Right now on Amazon Prime, you can learn a little about La Llorona, a fiend from 17th Century Mexico. In Grimm, season 2, episode 9, it's Halloween and when children in Portland, Oregon, are being found drowned in their costumes -- well, let's just say that many speculate that the weeping woman named La Llorona must be the culprit! To most, La Llorona is merely a folk tale. Yet to others? She is very real!  Sadly, the Grimm finds it difficult to believe that a ghost could be causing such premature deaths but he has a lot to learn! Aghast From The Past!  Furthering La Llorona's fam ..read more

Watch "Lore" on Amazon Prime where Podcaster and Author Aaron Mahnke shares the sort of dark historic events that fed on our ancestors' darkest nightmares. With believable reenactments, the series takes advantage of the best kind of storytelling, drama, and narration. The topics range from mad science to faerie-lore.  There's enough horror to please all my readers ..read more

Robert The Creepy Haunted Doll Here's a super creepy distraction (to get our thoughts off Covid-19). A prevailing tale claims that this vintage child's toy is some sort of a handmade Voodoo doll, made by an abused slave. Meet Robert the Haunted Doll (on display as a permanent museum fixture at Fort East Martello in Florida). Even while inside this display case, Robert is documented by museum staff to repeatedly change physical positions. The spooky doll is blamed for deaths and "a veritable bounty of woe" . . . Yet it wasn't always that way. For a time, this doll was the very best f ..read more

I buried my soul-dog, Artemis. It feels devastating! My 14-1/2-year-old Pug died, a week ago today. Before now, I could not even speak of it because it really feels like I buried part of my own soul. His passing seems to have sucked away all my joy.  Even now, when I think of him, I too easily burst into tears. Saying "goodbye" has been just so very painful!  Fact is? This dog went everywhere with me. Even when over-exertion is very dangerous for Pugs, I'd take him hiking and would just get even better exercise myself because soon as he'd start breathing heavy I'd pick him up and would ..read more