Some people collect Halloween masks. Some people collect trading cards. Some people collect toy trains. Mark Voegel, 30, however, collected spiders, snakes, termites, reptiles, and loads of other nasty creatures. He was said to have more than 200 of these various critters contained in his Dortmund, Germany, apartment, including a black widow spider. Unfortunately, in [...]
Archive for February, 2011
Man Consumed By Bugs and Other Creepy Crawlies
Posted: 28th February 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in Halloween UnexplainedTags: black widow spider, halloween masks, mark voegel
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Edward Gein: Horror Has a Face
Posted: 24th February 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in Halloween UnexplainedTags: buffalo bill, edward gein, leatherface, norman bates
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First, I want to warn everyone that this article may not be safe for work (or even safe for life). Edward Gein was one of the creepiest, craziest, and most deranged individuals to have ever lived, and he is the core inspiration for countless horror characters, films, books, and plays. Characters inspired by Edward Gein: [...]
Shain Erin: A Master of Dolls
Posted: 23rd February 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in Halloween FunTags: dolls, shain erin
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Dolls have always been viewed as creepy and frightful creations, even before Chucky was introduced to the world in the 1988 horror film Child’s Play. At a doll’s core, it is a miniaturized representation of a human being. That alone should set off your creepy senses. Of course, there are some people out there who [...]
The Paris Zombie Walk of 2010
Posted: 22nd February 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in Halloween FunTags: live rasoloarison, paris zombie walk, zombie walk
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For those that have been sticking with the blog, you may remember my post detailing a zombie walk. They are massive events that span hundreds – and sometimes thousands – of people, who all dress to resemble one of the undead. From zombie makeup and torn clothing to severed limps and loads of fake blood, [...]
The Winchester Mansion: The Legend of the Winchester Family
Posted: 21st February 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in Halloween FunTags: haunted house, winchester, winchester mansion, winchester mystery house
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In 1884, Sarah Winchester began construction on the Winchester Mansion, also known as the Winchester Mystery House. The mansion was under constant construction for 38 years – stopping only due to the death of Sarah Winchester – and it is widely reported as a haunted house. During those 38 years of construction, Sarah directed all [...]
The Amityville Horror: A Debatably True Story
Posted: 17th February 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in Halloween FunTags: amityville horror, h.p. lovecraft, haunted house, lutz
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In December of 1975, George and Kathleen Lutz bought a house located at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, New York. The house was purchased for what seemed to be a ridiculously low price – $80,000. The six-bedroom house had a boathouse, a swimming pool, a gambrel roof, and it was located on a canal. Overall, [...]
Howard Phillips “H.P.†Lovecraft – The Master of Cthulhu
Posted: 16th February 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in Halloween FunTags: cthulhu, h.p. lovecraft, lovecraft, lovecraftian
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Howard Phillips Lovecraft, an American novelist, was a dedicated lover of the macabre and the horrific. Dedicating his life to the art of writing, H.P. Lovecraft wrote some of the scariest, creepiest stories ever to be produced. His art of writing stories did not follow the typical “Boo!†scary stories, where you know why you [...]
The Rhode Island School for the Feeble Minded
Posted: 15th February 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in Halloween FunTags: exeter, ladd school, the exeter school, the ladd center, The Rhode Island School for the Feeble Minded
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Sometime during the twentieth century, America became obsessively fascinated with studying the human mind, and institutions for the mentally and physically disabled began to pop up all over the land. This created a secondary location for individuals suffering from mental disorders. Rather than go to a psychiatric asylum, they could pursue help from a professionally [...]
Ghost Towns from Around the World: Friday – San Zhi, Taiwan, and Katoli World, Taiwan
Posted: 11th February 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in Halloween FunTags: katoli world, San Zhi, Taiwan
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Today, we are traveling to Taiwan for a doubleheader of ghost towns – San Zhi and Katoli World. San Zhi, as you will soon see, is a strange and oddly experimental resort for the rich and famous, with building resembling UFO ships. Katoli World, on the other hand, was once an amusement park that brought [...]
Ghost Towns from Around the World: Thursday – Prypiat, Ukraine
Posted: 10th February 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in Halloween FunTags: Chernobyl, Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, ghost town, ghost towns, prypiat
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On the 26th of April, 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, located near the town of Prypiat, sent forth a plume of radioactive fallout. The plume was birthed from an explosion that occurred in reactor number four at the Chernobyl plant. Since that explosion, some 350,400 people have been evacuated and resettled from areas around [...]