Everyone loves to collect things.

It might run the spectrum from the casual gathering of favorite toys to the intricate organization

of classic valuable collectibles, but there's no denying the popularity of the act.

I'm sure you can remember one or two of your childhood collections.

I know I can.

And let me tell you, no one else in my neighborhood had as many buckeyes as me in the third grade.

Honestly, if it was significant, valuable, or just playing cool, all of us at one time

or another have started a collection.

Most people accumulate normal objects, but every now and then you can bump into things that

are more unusual.

We've all seen the TV episodes over the years that dive deep into this weird world.

Bacements filled with beer cans, basements overflowing with boxes of beanie babies, name a pop

culture icon and there are probably dozens, even hundreds of people out there who collect

anything related to it.

When I think about big collections, I always remember one of my father's friends.

He retired very young and spent years converting his home into a paradise for lovers of baseball

memorabilia, game-worn uniforms, signed baseballs, cards, toys, you name it, he had it.

But if there's one thing I've learned about people over the years, it's that humans,

as a species, are very good at crossing the line.

We have a tendency to take things too far, and when we do, it often makes an impression.

Some people have never been satisfied with accumulating happy meal toys or rare coins.

They're drawn to something different, something darker, and their collections across history

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