These slightly unsettling pictures somehow feel both innocently funny and wickedly malevolent at the same time.

Cursed images have a way of grabbing your attention and making you wonder how—and why—they even exist. They’re the perfect mix of funny and unsettling, capturing moments that feel just a little off in ...

When you think of the word “cursed,” what comes to mind? Do you imagine a witch from your favorite childhood fairy tale putting a spell on innocent children that wandered into her garden? Or how about ...

Everyone has a guilty internet pleasure. Some spice up their time online by watching porn in an incognito browser, others find solace in binge-scrolling through pages and pages of their co-workers ...

Emma Grey Ellis covers memes, trolls, and other elements of internet culture for WIRED. Shocking images are classic internet entertainment: Before they get to social media, many cursed images start ...

Three years ago, I interviewed the proprietor of the Twitter account Cursed Images, which had amassed more than eighty thousand followers in just a few months with its steady stream of creepy, uncanny ...