Who loves art? Me! Who loves haunted stuff? Also Me! Let’s explore even more haunted paintings and artwork from around the world. Mi Novia – Juan Luna Translating to “My Girlfriend” and also known as “Portrait of a Lady”, this painting by Filipino painter, Juan Luna. Legend says, this 1890’s portrait features Luna’s wife, Paz…
3 Famous UFO encounters
Are we alone in the universe? Unlikely. It’s a statistical improbability after all, but does that mean our lonely planet has been visited by those from beyond the stars? Well, that seems to depend on how you ask. We’ve yet to explore my archives for all things extraterrestrial, so I thought we should change that…
5 Spooky Superstitions & Their Origins
We’ve all grown up with our own peculiar superstitious beliefs, probably varying depending on our location and cultural background. Of course many will write these things off and “irrational” and “unfounded” and a host of other such synonyms, but how did some of these strange beliefs come to be I the first place? Let’s take…
The “Possession” of Antoine Gay
Although largely outshined by a variety of other so called “possessions”, the case of Antoine Gay is interesting enough to shine a light on. Was this man possessed? People seemed to think so. Monsieur Gay Monsieur Gay (cue juvenile snickering) was by all accounts, a rather ordinary man who was born in Lantenay, France in 1790….
Even More Paranormal Photos – Fact or Fake?
The Phantom Nurse of Waverly Hills Waverly Hills Sanatorium, as we’ve previously discussed, is a now abandoned tuberculosis hospital in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. As is expected for any hospital, the building saw a whole lot of death, so a ghost or two isn’t out of the ordinary, if you believe in that sort of thing….
3 Creepy Premonitions
Is it possible to predict the future? History, is littered with examples of people claiming to foretell disasters – both natural and man made. Often, we only hear of these predictions in the event’s aftermath, by which time, it’s impossible to prove just when they were stated. Still, history gives us a handful of infamous…
Napoleon and The Little Red Man of Destiny
Napoleon Bonaparte has been renowned for his military prowess for over two hundred years. Even for those not historically inclined, he has become imprinted upon the global consciousness to the degree that most people recognise his name. For his time, Napoleon was not overly superstitious. The folklore and ghost stories of his childhood in Corsica…
Top 3 Weird Hoaxes
Some stories are unbelievable for a reason. Let’s explore three of the weirdest and most well known hoaxes that baffled the world. Mary Toft, The Rabbit Queen Mary Toft was a mostly ordinary lady from Godalming, Surry. Born in 1701, she lived a seemingly ordinary life until 1726, when she began to give birth to…
The Poltergeist Curse
Poltergeist came crashing into movie theatres in 1982, almost immediately searing itself into our collective consciousness. However, almost as famous as the film itself is the string of tragic deaths associated with it. Let’s explore the supposed Poltergeist Curse. Film This is your spoiler warning. The story, focuses on the Freeling family, who begin to…
3 More Horrific Haunted Paintings
Art is suffering put to canvas – that’s why it’s called a painting. Poor jokes aside, many an artist will tell you that there’s a ‘bit of themselves’ in every piece they create. In addition to the time and effort, a huge part of the artistic process is psychological and unconscious in nature. Perhaps that’s…
The Hawthorn Files 