by Maledicta | Mar 15, 2019 | Halloween 365
In Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day is an actual religious holiday. But many here in the States, St. Patrick’s Day is basically an excuse to dress in green, drink green beer, and maybe an evening of Darby O’Gill and the Little People and chill. There’s...
by Maledicta | Mar 11, 2019 | Halloween 365
If you think this is about “The Ripper,” you don’t know Jack… When you think of a scary dude named Jack from Victorian England, “Jack the Ripper” is probably the first one who comes to mind. Of course, the Ripper may have been the most notorious...
by Maledicta | Feb 21, 2019 | Halloween 365
Whether they’re in London or Paris, New York or New Zealand, other than mausoleums and drafty old castles, theaters seem to be more prone to paranormal activity than other types of buildings. Considering the level of drama, superstition, and ego...
by Maledicta | Feb 21, 2019 | Halloween 365
Once upon a time, when you died, your simple pine coffin was carried to the graveyard on a basic no-frills horse-drawn cart. But as the American funeral industry evolved, so did the art of corpse transportation. Changing attitudes toward death in the Victorian...
by Maledicta | Dec 9, 2018 | Halloween 365
For the last hundred years, Americans have kept ghosts in their place, letting them out only in October, in the run-up to our only real haunted holiday, Halloween. But it wasn’t always this way, and it’s no coincidence that the most famous ghost story is a...
by Maledicta | Dec 3, 2018 | Halloween 365, Uncategorized
Have you heard about the mysterious Black Angel, the crypt with moving coffins, or Lilly Gray, “Victim of the Beast?” Every grave tells a story… And some are more “strange and unusual” than others. Most of these stories are prosaic enough,...
