Cause and Effect

“Number of Witches rises dramatically across U.S. as Millennials reject Christianity” says the headline to this article. That is the effect. And here is the cause: “Christian prophet: The Red Cross is ‘kidnapping people off the streets to use their blood for sacrifices’” The second article explains the first. Why are more and more people…

IT and Cultural Appropriation

I kinda hate to admit it, but whenever I see a headline like this one, complaining about some pop culture phenomenon somehow being disrespectful or inconsiderate to some minority group, my knee-jerk response is an eye roll. It’s because of just how far the political correctness movement, which started out as something good, calling for…

The White Lady of Sao Paolo

The “woman in white” is a fairly ubiquitous figure in ghost lore. There are a lot of them, showing up in ghost stories from all over the world. Intriguingly many of the stories contain similarities, as if they all spring from the same unconscious source, a true Myth with a capital M, in other words.…

Mayan Bat Baby Rattle

It’s downright amazing if you think about it, that this piece could have survived the massive fire that destroyed Wolf’s Museum of Mystery in New York State. When the fire happened several months ago, I was heartbroken. As time passed, though, and owners Wolf and Ali Mertz were able to sift through the wreckage of…

On the DARK SHADOWS Reboot

I have remained silent on this issue thus far, wanting to wait until I had more information before commenting. Unfortunately we still don’t know a whole lot about the proposed “revamped” series. It is tentatively titled DARK SHADOWS: REINCARNATION. Okay, I dig the title. What else? Here’s the official pitch: “The re-imagined show will be…

Famous Monster Masks

If you are of a certain age, the accompanying photograph above this article likely brought a wide smile to your face, and possibly a touch of melancholic nostalgia as well. This is the ad that ran in the rear of many an issue of Forry Ackerman’s FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND magazine. Gorgeous, aren’t they? I…