One day, in the not too distant future, I will have a house which will be famed for its weirdness. It will be a house people in the local supermarket will talk about under their breaths, as they wait at the meat counter for their ham to be sliced. It will be the kind of… Continue reading Creepified Taxidermy
The importance of anatomical models cannot be overstated in the education of medical professionals, but these learning tools have not always been so… clinical. Behold, the “Anatomical Venus,” idealized female forms first popularized in 18th century Europe, intended for the education of both medical students and a curious public (men and women were most often… Continue reading The Alure Of The Disembowled
Perfect accessory for any black, dusty, wax encrusted mantlepiece. Johnny B Wilde casts them using a real skull and solid paraffin wax, which means they'll burn for an eternity. Well, almost.
Tonight (US time) something dark and wonderful will open in Brooklyn, New York City. The Morbid Anatomy Museum includes a library, a classroom, cafe, gift shop and gallery for temporary exhibitions. The exhibition they're opening with tonight is entitled 'The Art of Mourning.' My heart jumps just thinking of all the gloriously morbid artifacts and images… Continue reading The Morbid Anatomy Museum
English teenager Mitch Glover was on a school trip to the Neauville-St Vaast German war cemetery in France, when he caught a spectre on his Iphone. The ghost you can see in the image (to the left) appears to be wearing the uniform of the Seaforth Highlander regiment - a kilt and a tam o'… Continue reading Seaforth Highlander
I favoured the darker material on TV when I was growing up. Under double figures it was Are You Afraid of the Dark? The Demon Headmaster, Goosebumps and The Twilight Zone. When I tripped over into my teens, Buffy the Vampire Slayer became my weekly ritual. Dawson's Creek and all that gooey, sunlit shit could… Continue reading Live Action Horror
The magazine is coming along nicely, though like the majority of things, it's taking longer than expected to get everything together. Fortunately I've plenty of experience in creating magazines, so getting delayed with certain aspects doesn't come as a massive shock. It will still be with your soon though - a little slice of darkness… Continue reading Wyrd Words & Effigies / Magazine Update
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Moritz Aust
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 