Forget everything you think you know about Christmas and discover the evil side of this ironically festive holiday. Try to celebrate after reading about the sinister back stories to the Christmas characters and rituals usually thought of with fond affection. You’ll learn that dark history always wins over sanitized commercialism. 5) Tomtin – Santa’s Little […]
You’d be hard pressed to find a person over the age of fifteen who hasn’t heard the name Ted Bundy. He is one of the most infamous serial killers in the history of the United States. When Ted was fourteen years old, he encountered his first adult magazine, discarded in an alleyway by his house. Intrigued […]
Believe it or not, haunted dolls are not altogether hard to find. Many people list these dolls for sale online, along with other haunted objects. But what once was a rare and terrifying item has somehow evolved into a marketing ploy. Updated 2/10/2020 – Are there dolls out there that are truly haunted? In short—yes. They […]
You’ve seen exorcism movies and read books where priests perform exorcisms – usually after receiving permission from the Vatican – for innocent victims of demonic possession. What’s terrifying is that most of these stories are based on true reports, leaving us wondering if demons are real. Updated 2/10/2020 – These are only ten of the […]
Born into a family with a long history of ectrodactyly – which is a deformity where the fingers and toes are fused together to produce a claw-like or flipper-like appearance – Grady Stiles was a freak-show performer known as “Lobster Boy.” He was born in 1937 and died at the age of 55 – from […]
There are many reasons for people to join a cult – especially if they feel alienated from society or that they’re missing something in their current associations. What’s more disconcerting is the idea of deciding to step over the line and joining a group where murder, abuse and delusion are the order of the day […]
If you’re a horror buff, you can satisfy your thirst for murder and mayhem at the Museum of Death, but be prepared for grisly exhibits and shocking imagery. Even the most seasoned of you will be amazed at the depths of depravity and the proof that humans can stoop to the most heinous levels of […]
Several of Lorraine and Ed Warren’s cases have been made into successful books and films, including the infamous Amityville Horror story, where an innocent family were plagued by demonic spirits. Updated 2/10/2020 – The Warrens have also been called on by many paranormal investigators to assist with their own haunted cases, bringing their vast knowledge […]
The following is a guest post by James T. Bartlett, author of Gourmet Ghosts 2. Updated 2/10/2020 – Hidden in the pages of Gourmet Ghosts 2, my latest guide to murder and mystery in L.A.’s eateries, joints and flophouses, are tales of the supernatural. Don’t be fooled this Halloween – there are spirits all over this […]
Halloween as we know it today is far removed from its Celtic origin over 2,000 years ago. The true meaning of Halloween traverses a colorful, but also a quite sinister, history since the beginning, where the celebrations revolved around the harvest and the end of Summer, along with the advent of a long, dark winter […]
