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The Ghost In My Machine

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An endless yellow hallway - that is, the Backrooms

Where Are The Backrooms? The Location Of The Original Photo Has Finally Been Found

May 31, 2024 by Lucia

Big news today for anyone who’s been following the concept of the Backrooms in any of its myriad forms over the past few years: As of May 29, 2024, the source of original Backrooms photo has been Continue Reading > about Where Are The Backrooms? The Location Of The Original Photo Has Finally Been Found

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The Remains In H. H. Holmes’ Grave Have Been Identified, Finally Proving That He Didn’t Fake His Death After All

September 1, 2017 by Lucia

A quick and, happily, definitive update to the “H. H. Holmes’ body is being exhumed” story we’ve been tracking for the past few months: The test results are in, and we can now conclusively say that H. Continue Reading > about The Remains In H. H. Holmes’ Grave Have Been Identified, Finally Proving That He Didn’t Fake His Death After All

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Chicago, Devil in the White City, H. H. Holmes, Murder Castle, news, serial killer

How To Be A Nanny In A Haunted House: Recommended Resources For The Ambitious Childcare Provider

June 21, 2017 by Lucia

If you are an “exceptional live-in nanny” looking to join a “friendly family of four” — two kids, ages five and seven — who live in a “lovely, spacious, historic property in a remote spot with Continue Reading > about How To Be A Nanny In A Haunted House: Recommended Resources For The Ambitious Childcare Provider

Filed Under: News Tagged With: babysitting, books, creepy kids, ghosts, haunted houses, horror movies, movies, nannies, news, podcasts, reddit, Turn of the Screw

The Wow! Signal May Have Finally Been Solved, And It’s Probably Not Aliens

June 7, 2017 by Lucia

It’s been one of the great unexplained space mysteries for decades: A sequence of six numbers and letters which, when taken together, represent a radio signal so astonishing that the first word that Continue Reading > about The Wow! Signal May Have Finally Been Solved, And It’s Probably Not Aliens

Filed Under: News Tagged With: aliens, news, UFOs, Unresolved, unresolved mysteries, Wow! signal

‘Mommy Dead And Dearest’: Further Reading On Gypsy Rose Blancharde, Dee Dee Blancharde, And Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy

May 24, 2017 by Lucia

I jettisoned cable a couple of years ago, so sometimes I miss what’s going on in the world of broadcast television. As such, I didn’t realize that HBO was airing a documentary about Gypsy Rose Continue Reading > about ‘Mommy Dead And Dearest’: Further Reading On Gypsy Rose Blancharde, Dee Dee Blancharde, And Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Dee Dee Blancharde, documentaries, Erin Lee Carr, film, Gypsy Blancharde, Mommy Dead and Dearest, Munchausen syndrome by proxy, news

The Body Of Serial Killer H. H. Holmes Will Be Exhumed, Laying To Rest Whether The Devil In The White City Faked His Own Death

May 16, 2017 by Lucia

I’m a little late to the party on this one, but it’s too good to pass up, so here we are: A team of researchers is about to exhume the body of H. H. Holmes. Holmes, whose real name was Herman Webster Continue Reading > about The Body Of Serial Killer H. H. Holmes Will Be Exhumed, Laying To Rest Whether The Devil In The White City Faked His Own Death

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Chicago, Devil in the White City, H. H. Holmes, Murder Castle, news, serial killer

Scare Yourself Silly: I Hate to Break It to You, But There’s Someone In Your House (And It’s Definitely Not You)

January 22, 2014 by Lucia

Previously on Scare Yourself Silly: DON'T CALL THIS NUMBER. SERIOUSLY, I MEAN IT. This post originally appeared on The Toast. Let’s play a little game. You’ve probably played it before; Continue Reading > about Scare Yourself Silly: I Hate to Break It to You, But There’s Someone In Your House (And It’s Definitely Not You)

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