My 5 Favourite Urban Legends

I am really enjoying these spooky Halloween themed posts. I am trying to do one a week, at least, throughout October. Let me know what you think of them so far. So here are my favourite urban legends from around the world in no particular order: 1. Kuchisake Onna, aka The Slit Mouthed Woman According…

5 Haunted Libraries

It's October!!!!  And, true to form, I have lined up plenty of Halloween themed posts for you. This time we are starting off with some "true horror" in the form of ghost stories and local legends. ** Please Note: This is just for fun. If you don't believe in ghosts etc, just enjoy yourself. They…

My Favourite Pieces of Spirit Photography: Frightful Friday

Spirit photography: A type of photography whose primary attempt is to capture images of ghosts and other spiritual entities. Ghosts caught on camera is something you see regularly in horror novels, films and tv shows. It is creepy and can even create a pretty decent jump scare when done right. So this Frightful Friday we…

Frightful Fridays: The Shining

Well it is coming up to Halloween so I thought I would finally brush the dust of an old series idea of mine called Frightful Fridays where I look at the real life horror stories behind our favourite horror novels. The whole world is on a Stephen King kick right now so we are going…

New Series: Frightful Fridays

Have you ever wondered about the real life horror stories that inspired popular horror fiction? The folklore, the haunted houses, crimes, urban legends and ghost stories that triggered the writer's creativity. Well, this is what my new series will be about. If you didn't know already, I run multiple blogs outside of Spine Cracker. One…