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Terror Management Theory and the Headless Nun of Watton Priory

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Philosophy

Terror Management Theory and the Headless Nun of Watton Priory

January 28, 2021 — 6 Comments

The Possession of Nicola Aubry: Lessons on Exorcism from Satan

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

The Possession of Nicola Aubry: Lessons on Exorcism from Satan

May 13, 2020 — 1 Comment

Bargrave and Veal: The Reading Lists of the Undead

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology

Bargrave and Veal: The Reading Lists of the Undead

May 11, 2020 — 5 Comments

Captain Beauclerk’s Prehistoric Horse Haunting

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Captain Beauclerk’s Prehistoric Horse Haunting

April 22, 2020 — 4 Comments

A Monstrous Ticket to Ride: Liminal Locomotives

Anthropology, Folklore, Geography, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy, Technology

A Monstrous Ticket to Ride: Liminal Locomotives

October 6, 2019 — 4 Comments

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

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

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

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

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

Daniel Defoe’s Insufficiently Haunted Planet

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

Daniel Defoe’s Insufficiently Haunted Planet

May 5, 2018 — 3 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

Astral Projection for the Discriminating Dog

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Astral Projection for the Discriminating Dog

March 27, 2018 — 1 Comment

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

The Wakulwe Theory of Ghosts

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

The Wakulwe Theory of Ghosts

March 15, 2018 — 0 Comments

Greeting the Unknown Guest: Party Crasher or Host?

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

Greeting the Unknown Guest: Party Crasher or Host?

February 28, 2018 — 1 Comment

Getting the Steamboat Willies: The Phantom of Raccourci Cutoff

Anthropology, Folklore, Geography, Mythology

Getting the Steamboat Willies: The Phantom of Raccourci Cutoff

January 15, 2018 — 0 Comments

Radio Free EsoterX: Obscure Ghost Ships

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Technology

Radio Free EsoterX: Obscure Ghost Ships

December 5, 2017 — 0 Comments

Hell is for Railroad Telegraphers

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Occult, Technology

Hell is for Railroad Telegraphers

November 13, 2017 — 1 Comment

Friends Don’t Let Friends Hunt Ghosts: The Dogged Haunting of Ballechin House

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Friends Don’t Let Friends Hunt Ghosts: The Dogged Haunting of Ballechin House

October 31, 2017 — 1 Comment

Internship of the Undead: Christopher Monig, Afterlife Apothecary

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Internship of the Undead: Christopher Monig, Afterlife Apothecary

September 29, 2017 — 5 Comments

For Whom the Phantom Bells Toll: Major Moor and the Sorites Paradox

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Philosophy

For Whom the Phantom Bells Toll: Major Moor and the Sorites Paradox

September 26, 2017 — 3 Comments

No Taxation without Predestination: The Phantom Battle of Utrecht

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology

No Taxation without Predestination: The Phantom Battle of Utrecht

August 28, 2017 — 3 Comments

Make America Ghostly Again: The Demon Cat of Washington D.C.

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Make America Ghostly Again: The Demon Cat of Washington D.C.

August 16, 2017 — 7 Comments

Dame of Doom: The White Lady of the Hohenzollerns

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Dame of Doom: The White Lady of the Hohenzollerns

July 10, 2017 — 0 Comments

I Found Seven Skeletons in My Dining Room in 1874

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

I Found Seven Skeletons in My Dining Room in 1874

July 4, 2017 — 1 Comment

Peter Plogojovitz: Barefoot Vampire or Shoeless Ghost?

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Peter Plogojovitz: Barefoot Vampire or Shoeless Ghost?

June 28, 2017 — 2 Comments

What Dreams May Come from Herr Wesermann?

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

What Dreams May Come from Herr Wesermann?

June 17, 2017 — 0 Comments

Fear No Evil When You Walk through Oberlin’s Valley of Death

Anthropology, Folklore, Geography, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Fear No Evil When You Walk through Oberlin’s Valley of Death

June 4, 2017 — 0 Comments

Haunted House Hunting with Mrs. Butler

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

Haunted House Hunting with Mrs. Butler

May 3, 2017 — 0 Comments

The Bottle Smashing Ghost of Via Bava No. 6

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

The Bottle Smashing Ghost of Via Bava No. 6

March 24, 2017 — 2 Comments

Tempting Fate at Ticonderoga: Major Duncan Campbell and The Black Watch

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology

Tempting Fate at Ticonderoga: Major Duncan Campbell and The Black Watch

March 9, 2017 — 0 Comments

Outsourced Morality: The Conscience-Formed Phantom Drums for You

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Outsourced Morality: The Conscience-Formed Phantom Drums for You

February 28, 2017 — 1 Comment

“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