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...
