New Guinea, one of the largest islands in the world, is home to many tribes considered “uncivilized” compared to our modern ways of living. Carving out their existence from the land by the sweat of their brows; these primitive peoples work tirelessly to sustain food and shelter. In the ways of war and territorial aggression, they’re not much different than …
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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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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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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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Dear Sarah, Midterms are a bitch! I should be studying but, oh hell, I can’t help it. I am in such a good mood nothing can bring me down. Even the unfairness of Social Psychology being taught by a sociologist isn’t pissing me off. Professor Frazier is a silly, little man. Doesn’t he know none of us care about his …
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According to a report on the Cryptozoology News website, a man had an amazing encounter in the woods of Wisconsin in August, 2013. If his story is true, he is one of the few people to ever witness a werewolf transformation and live to tell about it. The man, an outdoorsman who gave his name simply as Richard, lives in …
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There’s a lycan whose allegedly been running around the Wittlich Area of Germany since the early 1810s. This particularly nasty werewolf, known as the Morbach Monster, is worth mentioning because of its notorious origin and rather contemporary sighting. The legend of the Morbach Monster begins with a soldier named Thomas Johannes Baptist Schwytzer, who had a unique military career. He …
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Moosham Castle, located just outside of Salzburg, is one of the most haunted spots in Austria and high on the list of the spookiest places in the whole of Europe. The castle itself dates back to 1191 and is famous for its dark and bloody history when it was used during the Salzburg Witch Trials to sentence countless poor and …
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Anyone who has looked into the study of ghosts and hauntings knows of the Waverly Hills Sanatorium, which is located on the southwest side of Louisville, Kentucky. The hospital opened in the 1920’s as a treatment center for tuberculosis, and continued operations until the 1960’s. The treatments there were nothing more than a series of tortures performed in the name of …
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Monstrum Athenaeum Tearing open the cryptid world of werewolves, vampires & zombies.