Today is international Talk Like a Pirate Day! So if you don’t already swagger and curse, chug rum and sing songs of the salt salt sea, today is the day to start. And if just being a cool person isn’t enough to motivate you to talk like a pirate, Krispy Kreme donuts is giving away […]
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Residents of Hell, Michigan will proudly host Hellfest 2012, which includes the Nightmare Cruise: an “all hearse car show and parade” that takes place every year. Hell, which as it turns out is just 45 miles west of Detroit, hopes this year they will take back the world record for number of hearses gathered at once
Happy Friday the 13th!! Here are a few fun tidbits about luck, lore, superstitions, and strange beliefs to get you in the spirit of the day! Triskaidekaphobia is the term for a morbid fear of the number 13. Some say the fear of Friday the 13th comes from the early Christian belief that there were
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Here is a fun review of The Book of the Bizarre!
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Happy May Day! Often associated with the distress when a vessel or vehicle is in trouble, the call “mayday! mayday! mayday!” derives from the French word m’aider which means “come help me.” Lesser known is the call “pan-pan, pan-pan, pan-pan!” which means there is an urgent situation on board. Though one may think it is
Lock up your daughters. And your sons! No child, strike that, no mortal is safe in the dark hours of Christmas Eve. For there lurks the Christmas troll, drunk on spirits and cavorting with the witches, waiting to trick you into a midnight ride. Early 20th century author Clement A. Miles was a historian and
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And other weird things I’ve learned just in time for the holidays! Seriously, though…I was reading A Kidnapped Santa Claus, this fantastic short story written by beloved Oz author L. Frank Baum way back in 1904. It takes place in Laughing Valley–Baum’s alternative to The North Pole–which happens to be surrounded by mountains where there
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Sparked by the recent internet sensation zombie-invasion engagement photos, you can read my Bride of the Bizarre inspired Huffington Post entry here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/varla-ventura/bride-of-the-bizarre-zomb_b_935399.html And in honor of the subject of the day, I’ll include a few tidbits excerpted from the Bride of the Bizarre chapter of Beyond Bizarre: In March of 2010, a couple spent
What a wonderful world. We have vampire frogs, goblin sharks, and even zombie rats! First, let me warn you this is a pretty gross story. And you know I don’t say that lightly. It involves rats and urine, so read the full article at your own peril… According to an article by Graham Smith in
Huffington Post’s Weird News is host to many fantastic and freaky tidbits of current events and mercurial musings on all things strange including the paranormal! Well I am honored to join the ranks as a blogger for such a remarkable website. You can read my first post here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/varla-ventura/skeleton-turnkey_b_931955.html
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