It has been a long while since a decent psychological horror has come my way, tapped into my senses and left me deeply disturbed. So I was thrilled when I was sent a link to Hagazussa, the first feature length film of Berlin based director Lukas Feigelfeld. After watching the trailer, I knew in my… Continue reading Interview : Lukas Feigelfeld Director Of Hagazussa
So, this is something pretty damn exciting. A series of strange symbols and witchmarks to protect King James 1st from evil have been discovered under the floorboards of one of England's most important historical houses - Knole, in Kent. For more information on this fantastic discovery, (which have actually been described as a bit 'blair… Continue reading Witchmarks
These portraits were taken by Dr. Hugh Welch Diamond, the superintendent of the Female Department at the Surrey County Asylum. For more insight into Diamond's work and these images, check out this article over on Cvlt Nation.
Highly recommended ten minute documentary about the Museum of Icelandic Sorcery & Witchcraft. For a really interesting, in-depth look at the secret staves of the Icelandic witches, go here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvJqiBE2c5M#t=262
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Winter's Gibbet, on Steng Cross, in Elsdon, Northumberland, remains a popular venue for a day's excursion. Named after one William Winter, hanged at Newcastle's Westgate in 1792 for murder and whose body was subsequently displayed as a warning to all Steng Cross, the current gibbet is the latest in a long line of wooden replacements.… Continue reading Raise The Horns For Halloween / A Day Out At The Gallows
James Anthony Apparel offers historically inspired, screen printed garments for men and women. Each item is screen printed by hand and never mass produced.
You have to see it to believe it really. I know part of me thinks that if I ordered some of THE BEST WRAPPING PAPER IN THE WORLD that I'd get some blank sheets of printing paper through the post, scrawled with the words 'fooled you! It doesn't really exist!' But I for one am… Continue reading Can You Pass Me The Vlad The Impaler Wrapping Paper?
Images of the Apocalypse and Doomsday from medieval manuscripts.
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
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 