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 | Aug 19, 2018 | Weird Tourism
In his 40 short years on this earth, Edgar Allan Poe lived a rather nomadic life. He lived in multiple east coast cities, including Boston (where he was born and returned years later), Baltimore, Richmond, Charlottesville, New York City, Providence, and...
by Maledicta | May 28, 2018 | Oddities and Curiosities, Weird Tourism
For centuries, the ghost of Marie-Josephte Corriveau has been haunting the cultural consciousness of Quebec, Canada. To many, the legend of “La Corriveau” is a ghost story, of a woman hanged for murder, her corpse put on display as a gruesome warning. But the...
by Maledicta | Mar 18, 2018 | Halloween 365, Weird Tourism
When it comes to demonic dolls, Chucky and Annabelle may have more film credits to their names, but there’s another famous haunted doll out there with many more years of experience. His name is Robert, and he currently resides at the Fort East Martello Museum...
by Maledicta | Nov 13, 2017 | Halloween 365, Oddities and Curiosities
Here’s another spellbinding tale of the supernatural, as reported by our friends at Haunted Pittsburgh! Try as they might, the Hollywood chillmeisters behind Annabelle: Creation (2017) can’t induce goosebumps as effectively as the true-life — and truly...
