Submitted by Corodon Fuller The initial havoc of the first season of The Walking Dead is behind us. Season 2 is where the ensemble—the show’s real strength—start to come out of the woodwork. The plot… well, you can’t win them all (but give it another season). The Greene farm hosts an awful lot of bickering, dickering, dithering, and dicking, but it …
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Ah, werewolf movies. Personally love the gratuitous exploitation of the lunar challenged but it’s damn hard to find good ones. Speaking of which, when’s the last time you’ve seen a decently terrifying flick about a lycan grace the big screen? American Werewolf in London? The Howling? Perhaps the Underworld franchise? The Wolfman? Off the silver screen there’ve been quite a …
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Whether the creature itself is real, the fact remains that sightings of Bigfoot and other rather hairy bipeds have occurred just about everywhere in the US. The Bluegrass state is no exception, and lately there seems to be a swelling of Kentucky Bigfoot sightings. One recent sighting details an encounter in August 2014 by a family simply trying to enjoy …
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Submitted by Corodon Fuller AMC’s The Walking Dead will be starting its sixth season this October. What’s made it one of the best things on TV almost all the way through has been its willingness to ask big questions. What does it mean to be a good person? What does it mean to survive? How much are these things worth? In …
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Rural farmlands are home to a plethora of horror tales “designed” to raise the hair on the back of your neck, and to send shivers down your spine. Some of these tales are quite tall, indeed; told to young folk by their elders as a way to ward them away from certain behavior. Hence the word “designed” comes into play. …
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Dear Sarah, Well, my bliss was short-lived and, just as I should have known, my blind happiness was a bit dangerous too. I let my guard down. I was in such a great mood and the world, and everything in it looked perfect. I didn’t think anything at all could bring me down, and that was my undoing. I was …
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When considering the topic of mysterious creatures that dwell in lakes, the most famous case of Loch Ness and its ‘monster’ probably comes to mind. Nessie is far from the only one of her kind, though, and one example from British Columbia is a creature known as the Ogopogo. References and written records to this strange, large creature living in …
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Usually, a news story involving a vampire would rekindle the debate about whether these bloodsucking cryptids were ever real. However, in the case of the Florida Fanger, some vampire stories are so far out there that no one wants to touch them (literally and figuratively). At one point, you’ve most likely experienced a stalker or at least an overly aggressive …
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Hunting and fishing – two favorite activities shared by millions the world over. While some people pursue these pleasures for the sport, others take part as a means of survival. Deep in the heart of Alabama, hunting, fishing and farming are an inseparable means of cutting one’s survival out of the land using his or her own hands. Families pass …
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It should come as no surprise to anyone that a creature as large and as powerful as Bigfoot could pose a real threat to the lonely wilderness adventurer. After all, bears, large cats and wolves are rightfully regarded with extreme caution. A recent story highlighting the potential danger of a Bigfoot attack comes from a group of friends in California …
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Monstrum Athenaeum Tearing open the cryptid world of werewolves, vampires & zombies.