by Maledicta | Apr 2, 2018 | Halloween 365, Oddities and Curiosities
Digital reconstruction technology reveals the face of a Scottish “witch” who died 314 years ago Lilias Adie confessed to witchcraft and sex with the devil, but she died in prison in 1704 before she could be burned at the stake. Now, thanks to BBC Radio...
by Maledicta | Jan 2, 2018 | Interesting People, Video
After 80 years of resting in relative peace, Friedrich Wilhelm (FW) Murnau, the acclaimed director who brought Nosferatu to life, made the news once again in 2015 when grave robbers broke into his tomb and stole his head. After his untimely death in a 1931 car...
by Maledicta | Nov 6, 2017 | Halloween 365
The Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) is celebrated in central and southern Mexico on November 1st and 2nd. This interesting holiday is a hybrid of the modern Catholic holidays of All Saints and All Souls Days and the ancient traditions of the indigenous...
