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Creepy, Occult & Otherworldly

Haunted Slavery: The Lalaurie Mansion, New Orleans

The Lalaurie Mansion in New Orleans, Louisiana, is said to be one of the most haunted houses in the French Quarter. The extreme and shocking stories that are told about the Lalaurie house are egregiously exaggerated and overwhelmingly gloss over the real issues of race, gender, and violence prevalent with Read more…

By Elizabeth Garner Masarik, 4 years8 months ago
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Forensic Pathology and the History of Death Investigation

This Halloween, take a minute to notice amputated limbs littering haunted houses, scary stories about reanimated corpses that you tell by the fire while you’re camping, all that rubbernecking on the thruway when there’s a horrific accident, the endless tv shows, podcasts, and books dedicated to grisly murders… or even Read more…

By Marissa Rhodes, 4 years8 months ago
Huron- Wendat Bressani map of 1657 depicts the martyrdom of Jean de Brébeuf and Gabriel Lalemant
Creepy, Occult & Otherworldly

Huron-Wendat Feast of the Dead: Death, Religion, and Euro-Native Encounters

Today we’re going to talk about one very specific encounter around death and death ways that took place in the mid 1600s in what is now Ontario, Canada, and before we even get started, I want to mention our source for this episode. We’re really basing everything here on one Read more…

By Sarah Handley-Cousins, 5 years8 months ago
Cock Lane Ghost, English Credulity or the Invisible Ghost, from The Complete Contemporary History of Cock Lane Ghost
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The Cock Lane Ghost: A Haunting Hoax in 18th Century London

There wasn’t a soul in London, much less the neighborhood of Smithfield market, who hadn’t heard of the Cock Lane ghost. In 1762, the narrow London street was crowded with throngs of onlookers and busy-bodies who wanted to know if the rumors were true. A young girl at 20 Cock Read more…

By Marissa Rhodes, 5 years8 months ago
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