Bizarre History

On November 29, 1909, police were called to a ramshackle home in East Orange, New Jersey, where they found the emaciated body of 24-year-old Oceana "Ocey" Snead facedown in the bathtub - dead of an apparent suicide by drowning. There was even a note left behind. But it would not take authorities long to discover that Ocey's death was no suicide. And Ocey's own mother and two aunts were far from the sorrowful caretakers they appeared to be.

A Thousand Cuts is a candid exploration of one of America's strangest and most quickly vanishing subcultures. It is about the death of physical film in the digital era and about a paranoid, secretive, eccentric, and sometimes obsessive group of film-mad collectors who made movies and their projection a private religion in the time before DVDs and Blu-rays.

This bathroom book isn’t a novelty—it’s a mind-satisfying listen to keep you entertained in the loo. The insane-but-true stories within aren’t for the faint of heart, but they’ll sure make going number two a lot more satisfying! Whether you’re a pop-culture enthusiast, a science lover, a history buff, or are curious about a ton of other subjects, this book is perfect to fill those empty moments. Learn something new, impress your friends, and gain knowledge while on the john.