by Eric Olsen | Sep 29, 2016 | culture, ghosts and spirits, halloween, paranormal, religion and belief, supernatural beings, Uncategorized |
Pumpkins and their gutted and mutilated offspring jack-o-lanterns are THE most pervasive symbol of Halloween in the United States. Recall that the Peanuts Halloween classic is called It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, that the Headless Horseman’s...
by Eric Olsen | Sep 27, 2016 | culture, halloween, monsters, religion and belief, seasonal, vampires, weird/science, witches |
A key element of Halloween is honoring the darkness and the mysteries held therein. Originally Halloween was celebrated by the ancient Celts and their Druid priest class as Samhain, “summer’s end,” marking the death of the old year and birth of the...
by Clarissa Cole | Sep 26, 2016 | culture, weird/science |
When the term “Femme Fatale” comes to mind, it is likely fraught with juicy film noir imagery: A sexy woman wooing the unsuspecting private eye into a tangled web of seduction and murder… But – perhaps fortunately – such scenes are relatively rare in real life. In...
by Eric Olsen | Sep 21, 2016 | books, culture, halloween, magick and occult, media, paranormal, religion and belief, supernatural beings |
Though it’s still very summery in much of the country, with the opening of a number of haunted attractions, costumes and candy overflowing shelves in stores, and spooky programming easing onto screens big and small, the Halloween season is upon us. Amidst the...
by Blogcritics | Sep 21, 2016 | culture, media, movies, paranormal, supernatural beings |
By Leo Sopicki The 1980s are cool again, as evidenced by the popularity of Stranger Things. But there was something from the 1980s even stranger: the Evil Dead trilogy. The films starring Bruce Campbell as Ash (The Evil Dead, Evil Dead II, and Army of Darkness) set...
by Clarissa Cole | Sep 16, 2016 | culture, weird/science |
Genene Jones was born in Texas on July 13, 1950 and was immediately given up by her birth parents. She was adopted by Dick and Gladys Jones, a wealthy San Antonio couple, who adopted three other children as well. They all lived together in a large and comfortable home...
