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Ghost Town: Strange History, True Crime, & the Paranormal

The Dress (GT Mini)

Ghost Town: Strange History, True Crime, & the Paranormal

Ghost Town

Social Sciences, History, True Crime, Science

3.7938 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

The 2015 viral phenomenon has a dark update.

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0:00.0

A viral update. I'm Rebecca Leib, I'm Jason Horton, and this is Ghost Town.

0:23.2

We have a disturbing update to one of the world's most famous viral moments.

0:28.0

Is it blue and black or white and gold?

0:31.2

Remember the dress that broke the internet in 2015?

0:34.7

I don't get the white and gold part, I really don't.

0:43.6

Eight years later, Kear Johnston is now accused of trying to murder his wife Grace.

0:50.0

In the fast-paced world of social media, viral phenomenon come and go.

0:54.2

But few have captured the attention and ignited the passions of people around the globe,

0:58.2

quite like the dress in 2015, a seemingly innocuous photograph of a striped dress

1:03.2

became the center of heated debate.

1:05.6

It all began when a photograph of a dress surfaced online.

1:08.3

Would appear to be a simple image of a blue and black or white and gold dress quickly became

1:12.9

the subject of controversy. Some viewers vehemently argue that the dress was white and gold.

1:17.7

Some, blue and black. Sparking a frenzy of discussion means and even scientific explanations.

1:23.7

The world seemed divided and the dress became a symbol of both fascination and frustration.

1:28.4

Viral photos and videos of days gone by rarely have an update to their story.

1:32.6

The tale of the dress that broke the internet has in fact a dark update.

1:37.6

It begins with a wedding of Kear and Grace Johnson, where the mother of the bride's dress

1:41.2

was debated over whether it was black and blue or white and gold.

1:44.5

Wedding guest, Caitlin McNeil, first shared an image of the now infamous dress on Tumblr,

1:49.4

and then we get to Kear Johnson after this break.

1:52.5

Kear Johnson

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