by Maledicta | Jun 11, 2018 | Books, Interesting People
It’s hard to believe that the story of Dr. Frankenstein and his monster is now 200 years old. That’s right. In 2018, Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus – one of the greatest horror stories in literary history – celebrates its bicentennial year. Since the...
by Maledicta | Jun 3, 2018 | Interesting People, Oddities and Curiosities, Weird Tourism
One day toward the beginning of March, an unusual object arrived at a New York City airport. Carefully encased in a foam-padded, specially built wooden chair and strapped in with a bright-blue sash, it was the stuffed skeleton of one of Britain’s most...
by Maledicta | May 28, 2018 | Interesting People, Macabre Amusements, Video
Celebrate Vincent’s 107th birthday with some of his classic performances! “I sometimes feel that I’m impersonating the dark unconscious of the whole human race. I know this sounds sick, but I love it.” – Vincent Price If any actor is the face of...
by Maledicta | May 13, 2018 | Halloween 365, Interesting People
Harry Houdini is still considered one of the greatest illusionists and magicians in history. In addition to his fantastic escapes and stunts, he was also well known in the 1920s for his debunking of fraudulent Spiritualist mediums. In this, modern information...
by Maledicta | Apr 15, 2018 | Interesting People, Oddities and Curiosities
Death masks of freshly executed criminals were her specialty! Few people knew the unapologetic sensationalism of Victorian popular culture better than Marie Grosholtz, better known as Madame Tussaud of wax-museum fame. Born to a family line dotted with public...
by Maledicta | Apr 2, 2018 | Interesting People, Maledicta's Movie Corner, Video
You never can tell what might trigger an idea for an article. For example, as I admired the beautiful Easter lilies on Sunday, I was reminded of the giant people-eating plant in one of my favorite cheesy horror films, Little Shop of Horrors (1960). Which in...
