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Four Chilling Reads for Horror Fans: Indigenous Gothic, Besieged Saints, Haunted Mansions, and Mrs. Lovett’s Dark Past
⚠️ Spoiler Warning: These reviews dive deep and include major plot points. If you prefer to go in blind, bookmark this page and return after reading! ⚠️ The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones Set across the frozen landscapes of Montana, the novel unfolds...
The Evolution of the Werewolf: From Ancient Myth to Modern Horror
Why do we dismiss werewolves as mere myth, when their stories surfaced independently across continents and cultures long before modern travel could carry legends from one land to another? Neither wholly man nor wholly beast, the werewolf is a figure of transgression...
The Ouija Board: More Than a Game
What if the board isn’t summoning spirits… but summoning you? . Whether you see it as a party trick or a portal to something darker, the Ouija board has a reputation that’s hard to ignore. Its origin traces back to the 19th century, when grief and belief collided in...
The Haunted Legacy of the Stanley Hotel
Beyond The Shining: The Real Ghosts of the Stanley Hotel . Perched in the mountain town of Estes Park, Colorado, the Stanley Hotel is a place of contradictions. Refined and eerie, historic and haunted. Known for its grand architecture, ties to Stephen King’s The...
St. Augustine: America’s Oldest — and Most Haunted — City
St. Augustine, Florida, isn’t just the oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement in the United States — it’s also one of its most haunted. Beneath its cobblestone streets and sunlit balconies lies a long, layered history of conquest, disease,...
Witch Hunts in Early Modern Europe: A Gendered Story
How fear, gender, and power fueled Europe’s witch hunts — and shaped the way we still see women today. Between the 15th and 18th centuries, Europe was swept up in a wave of witch hunts. But these weren’t just about superstition or fear of the devil, they were also...

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