Death by Fiction
During the Victorian Era, society had great concern about the effect of scary stories on children, including the possibility of long-term emotional damage and...
Short Stories for Creative Inspiration
In a post on ScreenCraft, Shanee Edwards recommends 12 short stories to read for creative inspiration. While Edwards focuses on screen adaptations, any kind...
What Books are in the Lost Library of Ivan the Terrible?
The lost Golden Library of Ivan the Terrible was believed to have held ancient manuscripts and occult works and was possibly destroyed by fire....
Did Witchcraft Help Win WW2?
Voodoo may have helped cause the downfall of Adolf Hitler, according to a 1943 article from the Detroit Evening Times shared on Strange Ago...
Singing at the Grave of John Baptist Krell
The grave marker for John Baptist Krall and his wife Sarah Selfe Krall is an interesting structure in itself: four stacked granite blocks, only...
The Lost Art of the Ghost Show
In an article on CrimeReads, Keith Roysdon examines the history of America's traveling "ghost shows." "True ghost shows were an evening’s worth of entertainment,"...
What Did You Expect to Find in Abyss Pool?
A human foot was found floating in a hot spring in the southern part of Yellowstone National Park. The foot and a shoe were...
11 Books You’ll Never Read
In a post on Mental Floss, Lorna Wallace takes a look at eleven famous books that are thought to be lost forever. "There are many...
Do You Believe These Five Creepy Story Prompts?
Techy Twist shares stories shared by Reddit users who swear these creepy things actually happened to them:
I was chilling in a cafe several...
More Secrets of the Antikythera
We've shared the story of the Antikythera as a writing prompt before. But did you what else was discovered on the same shipwrecked vessel?
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