EW! Ants nibbled at her eye! / Serial killer music / Kraft Deluxe Original Macaroni & Cheese Dinner

Note: The Giving Mme blogquiz, by Sophie.


Today's Nibbly Yet Truly Morbid Fact!

A woman receiving treatment for diabetes at a state-run hospital in eastern India lost one of her eyes after ants nibbled away at it. The patient recovering from a post-surgery infection shrieked for help as the ants attacked her on Sunday night, but nurses told her it was normal to feel pain from the infection. On Monday, the patient's family saw a gaping hole with swarming ants in it when they lifted the bandage on her left eye. Authorities of the Sambhunath Hospital in Kolkata said they were probing the incident. "It's not uncommon for ants to attack diabetic patients. We have set up a committee to investigate the unfortunate incident," hospital superintendent A. Adhikary said. Scampering rats and stray cats and dogs sharing bed space with patients are not uncommon sights at India's overcrowded state-run hospitals that are used by millions of poor and middle-class people.

Culled from: Reuters
Generously submitted by: Paradox

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Morbid Valentine Contest!

I've decided to try to hold a contest every month this year: let's see how long I keep this up. For the month of January, we had the Morbid Caption Contest. Now for the month of February, I thought it would be fun to have a "Morbid Valentine" Contest. Whoever creates the best morbid Valentine image (as subjectively chosen by The Comtesse) will win a copy of Van Cosel, the story of one of the great romantics of our times: Count Von Cosel, who loved Elena Hoyos so much that he dug her corpse up and took it home with him.

Van Cosel
By Tom Swicegood

Send your creations to valentine@asylumeclectica.com. Contest closes on February 12th with the results announced in the Valentine's Day edition of MFDJ. May the most morbid Valentine win!

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Morbid Mirth!

Q: What is more fun than stapling dead babies to the wall?

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A: Pulling them off.

You can blame David for that one.

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Death Metal Du Jour!

Val writes to tell me about a Chicago band of morbid note:

"I am not sure if you have heard of them, but there is a band called Macabre that sings all about serial killers. It is the absolute greatest. Check them out.