Some historians, chemists, doctors, and scientists are constantly searching for an explanation for the creation of our human folklore, specifically the origin of vampires, werewolves, zombies, krakens, etc. Unfortunately, one of the by-products of this search is the mislabeling of modern diseases and conditions. Rather than producing a resulting explanation for why we are so [...]
Archive for January, 2011
Dispelling the Rumor: Porphyria, or “The Vampire Disease.â€
Posted: 31st January 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in Halloween UnexplainedTags: Porphyria, vampire, vampire folklore, vampiric
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Kittiwat Unarrom: Eat Like a Zombie at the Human Bakery
Posted: 29th January 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in Halloween FunTags: human bakery, Kittiwat Unarrom, zombie
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The Human Bakery, doesn’t that just sound nice? Say it out loud with me, “The Human Bakery.†It sounds so dark, disturbing, and a little cheesy, like it’s the central plot point of an old ‘50s science fiction movie – “The Human Bakery is people, it’s people!†Well, if you ever take a trip to [...]
Black Eyed Kids: Hide Your Everybody
Posted: 26th January 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in Halloween UnexplainedTags: black eyed kids, brian bethel, halloween
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In 1998, Brian Bethel, a struggling journalist at the time, had a strange encounter with something nearly unexplainable. Brian was sitting in his car in a parking lot when he was approached by two boys. They looked younger than the average teenager, but too mature to be thought of as “kids.†They were wearing ‘normal’ [...]
Ghosts: Haunting Your House, Bringing Down Its Value
Posted: 25th January 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in Halloween UnexplainedTags: Ackley, ghost, ghosts, haunted, haunted house, poltergeist, Stambovsky
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In 1991, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, held the case Stambovsky v. Ackley, where it was determined that a house publicly marked as ‘haunted’ can bring down the value of that house, and the current homeowner must inform any subsequent purchasers of the house’s haunted state. Before you go wondering about how a [...]
Werewolf-Vampire Connections
Posted: 21st January 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in Halloween UnexplainedTags: jé-rouges, vampire, vampires, vampiric werewolf, vampiric wolf, werewolf, werewolves
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Before the dawn of our modern society, word of mouth was the main mode of transportation for information and stories. Anyone who has every tried to pass on a piece of information via word of mouth would know that this information often becomes jumbled and misconstrued. Some historians believe this process of orally passing along [...]
Statistical Analysis of a Zombie Apocalypse
Posted: 21st January 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in Halloween FunTags: zombie apocalypse, Zombies
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In 2009, led by Philip Munz, Carleton University and the University of Ottawa created an epidemiological analysis of an outbreak of undead zombies. The zombies in the study were based off the Living Dead’s slow-moving zombies, yet the findings of the study do not bode well for the human race. In fact, the study concluded [...]
The Zombie Walk – An Event Massive Enough for Any Zombie Enthusiast
Posted: 18th January 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in Halloween FunTags: zombie, zombie apocalypse, zombie child costume, zombie costume, zombie props, zombie walk, Zombies
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Whether you have ever wished to own a zombie costume, or simply love zombie lore, let’s be honest for a moment, zombies are one of the largest fads currently lurching its way through mainstream media. From books (WWZ, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies) and movies (Shaun of the Dead, Fido, Zombie Strippers, 28 Weeks Later) [...]