by Maledicta | Oct 7, 2018 | Interesting People, Oddities and Curiosities
Take a peek inside his morbid museum of rare occult and paranormal history, human remains, and grotesque freaks of nature. Calvin Von Crush, a full-time tattoo artist, has spent years scouring dark nooks and crannies for rare pieces of occult and paranormal...
by Maledicta | Sep 16, 2018 | Books, Interesting People, Macabre Amusements
Without a doubt, Stephen King has to be the most successful horror author of all time. He has 70 books to his credit as well as at least 75 movies and TV shows that have been adapted from his work. It’s safe to say that with over 300 million books...
by Maledicta | Aug 27, 2018 | Interesting People
Rudolph Valentino (1895-1926) was indisputably one of the greatest stars of Hollywood’s Silent Era. The wildly popular “Latin Lover” was without a doubt the greatest sex symbol of early Hollywood, but his career was a short one: Valentino died...
by Maledicta | Aug 13, 2018 | Interesting People
Once upon a time, Aleister Crowley and poet William Butler Yeats crossed wands in an epic magical grudge match! A while back I posted an article about occultist Aleister Crowley, once described as “the Wickedest Man in the World.” Really, it depends on...
by Maledicta | Jul 31, 2018 | Interesting People, Weird Tourism
How a notorious 19th century (accused) axe murderer became today’s pop culture icon “Lizzie Borden took an axe And gave her mother Forty Whacks. When she saw what she had done She gave her father Forty-One.” Thanks to the schoolyard rhyme, even...
by Maledicta | Jun 11, 2018 | Books, Interesting People
This is a true story about fabrications that improbably became common knowledge. The protagonist is a poet whose name you’ll recognize, but whose life is still widely mischaracterized. The story’s villain is a poet whose name you won’t recognize, but is...
