The latest post on Providentia gives a short history of vampire hysteria and folklore. It reminds me of a a book I really like, Food for the Dead by Michael E. Bell.
“A more serious case involving anti-vampire hysteria occurred in 2002 when a number of villagers living in southern Malawi claimed to have [...]

We’re taking a break from working on the first post of our new review series, and came across a cool collection of Haunted Mansion themed desktop wallpapers from the Ghost Relations blog.  The Strangetastic staff read Ghost Relations regularly, but somehow we missed this post when it went up in August.
Fortunately, we live by the [...]

 
Last night, we hunted ghosts with a true professional. The San Francisco Ghost Hunt tours the Pacific Heights district of SF nightly with guide Jim Fassbinder.
One of the spirits Jim introduced to the crowd struck a particular chord for us. Mary Ellen Pleasant (pictured above) controlled great wealth, was reputed to practice strange rituals, and [...]

Like all good and proper ghouls, I prefer October over every other month of the year, and I’m glad to see I’m not alone. The fine folks at Wire and Twine just introduced this kid-sized Skeleton t-shirt to help turn your toddler into a mini-goth.

If only my maker had sewn me together from the corpses [...]