Get your Bat Boy here: Weekly World News on App Store
Suspend your disbelief for the sake of enjoyment
Bat Boy, The Redneck Vampire, Bigfoot's Baby, World's Biggest Baby, The Woman Who Slept With 5 Presidents... all have been cover stories for the now defunct US Weekly World News newspaper.
It still operates as a website of course, and now as an iPhone and iPod touch app, thanks to the guiding hands of Appy Entertainment.
The developer has previous form too having released its own Appy Newz, which enabled you to make up your own fake photo montages, either using the prebuilt elements or via your iPhone's camera.
With Weekly World News however, you can import your photos into those seminal covers of yesterday to create your very own Half-Man Half-Dog who Baffles Doctors.
Weekly World News is out now, priced 99c or 59p. Hit the Buy It! to find out if it really is Alive!
Jon Jordan
A Pocket Gamer co-founder, Jon can turn his hand to anything except hand turning. He is editor-at-large at PG.biz which means he can arrive anywhere in the world, acting like a slightly confused uncle looking for the way out. He likes letters, cameras, imaginary numbers and legumes.