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The Ghost In My Machine

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Spooky Gifts For Spooky People: 23 Holiday Gift Ideas For The Discerning Ghost

November 9, 2020 by Lucia

Well, we’ve got a first for TGIMM this year: A holiday gift guide. But! A holiday gift guide for spooky people. If you have a spooky person or two in your life — or if you, yourself, are a spooky Continue Reading > about Spooky Gifts For Spooky People: 23 Holiday Gift Ideas For The Discerning Ghost

Filed Under: Admin, Encyclopaedia, Games, News, Places, Tales Tagged With: art, artists, books, gift guide, holiday 2020, holidays, recommendations, spooky books, spooky people

18 Spooky Artists To Follow On Social Media To Put Some Strangeness Into Your Feeds (Halloween 2019)

October 14, 2019 by Lucia

Previously: The Uncanny Horror Of Vintage Halloween Costumes. I will freely admit that I am really, really bad at social media. I’m slightly too old to be considered digitally native to it, and Continue Reading > about 18 Spooky Artists To Follow On Social Media To Put Some Strangeness Into Your Feeds (Halloween 2019)

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: art, artists, Halloween, Halloween 2019, Instagram, social media, the internet, Twitter

Creepy Wikipedia: The Black Paintings Of Francisco de Goya

September 2, 2019 by Lucia

Previously: The Chicago Cholera Epidemic Myth. There are 14 of them: 14 paintings depicting ghoulish figures and desolate landscapes rendered in dark, muddy colors. They have no names — or at Continue Reading > about Creepy Wikipedia: The Black Paintings Of Francisco de Goya

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: art, Black Paintings, Creepy Wikipedia, cursed painting, Francisco de Goya, haunted painting, Wikipedia

Creepypasta of the Week: "The Gallery of Henri Beauchamp"

July 4, 2016 by Lucia

Previously: "The Weird Part of YouTube." “The Gallery of Henri Beauchamp” is one of the earliest examples of a genre of creepypasta of which I’m particularly fond. I’m honestly not totally sure Continue Reading > about Creepypasta of the Week: "The Gallery of Henri Beauchamp"

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: art, creepypasta, Creepypasta of the Week, The Gallery of Henri Beauchamp

Encyclopaedia of the Impossible: The Crying Boy

November 24, 2014 by Lucia

Previously: Kashima Reiko.  Type: MO (Malevolent Object) Period/location of origin: 1950s, Italy. Appearance: Subject appears to be a mass-produced copy of a painting of a crying child. The Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia of the Impossible: The Crying Boy

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia Tagged With: art, Bragolin, Bruno Amadio, cursed painting, Encyclopaedia of the Impossible, haunted painting, MO, The Crying Boy

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