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The Phantom Black Dogs of Wheal Vor Mine

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology

The Phantom Black Dogs of Wheal Vor Mine

August 28, 2019 — 2 Comments

Gardening with the Devil

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Gardening with the Devil

August 28, 2019 — 1 Comment

An Old Explanation for the Fermi Paradox: N ≈ L and L ain’t Looking Pretty

Anthropology, History, Mythology, Philosophy, Technology

An Old Explanation for the Fermi Paradox: N ≈ L and L ain’t Looking Pretty

August 19, 2019 — 2 Comments

Faerie Party Protocol: Surviving a Seelie Soirée

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology

Faerie Party Protocol: Surviving a Seelie Soirée

August 18, 2019 — 0 Comments

The Sleeping Preacher of North Alabama

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

The Sleeping Preacher of North Alabama

June 29, 2019 — 2 Comments

Anomalistic’s Faustian Bargain with Goethian Science

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

Anomalistic’s Faustian Bargain with Goethian Science

June 11, 2019 — 0 Comments

Vetting Your Oracle: Even Prophets Need References

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Occult, Philosophy

Vetting Your Oracle: Even Prophets Need References

May 28, 2019 — 0 Comments

Tin Foil Haberdashery: Disclosure, Revelation, and Mysticism

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

Tin Foil Haberdashery: Disclosure, Revelation, and Mysticism

April 10, 2019 — 3 Comments

Anomalous Airwaves: In My Defense, I was Left Unsupervised

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Anomalous Airwaves: In My Defense, I was Left Unsupervised

February 18, 2019 — 0 Comments

The Casper Constant: Ghosts as Natural Phenomena

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

The Casper Constant: Ghosts as Natural Phenomena

February 12, 2019 — 3 Comments

Some Phantasms are Just Phoning It In

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

Some Phantasms are Just Phoning It In

January 31, 2019 — 1 Comment

Wherever You Go, There You Were: A Vardøger Goes to Tipperary

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology

Wherever You Go, There You Were: A Vardøger Goes to Tipperary

January 3, 2019 — 1 Comment

The Sorcerous Syndicate of Molfetta: Dodging the Inquisition

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Occult

The Sorcerous Syndicate of Molfetta: Dodging the Inquisition

December 31, 2018 — 1 Comment

Ghost Writer: Stop the Phantom Presses

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Ghost Writer: Stop the Phantom Presses

December 4, 2018 — 0 Comments

Ghoulish Grudges: Do You Deserve to be Haunted?

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology

Ghoulish Grudges: Do You Deserve to be Haunted?

December 1, 2018 — 1 Comment

Exit Stage Left, Pursued by a Ghost Bear

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Exit Stage Left, Pursued by a Ghost Bear

November 6, 2018 — 0 Comments

Dead and Dreaming: Persistence of the Unconscious After Death

Anthropology, Folklore, Monsters, Mythology, Occult, Philosophy

Dead and Dreaming: Persistence of the Unconscious After Death

November 3, 2018 — 5 Comments

Queer Eye for the Dead Guy: Naked Ghosts and Phantom Fashion

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Queer Eye for the Dead Guy: Naked Ghosts and Phantom Fashion

August 30, 2018 — 3 Comments

Mommy Dearest: Portable Consciousness and the Near Death Experience

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Occult, Philosophy

Mommy Dearest: Portable Consciousness and the Near Death Experience

August 5, 2018 — 0 Comments

The Curious Afterlife of The Lord of Cool

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

The Curious Afterlife of The Lord of Cool

July 13, 2018 — 0 Comments

Captain Monckton’s Invisible Guest

Anthropology, Folklore, Geography, History, Monsters, Mythology

Captain Monckton’s Invisible Guest

July 1, 2018 — 0 Comments

Ancient Aliens and the Promise of Empire

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Philosophy

Ancient Aliens and the Promise of Empire

June 25, 2018 — 0 Comments

The Electric Girls of Smyrna

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Occult

The Electric Girls of Smyrna

June 3, 2018 — 1 Comment

Defense Against the Dark Algorithmic Arts: A Modern Primer

Anthropology, History, Mythology, Philosophy, Technology

Defense Against the Dark Algorithmic Arts: A Modern Primer

May 28, 2018 — 4 Comments

Frederick Marryat and the Brown Lady of Raynham Hall

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology

Frederick Marryat and the Brown Lady of Raynham Hall

May 19, 2018 — 2 Comments

Algernon Joy and His Useless Doppelgänger

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Algernon Joy and His Useless Doppelgänger

May 19, 2018 — 6 Comments

Daniel Defoe’s Insufficiently Haunted Planet

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult, Philosophy

Daniel Defoe’s Insufficiently Haunted Planet

May 5, 2018 — 3 Comments

The Goldfish that Would Be Pisces: Out of Place Objects

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Philosophy, Technology

The Goldfish that Would Be Pisces: Out of Place Objects

May 1, 2018 — 0 Comments

Beware Ghosts Bearing Gifts: Ezekiel Grosse and the Curse of the Rosewarne Gold

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Beware Ghosts Bearing Gifts: Ezekiel Grosse and the Curse of the Rosewarne Gold

April 28, 2018 — 1 Comment

Be Nice to Dead People: Professor Junker and the Reanimated Corpse

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology

Be Nice to Dead People: Professor Junker and the Reanimated Corpse

April 24, 2018 — 4 Comments

The Observer at Infinity: J.W. Dunne vs. the Volcano

Anthropology, Folklore, Geography, History, Mythology, Philosophy

The Observer at Infinity: J.W. Dunne vs. the Volcano

April 15, 2018 — 0 Comments

What’s the Market Value of the Devil?

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

What’s the Market Value of the Devil?

April 6, 2018 — 1 Comment

Dreaming a Dream of Death: Mrs. Wilkie and Mr. Esdaile

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Philosophy

Dreaming a Dream of Death: Mrs. Wilkie and Mr. Esdaile

April 6, 2018 — 1 Comment

Astral Projection for the Discriminating Dog

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Astral Projection for the Discriminating Dog

March 27, 2018 — 1 Comment

Notes from the Creepy Underground: Bergmönch and Meister Hämmerling

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology

Notes from the Creepy Underground: Bergmönch and Meister Hämmerling

March 26, 2018 — 2 Comments

Dead Men Tell No Tales and Corpses are Rotten Witnesses

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology

Dead Men Tell No Tales and Corpses are Rotten Witnesses

March 25, 2018 — 0 Comments

Slumlord to a Ghost: The Case of Giles Bolacre vs. Pierre Piquet

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Slumlord to a Ghost: The Case of Giles Bolacre vs. Pierre Piquet

March 25, 2018 — 0 Comments

A Few Good Anomalists: You Can’t Handle the Vacuous Truth

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Philosophy

A Few Good Anomalists: You Can’t Handle the Vacuous Truth

March 19, 2018 — 4 Comments

The Wakulwe Theory of Ghosts

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

The Wakulwe Theory of Ghosts

March 15, 2018 — 0 Comments

Once Upon a Time in Chennai: The Ghost and Captain Halpin

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

Once Upon a Time in Chennai: The Ghost and Captain Halpin

March 3, 2018 — 2 Comments

“It is a condition of monsters that they do not perceive themselves as such. The dragon, you know, hunkered in the village devouring maidens, heard the townsfolk cry ‘Monster!’ and looked behind him.”
-Laini Taylor

“If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they’ll kill you.”
-Oscar Wilde

“Life is Hard. After all, it kills you.”
-Katherine Hepburn

“Horror is beyond the reach of psychology.”
-Theodor Adorno

“All would be well. All would be heavenly–If the damned would only stay damned.”
-Charles Fort

“If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?”
-Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

“Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.”
–Jerry Garcia

“You can’t create a monster, then whine when it stomps a few buildings.”
–Yeardley Smith

“Horror is the natural reaction to the last 5,000 years of history.”
–Robert Anton Wilson

“The earth, it has been said, is one vast graveyard, and man can nowhere put down his foot without stepping on the remains of a brother.”
–M. Schele de Vere

“Even from the greatest of horrors, irony is seldom absent.”
–H.P. Lovecraft

“If the sleep of reason produces monsters, what does the sleep of unreason produce?”
–Guillermo Cabrera Infante

“The problem with people who say monsters don’t really exist is that they’re almost never saying it to the monsters.”
— Seanan McGuire, Discount Armageddon

“Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean there isn’t an invisible demon about to eat your face.”
–Jim Butcher, Storm Front

“What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people’s faces as unfinished as their minds.”
–Eric Hoffer, American Social Philosopher

“The human head is bigger than the globe. It conceives itself as containing more. It can think and rethink itself and ourselves from any desired point outside the gravitational pull of the earth. It starts by writing one thing and later reads itself as something else. The human head is monstrous.”
–Günter Grass, German Novelist