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Creepy Wikipedia: Book Curses, The Medieval Way To Make Sure Library Books Get Returned

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Previously: Mercy Brown, Vampire. What’s the best way to make sure library books make it back onto the shelves from whence they came? Fines? Late fees? Chaining books to the shelves so they can’t Continue Reading > about Creepy Wikipedia: Book Curses, The Medieval Way To Make Sure Library Books Get Returned

Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The “Man Proposes, God Disposes” Cursed Painting

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Previously: The “Letta Me Out” Doll. Click here for content warnings. Type: CO (Cursed Object). Period/location of origin: 1864, England, United Kingdom. The precise location of origin Continue Reading > about Encyclopaedia Of The Impossible: The “Man Proposes, God Disposes” Cursed Painting

Haunted Road Trip: The I-4 Dead Zone, Florida’s Field Of The Dead

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Previously: The Manila Film Center. Interstate 4, or I-4, spans just over 132 miles, stretching across the entire state of Florida and connecting Tampa on the western side with Daytona Beach on Continue Reading > about Haunted Road Trip: The I-4 Dead Zone, Florida’s Field Of The Dead

Haunted Globetrotting: The Manila Film Center’s Horrifying History, Philippines

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Previously: Kreischer Mansion, Staten Island, New York. It was supposed to be a grand cinema palace, a tribute to filmmaking that would make the Philippines’ capital city of Manila into a rival Continue Reading > about Haunted Globetrotting: The Manila Film Center’s Horrifying History, Philippines

The Fascinating & Gruesome History Of Madame Tussauds Chamber Of Horrors

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Previously: A History Of Haunted Attractions In The United States. Wax museums are fun, but they’re also undeniably creepy. But creepier even than your standard wax facsimiles of Marilyn Monroe, Continue Reading > about The Fascinating & Gruesome History Of Madame Tussauds Chamber Of Horrors

Haunted Road Trip: Bara-Hack, Pomfret’s Lost Village Of Voices, Connecticut

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Previously: The Street With No Name, Australia. New England is full of historical remnants — old houses, former farms, and even full towns that still look as they did centuries ago. Many of them Continue Reading > about Haunted Road Trip: Bara-Hack, Pomfret’s Lost Village Of Voices, Connecticut

Abandoned: The Decaying Splendor Of Winderbourne Mansion, Boyds, Maryland

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Previously: Fairfield State Hospital. Not too far away from Washington, D.C. lies Boyds, Maryland. An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, it was long known as a primarily rural area; Continue Reading > about Abandoned: The Decaying Splendor Of Winderbourne Mansion, Boyds, Maryland

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