Author: Overcoming Adversity | Buteau’s Odyssey

Okay, cave horror. We’ve all been there, right? Just kidding, most of us haven’t willingly trapped ourselves underground. Although we might like to make fun of those who do it online. But we have seen many movies about it. After all this time, The Descent continues to be the most unnerving film on the subject. Got Claustrophobia? First off, let’s talk about the setting. Caves are terrifying to most people, but some people see a playground in that wet, dark hole. Dark, cramped, disorienting. It’s almost like we aren’t meant to be down there at all. Neil Marshall, the director,…

A New Zealand woman has spoken out after her horrifying experience while traveling went viral. Molly, who goes by molsgonewild online, left a chill down every woman’s spine over the weekend after sharing an interaction with a local man during her solo trip across Sri Lanka. “I debated sharing this – but this is the reality of solo travel as a woman,” she wrote to her Instagram followers. “During my solo tuk-tuk road trip across Sri Lanka, a man asked for sex and exposed himself to me. It was one of those moments that shakes you a bit, even when you think…

Will the real Slim Shady please stand up? Eminem has taken legal action against an Australian beachwear brand called Swim Shady due to the company name being too similar to his Slim Shady alter ego. The “Lose Yourself” rapper, whose real name is Marshall Mathers III, filed his petition against Swim Shady with the US Patent and Trademark Office on Sept. 29, per a filing obtained by The Post. Eminem performs in Detroit, Michigan, on June 6, 2024. Getty Images Eminem took legal action against the Australian beachwear brand Swim Shady on Sept. 29, 2025. Swim Shady Eminem, 53, alleged…

Job, career, or calling: How do you think about your work? What role do family and friends play in your life? Like it or not, our sense of purpose and goals are ever-changing. Here are some common challenges and dangers as you move through your life. 20s This stage involves starting out, exploring, learning, dating, and possibly marriage. Finding your place in the world. Learning how to be an adult with everything that comes with it—paying bills, buying cars, dating, maybe becoming a parent. Challenges: How to get a foothold on the job ladder; how to find a partner; how…

New York City’s “Bernie Madoff of landlords” has defaulted on nearly $170 million in loans — and is facing foreclosure on a whopping roughly 35 Manhattan properties, new court records show. Steven Croman, a longtime notorious landlord and convicted fraudster — who did a stint on Rikers Island more than a decade ago — is now facing another reckoning, but this time in civil court. A bevy of lawsuits filed recently filed against Croman in Manhattan Supreme Court claim he is in default on $168 million worth of real estate loans. Steve Croman, who pleaded guilty to mortgage fraud a…

After delivering thrills and chills all year long on the paneled page, EC Comics and Oni Press will still have plenty of frightful fun for readers to lay their eyes upon in the dawn of the new year, and as a terrifying treat for Daily Dead readers, we have a look at the eye-catching (and eye-gouging) covers and deadly details for Cruel Universe 2 #7, the Valentine’s Day special Tortured Hearts #1, and the blood-splattered Catacomb of Torment #8! Ahead of their forthcoming February releases from Oni Press, you can peruse the perilous covers and sinister synopses for all three…

A chilling warning has emerged for backpackers after a young tourist died and at least 10 others were hospitalized after a suspected mass poisoning at a budget hostel in Bali. The incident occurred at Clandestino Hostel in Canggu, where travelers reported falling violently ill following a communal dinner. Chinese tourist Deqing Zhuoga collapsed with severe vomiting and chills at the $9-a-night accommodation. The 25-year-old was later found unresponsive in her bunk and pronounced dead on September 2. According to the Daily Mail, she was found semi-naked, in only an unbuttoned blue shirt. Chinese tourist Deqing Zhuoga died during her $9-a-night accommodation…

Estranged: for good. Cynthia Erivo detailed the “last time [she] ever had a conversation” with her father before their “shock” estrangement. The actress wrote in her “Simply More” memoir that her dad left her “alone, in a London underground station after an argument about a transit pass.” Cynthia Erivo detailed the “last time [she] ever had a conversation” with her estranged dad. The actress told “We Can Do Hard Things” listeners about their final altercation when she was 16. INSTARimages As a guest on the “We Can Do Hard Things” podcast Tuesday, she clarified that her father had never been…

Indonesia’s Mount Semeru volcano erupted Wednesday afternoon around 4:00 p.m. local time, sending ash more than 6,500 feet into the air, according to data from the country’s Center for Volcanology. The eruption was ongoing as of Wednesday evening local time. The Center warned people to stay at least 5 miles away from the volcano due to potential hot ash clouds or lava flows. Ejected pyroclastic rocks are possible 1.5 miles away from Mount Semeru’s peak, according to the warning. There’s no word on any injuries resulting from the eruption. Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology’s Volcanic Ash Advisory Center, which is responsible for the…

A mother and father were convicted of decapitating two of their children and then making their two younger sons view their siblings’ headless bodies. Maurice Jewel Taylor Sr. and Natalie Sumiko Brothwell were found guilty Tuesday of murdering their daughter, Maliaka, 13, and son Maurice Jr., 12, in the family’s home in Lancaster, California, in November 2020. After the savage killings, they made their two younger sons, ages 8 and 9, look at their older siblings’ bodies before locking them in their bedrooms without food or water “for several days,” according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Natalie…