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Stories of the Strange and Unusual

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A black-and-white illustration one of Robertson's phantasmagoria shows, featuring a skeleton swooping above a terrified audience.

From Phantasmagoria Shows To High-Octane Halloween Haunts: A History Of Haunted Attractions In The United States

October 5, 2020 by Lucia

There are so many things I love about the Halloween season: The cooling weather; the fiery foliage; the sense that, finally, it is socially acceptable for me to watch a horror movie literally every Continue Reading > about From Phantasmagoria Shows To High-Octane Halloween Haunts: A History Of Haunted Attractions In The United States

Filed Under: Encyclopaedia, Games, News, Places, Tales Tagged With: extreme haunts, Halloween, Halloween 2020, haunted attractions, haunted houses, Haunted Mansion, history

Creepy Wikipedia: Weegee, Crime Scene Photography, And The Business Of Murder

September 28, 2020 by Lucia

Previously: The Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine. When I first stumbled upon the Wikipedia page for the photographer Weegee, who is known primarily for his street shots, documentation of the activity of Continue Reading > about Creepy Wikipedia: Weegee, Crime Scene Photography, And The Business Of Murder

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: Arthur Fellig, Creepy Wikipedia, Crime scene photography, history, photography, Weegee, weird history, Wikipedia

The cover of the book The Psychonomy of the Hand, published in 1865.

How Does It Work?: Palmistry, Or, How To Hold The Future In The Palm of Your Hand

September 14, 2020 by Lucia

Previously: Tarot Cards. I couldn’t tell you when I learned that palm-reading existed; due in large part, I think, to the kinds of stories I developed an interest in at an early age, knowledgeable Continue Reading > about How Does It Work?: Palmistry, Or, How To Hold The Future In The Palm of Your Hand

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: chirology, chiromancy, divination, history, How Does It Work?, palm-reading, palmistry

Bic Camera Namba

Haunted Globetrotting: Bic Camera Namba and the Sennichi Department Store Fire, Osaka, Japan

August 31, 2020 by Lucia

Previously: Knock-Knock Road, Michigan. (CW: Massive building fire with an incredibly high loss of life in incredibly horrifying ways.) The Bic Camera location in Namba is far from the only Bic Continue Reading > about Haunted Globetrotting: Bic Camera Namba and the Sennichi Department Store Fire, Osaka, Japan

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: Bic Camera, fire, Haunted Globetrotting, haunted places, history, Japan, Sennichi Department Store, Sennichi Department Store fire

Two cards from the 15th century Visconti-Sforza tarot deck: From left to right, the cards for Hope and the Hanged Man.

How Tarot Cards Work: Storytelling And The Exploration Of Your Own Mind

July 27, 2020 by Lucia

Previously: The Stone Tape Theory. They loom large in our cultural landscape: Decks of brightly colored cards, illustrated with the finest of details and seemingly capable of telling us endless Continue Reading > about How Tarot Cards Work: Storytelling And The Exploration Of Your Own Mind

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: cartomancy, cold reading, history, How Does It Work?, psychic, storytelling, tarot, tarot cards

A kissing chair

The Most Dangerous Games: The Kissing Chair Game

June 10, 2020 by Lucia

Previously: Black Helen. Note: Please don’t copy/paste or republish the text of this post on other websites without permission. A recent upload to the Creepypasta Wikia — it arrived on Jan. 8, Continue Reading > about The Most Dangerous Games: The Kissing Chair Game

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: creepypasta, furniture, games you shouldn't play, history, kissing chair, Kissing Chair Game, loveseat, sofa, The Most Dangerous Games

Haunted Globetrotting: The Witches Of Auckland Domain, New Zealand

May 11, 2020 by Lucia

Previously: The Historic Sacred Heart Hospital, Pensacola, Florida. In the middle of Auckland, New Zealand, there’s a massive public park. Known as Auckland Domain, it features, spread out over 75 Continue Reading > about Haunted Globetrotting: The Witches Of Auckland Domain, New Zealand

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: Auckland, Auckland Domain, ghosts, Haunted Globetrotting, haunted travel, history, New Zealand, sculpture, witchcraft, witches

An elevator control panel

On The Elevator Game: The History Of A Modern Urban Legend And Its Real-Life Connections & Consequences

April 27, 2020 by Lucia

Previously: On The Momo Challenge. Some people know it as Elevator To Another World. For others, it’s the Elevator To Hell. Some simply call it the Elevator Ritual or the Elevator Game. But no Continue Reading > about On The Elevator Game: The History Of A Modern Urban Legend And Its Real-Life Connections & Consequences

Filed Under: Tales Tagged With: analysis, Cecil Hotel, cultural commentary, elevator game, elevator to another world, elevators, Elisa Lam, games you shouldn't play, history, Japan, Japanese urban legends, Korea, Minato Ward elevator accident, Stay on Main, The Most Dangerous Games, Unresolved, unresolved mysteries, urban legends

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