On This Day November 18
On this day in 1978, in Guyana, 918 members of the People's Temple consumed cyanide [...]
The Heart of Shelley
The obsessive attachment to our mortal remains is a deeply seeded and timeless facet of the [...]
On This Day March 6
In 1836 the Alamo falls after 13 days of fighting, in 1922 Babe Ruth signs [...]
Who Put Bella In the Wych Elm
“Who put Bella in the wych elm?” It is a morbid query often scrawled across the Wychbury Obelisk in [...]
Who rides so late, through night and wind?
Writing a book is hard, as anyone will tell you. The obstacles and distractions in [...]
The High Priestess of Blood
She claimed to be the Aztec goddess Coatlicue, mother of the gods. She demanded worship, [...]
The Snallygaster
With a winged body that is half-reptile and half-bird, a metallic beak filled with razor [...]