About
Rotten.com[1] is a shock site dedicated to showcasing photographs depicting uncensored graphic medias such as extreme gore, violence, autopsies, physical deformities, and absurd sex acts. It was created by Thomas E. Dell of Soylent Communications, a website hosting company.[2]
History
Rotten.com was registered on July 23, 1996[3] after Dell wrote a program that listed all available domain names. He selected the domain from about 12 that showed up and launched the website in 1997 as, as he put it, a “what should I do with this domain now that I blew a hundred bucks on it” exercise.[4]
Features
The main page contains links to the latest images as as well as to ancillary sites (some of which are now defunct), for example Mugshots.org,[5] a website that contains mugshots of famous criminals and celebrities, and the Notable Names Database,[6] a website that provides information on various notable individuals such as politicians, celebrities, criminals, and athletes.