Truth is stranger than … GREAT PSYCHICS OF THE PAST The most famous Russian psychic Wolf G. MESSING, who stunned Stalin with his psychic skills. In 1937 Messing, claiming he was using his psychic skills, declared to the world that Hitler was going to lose the war. Hitler, who accepted the paranormal put a bounty of 200,000 mark price on … Continue reading →
The Highgate Vampire … The Hammer Horror film Dracula AD 1972, starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, was, according to author Bill Ellis, inspired by the high profile media (vampire!) circus that was the case of the Highgate Vampire. In the late 60s, Highgate Cemetery in North London was little more than a forgotten overgrown wasteland of derelict tombs and … Continue reading →
Steven Dark and Dark Arts Horror Radio wishes everyone a happy, healthy, prosperous and peaceful New Year and may it be filled with ‘Halloween Horror’ in the nicest possible way. It is perhaps apposite to contemplate the ancient Roman god *Janus*, the double-headed deity who simultaneously looks both ways – back at the past and forwards to the future. He … Continue reading →
*NEVER AGAIN THE BURNING TIMES* Michelle G. dream comment prompted me to write a historical note concerning that inflammatory sentence “Thou shall not suffer a witch to live” (Exodus 22:18) This was a mistranslation into English of the Greek (1) word pharmakeia (Strong’s 5331) or pharmakeus (Strong’s 5332) which more accurately translates as ‘poisoner’. As a result of that single … Continue reading →
Augustus Montague Summers (10 April 1880 – 10 August 1948) was an English author and clergyman. He is known primarily for his scholarly work on the English drama of the 17th century, as well as for his idiosyncratic studies on witches, vampires, and werewolves, in all of which he professed to believe. He was responsible for the first English translation, … Continue reading →