by Maledicta | May 23, 2019 | Macabre Amusements, Maledicta's Movie Corner, Video
Yes, it’s true! Last year I posted an article about the Clown Motel in Tonopah, Nevada, when it was named the “scariest motel in America.” Now I’m happy to report that this terrifying haunted landmark is about to be the subject of its own horror movie,...
by Maledicta | Mar 15, 2019 | Books, Macabre Amusements
St. Patrick’s Day celebrations are usually boisterous and cheerful affairs with freely flowing alcohol and merriment. But there’s a darker side to Irish culture, a penchant for the macabre and mysterious. Remember, Halloween itself was brought to us by the...
by Maledicta | Jul 30, 2018 | Halloween 365, Weird Tourism
The Los Angeles landmark that inspired American Horror Story: Hotel! The Hotel Cecil in downtown Los Angeles has seen more than its fair share of suicides, murders and mysterious disappearances since its opening in 1927. Built on Main Street, an up-and-coming...
by Maledicta | Jun 24, 2018 | Halloween 365
Victims of the 1912 Titanic disaster are still haunting the artifacts retrieved from the bottom of the Atlantic The RMS Titanic set out on its maiden voyage with an estimated 2,222 people aboard on April 10, 1912. Tragically, only 706 of those passengers...
by Maledicta | Jun 17, 2018 | Halloween 365
Can you imagine a better place for a haunting than a theater? If you’ve ever worked in a theater (or you were a theater kid in high school), then you’re probably familiar with urban legends with hanging stage hands, ghostly actors, or phantom theater guests who...