Much of children’s literature creates fantastical scenarios in which the young protagonists can endure all sorts of danger that reality would never permit. It is […]
Category: Places
The Ghosts of Senate House: 1980s Memories of a Library Assistant
The Ghosts of Senate House is one part of a creative research project led by Sarah Sparkes. It serves as an archive for uncanny, apocryphal […]
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Derinkuyu Underground City, Cappadocia
Underground Cities? These troglodyte cave-cities were excavated as early as Hittite times, and expanded over the centuries as various marauding armies traversed Central Anatolia in […]
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Longdendale Lights
Derbyshire housewife Laverne Marshall was describing a terrifying night-time drive into the twilight zone which has become etched upon her memory. Laverne had taken her […]
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Q&A: Editor R.J. Cavender on the “SHINING” Inspired Stanley Hotel Writers Retreat
So…the much-lauded editor and anthologist of forward-thinking, cutting edge horror fiction R.J. Cavender is organizing a first-class writers retreat at The Stanley Hotel—i.e. “the historic […]
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Urban legends: Mysticism of Kazan
The authorities of the city of Kazan, the Tatarstan Republic, have recently started to demolish the abandoned buildings of ZBI-2 armored concrete factory on Zorge […]
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The Santa Cruz Mystery Spot That Seems to Defy Physics
The Mystery Spot, located in Santa Cruz, California, is sort of like a house of illusions. Here, water flows upwards, cars and balls roll uphill, […]
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The Enchanted Glowworm Caves of Waitomo
Deep underneath the hilly landscapes of North Island, New Zealand is hidden an amazing cave lit with glowworms. read more The Enchanted Glowworm Caves of […]
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Rowtor Rocks – Carved Rocks / Rock-Art. Birchover, Derbyshire
From http://www.stone-circles.org.uk: Rowtor Rocks is a weird and wonderful place. Perched on the western edge of the village of Birchover just above the Druid Inn […]
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Jerusalem: Land of Medicine or Miracles?
The blue and white painted ceramic jars stretch up to the ceiling. Marked with the traditional symbol of five crosses, each jar held a medicine […]
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Ghostly goings on: Haringey and Enfield’s most haunted places
Paranormal experiences, eerie sightings and unexplained goings on. The intrigue of the unknown instills a fascinating curiousity to explore what we cannot explain. read more […]
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22 stunning photos of California’s Glass Beach
I remember going to the beach as a kid and combing for seashells with my mom — the groans of disappointment when a seemingly perfect […]
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Lost Maya city of Noh Kah has been mapped
For people who lived in the area, El Paredón, a wall covered with creepers and roots, was clear evidence of an ancient city that had […]
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UFO valley could work as a giant natural battery
A mysterious UFO-like light phenomenon at Hessdalen in southern Norway could be caused by the zinc, copper and sulphur in the valley functioning as a […]
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Homemade Beer at the Vampire Inn
Every so often, as your eye is running down the columns of documents past, you run into an unlooked for detail that you just can’t […]
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Enter Buzludzha, Bulgaria’s abandoned Soviet spaceship
Roman Veillon is a photographer obsessed with disuse and abandonment. A previous journey took him to the sand-ridden Namibian ghost town Kolmanskop, and his website […]
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You could be the proud owner of Dracula’s Castle, and you name the price
If you hate the sun, sleep all day, and have a flair for the dramatic, then you might like to know that “Dracula’s Castle” is […]
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Exhibition traces our love of tattoos from Neolithic age to today
Once considered the mark of an underclass of criminals, prostitutes, bikers, seafarers and those inhabiting the margins of society, the tattoo is now à la […]
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A Rich Woman Abandoned This Apartment In 1942. What They Just Found Inside Is Incredible.
This stunning Paris apartment was abandoned by Madame de Florian during World War II. She was an actress and socialite who fled to the south […]
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The Aliens Are Coming! 7 Places to Spot Little Green Men
If the movie E.T. scared the bejesus out of you, stop reading. But if you loved that friendly extraterrestrial and crave a close encounter of […]
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The Abandoned Auditorium of Todmorden’s New Olympia Cinema
Behind this elegant Art Deco facade, the abandoned auditorium of Todmorden’s long shuttered New Olympia Cinema has sat in silence for decades, hidden away from […]
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The Terrifying And Evil Island Of Poveglia
Poveglia Island is an absolutely breathtaking view of beauty. In northern Italy situated in the southern lagoon between Venice and Lido lies the uninhabited Island […]
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Haunted mansion that has witnessed TWO mystery deaths goes on sale for the cut-down price of $159,000
A haunted Chicago mini-mansion, once owned by the inventor of barbed wire, has gone on sale for the frighteningly low price of $159,000. The home, […]
