by Maledicta | Jun 5, 2019 | Halloween 365
Throughout human history, people have set aside special final resting places for their dead. But as population density (including deceased cemetery residents) increased, the byproducts of decomposition were concentrated in such quantities that it became a...
by Maledicta | Jun 5, 2019 | Halloween 365
I recently started a new job, so that’s my excuse for overlooking the observance of World Goth Day on May 22nd. Heaven forbid I should miss an opportunity to celebrate the only holiday devoted to those of us who are pale, morbid, and favor the color...
by Maledicta | May 23, 2019 | Costumes & Couture, Halloween 365
Before Halloween became a cultural phenomenon, it was a simpler affair. Halloween used to be a homemade holiday. For instance, no one debated the merits of giving out “Fun Size” vs “Full Size” candy bars. Halloween treats were usually simple...
by Maledicta | May 5, 2019 | Halloween 365
Hey Torquemada, whaddaya say? I just got back from the auto-da-fé! Auto-da-fé, what’s an auto-da-fé? It’s what you oughtn’t to do but you do anyway! – Mel Brooks, History of the World Part I “The Inquisition” The...
by Maledicta | Apr 22, 2019 | Halloween 365
Throughout history, witch hunters have relied upon a number of bizarre and often astonishingly cruel ways of identifying witches and testing them to make absolutely sure (more or less) that they were dealing with an actual minion of Satan. One of the main...
by Maledicta | Apr 7, 2019 | Halloween 365, In the News
There’s been a lot of buzz in the news lately about using DNA matching to solve cold murder cases. So it definitely made headlines when it was recently announced that the Jack the Ripper case, one of history’s great unsolved mysteries, has been solved once and...
