australia, Kevin Rowe, told Atlas Obscura, Rodents stuck together could not survive long and are probably in agony and distress until they separate or die.Still, other believers in the rat king suggest that urine or feces helps to bind the tails together. And some evidence suggests that this could be true: A 2013 discovery of a squirrel king in Saskatchewan, Canada revealed a six-squirrel amalgam, the cause of which researchers attributed to tree sap.Are Rat Kings Real? Why Some Have Debunked This PhenomenonWikimedia CommonsAn illustration by Wilhelm Schmuck of a rat king found in 1693.Luckily for any rats who may find themselves in such unusual circumstances, experts doubt that they would get so far as to the point of meeting such a painful end, as their tails would simply unravel at the attempt of separation.Should a bundle of rats in close proximity form a rat king in an effort to stay warm, some speculate that the newly-formed super-rat would simply unfold as soon as the cold weather passed. At the very worst, the formation would lead an individual rat to simply chew off its tail and exit the knot.In 1883, a German zoologist named Hermann Landois tried to prove the possibility of rat kings by tying the tails of 10 dead rats together. During his experiment, Landois noted that he was not alone in his endeavor and that there were some who intentionally tied rat tails together for profitable spectacles.[It was] lucrative to own a king, and so people began tying tails together many such sham kings were exhibited at fairs and similar gatherings, Landois said.But if rats can in fact untangle themselves from one another, then what is the explanation for rat kings on display in museums? Indeed, according to one scientific paper published on the phenomenon, there have been 58 reliable rat kings recorded through history, six of which are on display.Famous Rat Kings On Display And Recent Sightings Around The WorldPatrick Jean / Musum dHistoire Naturelle de NantesA specimen found in 1986, now on display at the Natural History of Museum in Nantes, France.Perhaps the oldest rat king on display is the specimen found in Altenburg, Germany, in 1828. It contains 32 rodents and is the largest such specimen in the world. According to the museum, the clump was found by a man named Miller Steinbruck of Thuringia, Germany, while cleaning his chimney.The earliest mention of a rat king is credited to Johannes Sambucus, a Hungarian historian, who recorded that his servants discovered seven rats with knotted tails in Antwerp, Belgium. Then in 1894, a frozen clump of 10 rodents was found under a bale of hay in Dellfeld, Germany. That specimen is now on display at the Strasbourg Zoological Museum.While all these specimens reportedly formed naturally, there are some that are admittedly manmade and not just due to some tinkering scientist tying tails together.In the case of the rat king housed in the Otago Museum in Dunedin, New Zealand, for example, curators say that their gruesome amalgam formed when the rats became entangled in horsehair. They then fell from the rafters of a shipping office and were beaten to death with an instrument and thus mashed together.But because its difficult to prove if any single specimen is authentic, it is likely that the rat king will continue to spark debate.Recent Evidence Of A Real Rat KingFootage of a rat king found in Estonia in 2021.In late 2021, a veterinarian in Tartu, Estonia named Johan Uibopuu uncovered a rat king at his mothers chicken coop. Made up of 13 rodents bound together by their tails, this rat king was the rare specimen that was actually caught on video while it was still alive.However, upon its discovery, two of the rats were already dead and the rat king had to soon be euthanized in order to end the survivors suffering. Afterward, Andrei Miljutin of the Natural History Museum at the University of Tartu took the specimen for analysis and eventual display.Uibopuu and Miljutin arent sure how this rat king formed, but they suspect the rats became entangled when huddling together for warmth inside a tunnel underneath the coop. But regardless of how it was formed, the sighting sparked widespread revulsion and disbelief online. Such is the fate of the rat king, one of the most storied and grotesque creatures in the animal kingdom.After this look at rat kings, learn about the gruesome rat torture method. Then, meet the strangest animals on planet Earth.The post What Are Rat Kings, The Super-Rodents Made Of Tangled Tails? appeared first on All That's Interesting.

Aspen, Colorado in 1976 was a fun, wealthy, and picturesque town. But all of that changed when singer Claudine Longet was arrested for shooting her boyfriend, beloved Olympian Vladimir Spider Sabich, to death.Sabich was an adored athlete at the peak of his skiing career while Longet was a divorc with a dwindling rsum. Rumors swirled that Sabich was planning to leave her.Claudine Longet remains out of the spotlight today, but in the late 1970s, she was a notorious femme fatale.On the night of the shooting, Claudine Longet appeared to be in shambles. She explained to the police that the single bullet that killed Sabich was fired by accident. The tragedy instantly dominated pop culture, particularly because many disbelieved the shooting to have been an accident at all.Unfortunately, her subsequent trial raised more questions than it did answers, and Claudine Longet today lives in obscurity because of it.The Luxurious Life Of Claudine LongetYouTubeClaudine Longets 1967 debut album peaked at #11 on Billboard.Born on January 29, 1942, in Paris, France, Claudine Georgette Longet dreamt of becoming an entertainer from an early age. She began dancing on stage for tourists at 17 before club owner Lou Walters spotted her on French television and decided to give her a shot.Longet found herself dancing at the Tropicana Hotel & Resort in Las Vegas in 1961. As part of the Folies Bergre revue, the 18-year-old met 32-year-old crooner Andy Williams when he helped her after her car broke down. The pair married on Dec. 15, 1961, in Los Angeles.Williams was a wildly popular singer whose celebrity earned him his own television and talk show, the Emmy award-winning The Andy Williams Show. The couple had three children together and Longet became a recording artist of her own, appeared on her husbands show, and befriended the likes of Robert Kennedy and his wife Ethel.Longet was even present at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles when Kennedy was assassinated in 1968 by Sirhan Sirhan. They had planned to have dinner after his ill-fated speech.Claudine Longet singing in the Peter Sellers film The Party.In 1969, she named her third and final child after her slain friend. Just one year later, she legally separated from Williams.In 1972, she met Croatian-American Vladimir Spider Sabich of the U.S. ski team at a celebrity race in Californias Bear Valley. A friend of the impending couple likened the chemistry of Claudine Longet and Spider Sabich to nuclear fusion.He was so charming and so sexy, said friend Dede Brinkman. It was the same type of charisma you see in movie stars.And Longet was smitten. The two lovers grew close quickly. Claudine Longet spent more time in Spider Sabichs chalet in Aspen, eventually relocating there after winning a $2.1 million settlement from her divorce in 1975.Soon enough, however, drugs, parties, and jealousy came into play.The Murder Of Vladimir SabichClaudine Longet And Spider Sabich had a notoriously explosive relationship.Aspen was flooded with cocaine at the time, and Spider Sabichs good looks and fame attracted invites to countless parties. But sources close to Claudine Longet claimed that she prohibited Sabich from attending a Best Breast party and that she even threw a wine glass at his head in a fit of jealousy.Longets jealousy apparently got the best of both of them on March 21, 1976. On that day, Sabich came home after skiing the slopes of Aspen, then stripped down to his underwear with the intent of taking a shower. Claudine Longet came in with an imitation World War II model Luger pistol and shot him in the stomach. An ambulance was called and patrol officer William Baldrige arrived to find Sabich slumped over and near death. He was pronounced dead en route to the hospital.Claudine Longet and Spider Sabich dated for four years before she fatally shot him.Longet claimed that the pistol had accidentally misfired as Sabich was teaching her how to use it, but that alibi appeared dubious to authorities.Longets ex-husband rushed to her side for support, while the town began to turn on her. Many balked at her presence at Spider Sabichs funeral in Placerville, California. She was consequently charged with a felony of reckless manslaughter on April 8, 1976, upon returning to Aspen.The Controversial TrialThroughout her 1977 trial, Claudine Longet maintained the gun had fired by accident. She claimed she had found the Luger knock-off on the day of Sabichs death and allegedly pointed it at him while making bang-bang noises when it suddenly misfired, killing him.But friends of Spider Sabich said that he was intent on breaking up with her and she knew it. He was apparently accustomed to a bachelor lifestyle, with which Longet and her children interfered. If that was the case then Longet certainly had a motive.Indeed, an alleged diary entry of hers, but that remains unconfirmed, revealed that not all was well between the two. Longet had apparently written that there was a party on the night of Sabichs death which he planned on attending alone and which drew suspicion from her.I picked up the gun and walked toward the bathroom, saying to Spider, I would like you to tell me about this gun.' Longet said on the stand. I kept walking and I had the gun in my hand.She said Sabich ensured her it wouldnt fire, moments before it did. Longet then broke into hysterics. I told him to try to make it, to talk to me, she said. He was fainting. I tried to give him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, but I didnt know how.A defense witness testified that the safety mechanism on the gun was faulty and that the firing mechanism was greasier than it should be. These factors made it highly plausible that the gun went off by accident. Bettmann/Getty ImagesThe family of Spider Sabich and Claudine Longet went to blows for just four days in court. The family finally sued her following the trial.The prosecution, meanwhile, couldnt make a strong case against her thanks to a series of procedural errors. For one thing, Longets diary and the gun in question werent brought to trial, which only helped her case.The police had also drawn blood from Longet without a court order, which the Colorado Supreme Court ruled had violated her rights before the trial even commenced. Though there was cocaine in her system on the day of the murder, yet another piece of evidence that wasnt allowed at trial.With all this inadmissible evidence, all the prosecution could offer was the autopsy report, which suggested that Sabich was bent over and facing away from Claudine Longet when the gun went off thus contradicting her claims. But the jury wasnt convinced.I wouldnt want her to go to prison, heavens no, said 27-year-old juror Daniel DeWolfe. By no means is she the type of person who should be in jail. I dont think shes a threat to society.After the four-day trial, jurors deliberated for a few hours before finding her guilty of criminally negligent homicide. She was sentenced to 30 days of her choosing in prison and a $250 fine.Claudine Longet TodayBettmann/Getty ImagesClaudine Longet today is rumored to still live in Aspen.After the trial, Claudine Longet and her newfound boyfriend her defense attorney, Ron Austin vacationed in Mexico. Longet served most of her 30-day sentence in prison on weekends, while the family of Spider Sabich filed a $780,000 civil suit against her.This was settled out of court and contained a confidentiality clause that prevented her from writing or speaking about the incident forever. She had allegedly already been drafting a book on the incident.Its a shame, said Steve Sabich, Spiders brother, because Spider accomplished so much in his life. Claudine accomplished only two things: marrying Andy Williams and getting away with murder.Others came forward in later years to state their disbelief in Claudine Longets innocence. Sabichs ex-girlfriend said that he took her to dinner shortly before the accident and told me he could not get rid of Claudine and that she was throwing tantrums. For prosecutor and former district attorney Frank Tucker, the case was a glaring homicide that was onlycrippled by sloppy police work. Ive always known she shot Spider Sabich and meant to do it, he said. She was an over-the-hill glamour-puss, and she was not going to lose another man. Andy Williams had already dumped her, and she was not going to be dumped again, thank you.In the end, Claudine Longet was relegated to satirical sketches on Saturday Night Live and immortalized in the Rolling Stones song Claudine.After her boyfriend Ron Austin divorced his wife, they wed in 1985. The pair supposedly still live on Aspens Red Mountain together, not far from where Vladimir Sabich was killed.After learning about the murder of Spider Sabich and where Claudine Longet is today, read about the chilling mystery of Natalie Woods death. Then, learn about Katherine Knight slaughtering her boyfriend and turning him into a stew.The post Claudine Longet Killed A Beloved Olympian By Accident And Spent Only 30 Days In Jail For It appeared first on All That's Interesting.

WBURBob Ross on the set of The Joy of Painting. He filmed more than 400 episodes.When Robert Norman Ross died in 1995, the headline of his New York Times obituary read simply, Bob Ross, 52, Dies; Was A Painter On TV. It was tucked at the very bottom of the page, and it was the only one in the section without a photo.Since then, the happy painters legacy has only grown. Bob Ross-method painting instructors now teach throughout the country. And he has a massive base of fans who love his unwavering cheerfulness, laid-back attitude, and hypnotic voice in reruns of his long-running public television show The Joy of Painting.His fame, however, was not so much a product of his artistic talent, which was pioneering in its own right, as it was the result of his golden character. He became a force of goodness that encouraged viewers to believe in themselves.And yet Bob Rosss death was anything but joyful. Bob Ross died on July 4, 1995, following a brief and unsuccessful battle with cancer. But in the months before his death, he was plagued with legal and personal battles over his will and ownership of his estate. At some points, he was even heard shouting into the telephone from his deathbed.Bob Rosss Death Was Preceded By A Happy LifeBob Rosss life did not get the happy ending he deserved.Bob Ross was born on October 29th, 1942, in Daytona Beach, Florida. His father was a carpenter, and Bob was more at home in the workshop than school. He dropped out of school in the ninth grade to work as his fathers apprentice before joining the Air Force at the age of 18.He spent 20 years with the military, primarily in Fairbanks, Alaska, working as a drill sergeant. But he hated yelling at young recruits, and took up painting as a way to calm himself after long days. He allegedly swore that if he ever left the Air Force, he would never shout again. An incorrigible optimist, Ross studied under a painter named William Alexander, whose technique of rapidly applying layers of oil paint over each other without waiting for the previous layers to dry was known as wet-on-wet. And Ross perfected it so masterfully that he was soon able to finish a canvas in under 30 minutes. It turned out that 30 minute paintings was the perfect amount of time for a TV slot. And The Joy of Painting premired on January 11, 1983. But despite his new-found celebrity status, he always remained a humble and rather private person and devoted much of his time to fostering animals like deer, squirrels, foxes, and owls. Thats not to say he was without his vanities. In between tapings, the soft-spoken painter was known to take joy rides around the neighborhood in a fully-restored 1969 Chevy Corvette he bought with his new-found wealth. By and large, Ross life was like the show he put on when he painted in front of the camera: an inspiring story about a good-natured man who followed his dreams and was rewarded for it. Unfortunately, Bob Rosss death turned into an unhappy coda on the life of one of arts most joyful painters. How Did Bob Ross Die?YouTubeBob Ross was suffering from lymphoma during his final televised appearance.According to those who knew him, Bob Ross always had a feeling he would die young. He had smoked cigarettes for most of his adult life, and by the time he was in his 40s, he had suffered two heart attacks and survived his first battle with cancer. The second, against a rare and aggressive type called lymphoma, would prove too much for him.Ross was diagnosed in 1994, around the time he was getting ready to put the last episode of the thirty-first season of The Joy of Painting on tape. Eagle-eyed viewers may notice the once towering and energetic painter looking rather frail in his final televised appearance, though the worst was yet to come. Shortly after leaving television, Ross lost two famous trademarks. His perm fell out and his soothing voice became coarse. His failing health took him out of The Joy of Painting studio in Muncie, Indiana, and back to his estate in Orlando, Florida. During his final months, he didnt even have the energy to paint.Bob Ross died on July 4, 1995, in Orlando, not far from where he was born 52 years earlier. His gravestone, located in Woodlawn Memorial Park, is marked with the words television artist. On most days, his resting place is decorated with paintings left there by visiting students. In life and in death, Ross was a simple man of simple taste. Per request, his funeral was attended by only of a few close friends and family members. All who had received an invite were there to show their love to the happy painter. All except two: Bob Ross former business partners. The Battle Over Bob Rosss EstateYouTubeEven in death, Bob Ross lives on as one of the most iconic artists of all time.By the time Bob Ross died, he was the owner of a massive painting empire. He produced a line of art supplies with his face on the packaging, including palates, brushes, and easels, as well as instructional booklets. He even taught personal lessons for $375 per hour. By 1995, his business was worth over $15 million.And the battle over the Bob Ross, Inc. empire began before he had even died. Days before The Joy of Painting came to an end, his business partner, Walt Kowalski, left him a bone-chilling message. Reporting for The Daily Beast, writer Alston Ramsay referred to this message as a declaration of war, full of legalese and posturing. It had a single purpose: complete ownership over Bob Ross, his name, his likeness and everything he had ever touched or created. Walt, along with his wife, Annette Kowalski, met Ross when he was still an apprentice, and together they helped the magnetic painter launch his own television series in the 1980s. They had once been so close that Bob Ross wrote in his will that Annette was to be in direct line to administer his estate. But tension began in 1992, when Ross second wife Jane, one of four owners of Bob Ross, Inc., died of cancer. After Janes death, her share was divided between Ross and his partners. The Kowalskis, who had owned a majority stake in Ross company ever since, were now waiting for the painter to give up his part of the cut. Steve told The Daily Beast how his father spent his final hours locked in a steaming-hot shouting match with them. But just as Ross could change a painting half a minute before the end of an episode, so too did he make some lightning-quick adjustments to his will. In it, he handed the right of his name and likeness over from Annette to his son Steve. And his estate became the property of his third wife Lynda, whom the painter married on his deathbed. The Lasting Legacy Of The Happy PainterWikimedia CommonsThe stunning landscapes of Alaska will forever be tied to Bob Ross.Though stations continued to air reruns of The Joy of Painting for a few more years following Bob Rosss death, the painter and his work slowly began to fade from memory. Before long, he had been reduced to a cherished childhood memory of people who grew up in the 1980s. Then the age of the internet brought back Ross from the dead. In 2015, Bob Ross, Inc. made a deal with the live-streaming service company Twitch. The television network wanted to launch their brand with a stream-able marathon of The Joy of Painting. The company agreed, and just like that the happy painter became front-page news again. A new generation of people some of whom were interested in painting and some of whom just wanted to relax after a long day discovered Ross for the first time.Today, Ross is more beloved than he ever was. His lasting success is due, in part, to the timelessness of his message. In truth, The Joy of Painting isnt so much about learning how to paint as it is about learning to believe in yourself, to trust in others, and to appreciate the beauty of the natural world. And so, Bob Ross lives on even after his untimely death.After reading about the death of Bob Ross, learn about the tragic life of Family Feud host Ray Combs. Or, read about Rod Ansell, the real life Crocodile Dundee.The post Bob Ross Death: How The Final Days Of The Happy Painter Led To ABitter Feud Over His Estate appeared first on All That's Interesting.

There are several staples you can expect when playing a survival horror game: tense atmosphere, impeccable sound design, and, of course, jump scares.