by The Lineup | Dec 15, 2015 | culture, magick and occult, paranormal, religion and belief, weird/science |
By ORRIN GREY Anyone who’s heard of the Hand of Glory raise your, um, hand. Perhaps you’re familiar with these ghastly magic items—the severed hands of fiendish men that are pickled and dried and turned into talismans. Such objects frequently appear in role-playing...
by Eric Olsen | Dec 11, 2015 | art, books, comics, culture, media, movies, paranormal, radio, religion and belief, seasonal, supernatural beings, television |
On this special holiday episode of After Hours AM/America’s Most Haunted with co-hosts Joel Sturgis and Eric Olsen, we talk Krampus with famed novelist Richard Kadrey, an aficionado of dark Christmas traditions of every stripe! Kadrey, who lives in San...
by Eric Olsen | Dec 11, 2015 | art, books, comics, culture, media, movies, paranormal, religion and belief, seasonal, supernatural beings, television |
It seems you can’t swing a dead cat these days without smacking into Krampus, the dark shadow to the bright light of St. Nicholas at Christmastide. The ancient Alpine demon-thing comes equipped with horns, fangs, claws, unruly fur, hooves, long creepy tongue;...
by Eric Olsen | Dec 10, 2015 | culture, ghosts and spirits, paranormal, religion and belief, seasonal |
Most of us take the rituals and customs of Christmas at face value and don’t realize how weird and ancient some of them truly are. Remember the Log Lady on Twin Peaks? The middle-aged woman who cradled a log in her arms and passed on its clairvoyant prognostications?...
by Eric Olsen | Dec 9, 2015 | culture, paranormal, religion and belief, seasonal, supernatural beings |
Most of us take the rituals and customs of Christmas at face value and don’t realize how weird and macabre some of them truly are. Over the last several years there has been a surge of awareness and interest in the various dark companions of the saintly, gift-giving...
by Eric Olsen | Dec 8, 2015 | art, culture, magick and occult, media, paranormal, religion and belief, seasonal, supernatural beings |
Most of us take the rituals and customs of Christmas at face value and don’t realize how weird and ancient they truly are. Though many people know that our modern Santa Claus evolved from the real-life 4th century Bishop of Myra, St. Nicholas, very few of us...
by The Lineup | Dec 4, 2015 | ghosts and spirits, haunted locations, paranormal |
By DEANNA JANES It all started with a picture. A few years ago, while on a school field trip, a teacher and her students posed for photos in front of Louisiana’s historic Myrtles Plantation. Later, when the teacher went over her photos, she noticed a chilling guest in...
by Eric Olsen | Dec 3, 2015 | ghosts and spirits, haunted locations, media, monsters, paranormal, television, vampires |
[SPOILERS ahead for American Horror Story Hotel “Ten Commandments Killer” episode] While loving the portentous buildup and lavish settings of the “Ten Commandments Killer” reveal on last night’s American Horror Story Hotel, the actual...
by Eric Olsen | Dec 2, 2015 | radio, Uncategorized |
Listen live right here Thursday night, December 3, at 9pE/8C to After Hours AM/America’s Most Haunted radio as hosts Joel Sturgis and Eric Olsen welcome Halloween music legends Midnight Syndicate to the show. We will be discussing the duo’s amazing...
by Eric Olsen | Dec 2, 2015 | culture, ghosts and spirits, media, paranormal, religion and belief, seasonal |
The winter holiday season is layer upon layer of tradition and symbol drawn from disparate cultures over thousands of years, pagan and Christian, natural and supernatural, Yule and Christmas, Winter Solstice and the birth of Christ, with common themes of rebirth,...
