Come with us now on a journey into the forests; walk with us as we delve into the tales and traditions enfolded within the woodlands of the world. Pick up your lantern and step into the dark branches as we dig deep into the soil to unearth their mysteries. There are stories to be heard,…
Tag: History
Frankenstein Author Mary Shelley Was Born on This Day in 1797 in London | #PromoteHorror |#FrankensteinDay
You can view the actual digitized manuscript of Frankenstein from 1818. Browse a collection of the family’s digitized papers, including the original manuscript of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein at the National Endowment of the Humanities grant-funded Shelly-Godwin Archive. Mary Wollstonecraft and her husband William Godwin, together with their daughter Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley and her husband,…
The Maleficent History of Welsh Witchcraft
For the past year research masters student at Liverpool Hope University has been delving into the maleficent history of Welsh witchcraft to uncover the gruesome stories behind those put to death for seemingly meddling with the dark arts. Between 1484 and 1750, more than 200,000 women were tortured, burned or hanged in western Europe after…
Burying the Dead: An Archaeological History of Burial Grounds, Graveyards and Cemeteries
Burying the Dead: An Archaeological History of Burial Grounds, Graveyards and Cemeteries Pen and Sword History Publishing, 2020 216 pages Follow the author as they excavate human remains buried inside an ancient Kirk and reassess the influence of Ancient Egypt upon funerary architecture. Deep in the heart of North Yorkshire, at a place called Walkington…
Event: Vampire Burials: An Archaeological Perspective | October 27, 2021
Vampire Burials: An Archaeological Perspective by Archaeologist and Death Historian Lorraine Evans About this event From medieval times onwards certain communities had an abiding fear of the undead, a belief that corpses could reanimate and become revenants, namely the walking dead. In parts of Eastern Europe, for example, throughout the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, there…
Letters on Demonology & Witchcraft by Sir Walter Scott [1830]
These days, I do a lot of “window shopping” online, mostly. It’s fun to just peruse online auctions, storefronts, local marketplaces and good old Craigslist. There’s not a lot of books left that I really need to own… but that doesn’t always stop me! Occasionally, I’ll come across something too rare or unique (or just…
Late 19th Century Memento Mori Marble Skull
Haunting the Dusty Shelves with Wickedmama 💀 Auction Edition It’s no surprise to some of you that I love to haunt the bookstores, antique stores, auctions and any dusty old roadside place where I might find something interesting! During the pandemic, I started following auctions on the Liveauctioneers site, mostly just window-shopping and mentally curating…
Filmmaker Seeking Esoteric Texts For Vast Collection on the Occult
Filmmaker Seeking Esoteric Texts For Vast Collection on the Occult – he boasts an extensive collection of rare texts related to the occult in his extensive personal library.
Lithuania’s Hauntingly Beautiful Kryžių Kalnas, or the Hill of Crosses
This all started with a single post by my lovely friend: This hauntingly beautiful photo evoked a somber mood. It’s a sea of wooden, stone, and metal crosses, some piled one upon another. Why are there so many crosses there and what inspired people to put so many crosses in this very place? I needed…
Exploring an Abandoned Grade II Listed Mansion – Abandoned Places UK | The Ghost Trail
Exploring an Abandoned Grade II Listed Mansion – Abandoned Places UK | The Ghost Trail. I can only dream of finding places like this! #UrbEx #Abandoned #Horror
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Explore the Macabre History of Anthropodermic Bibliopeg: Books Bound in Human Skin (trigger warning)
Explore the Macabre History of Anthropodermic Bibliopeg: #Books Bound in Human Skin (trigger warning) #Horror stuff for sure! READ MORE >>
King-eating Colossus of Revolutionary France and its Connection to Frankenstein’s Monster
As the French Revolution entered its most radical years, there emerged in print a recurring figure, the collective power of the people expressed as a single gigantic body — a king-eating Colossus. Samantha Wesner traces the lineage of this nouveau Hercules, from Erasmus Darwin’s Bastille-breaking giant to a latter incarnation in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. —…
Antique Memento Mori Ring Skull
Memento Mori jewelry is the name given to sixteenth through eighteenth-century jewelry that was created as a reminder of the inevitability of death and the need to live piously. Read More >>
Salem Witch Museum Online Exhibit
Salem Witch Museum Exhibits Witch trials began in Europe in the early fifteenth century and continued well into the eighteenth century. Over time, fear spread to the colonies, resulting in witch panics, such as the Salem witch trials. While it is challenging to assess the total number of executions that took place throughout this period,…
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