With Halloween rapidly approaching, our fancy turns to ghosts, goblins, witches, demons, and all the other beasties that go bump in the night. I love reading about this kind of stuff–but stick me in a haunted house and I’m not going to be happy. If you think your house might …
Read MoreEarlier this week, while appearing on Hot Ones, Drew Barrymore confirmed the Old Hollywood rumor that Errol Flynn stole the body of her grandfather for a night on the town. The legend goes that when actor John Barrymore died in 1942, his friends Errol Flynn, W.C. Fields, and Sadakichi Hartmann …
Read MoreDeuteronomy 7:26 reads “Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.” So: no cursed items in the house. But what if it was …
Read MoreAt Lurking Beyond, we love haunted dolls. Well, we love to be absolutely terrified of them. There’s something so creepy about dolls to begin with. It might be an Uncanny Valley thing–dolls look almost, but not quite, like real people and that’s unsettling. We examined the strange economy of selling …
Read MoreIf you ever travel through southwest Iowa, stop over in Villisca–but don’t stay the night. At least not at the home where eight people were slaughtered in 1912… and where their ghosts are said to remain. With a name like “Villisca Ax Murder House,” you at least know what you’re …
Read MoreEverybody has heard of a Ouija board. You can probably picture one right now with a fair degree of accuracy–even if you can’t spell the name off the top of your head. That’s a lot of vowels. But where did the name come from, and why do some people think …
Read MoreNew Orleans is full of ghosts. In fact, some people claim that it’s the most haunted city in America. But one haunted house in particular stands out, both for the horrors of its past and the odd tale of its more recent history. Spoiler alert: Nicolas Cage is involved. Delphine …
Read MoreGhost ships, despite their spooky name, are a very real phenomenon. A worrying number of vessels, from large steamers to small fishing boats, turn up with their crew and passengers simply… gone. The Marie Celeste Perhaps the most famous is the Marie Celeste. We covered this unsolved mystery in, well, …
Read MoreWhen you ask horror writers where they get their ideas, be prepared for a very disturbing answer. Great novelists and filmmakers are often inspired by real-world killers, hauntings, and possessions. Although they might not be labeled “based on a true story,” these are the real tales behind some of the …
Read MoreAre you living in a haunted house? We’ve assembled the top tell-tale signs that you are sharing your home with ghosts. 45% of Americans believe that ghosts, demons, and other spirits exist. Even if you’ve never had a paranormal experience, you probably know someone who has. There are simply too …
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