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🗓️ 21 July 2023
⏱️ 5 minutes
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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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