1) Vampirism: not as great a legal defense as you might think.

2) Evil sorcerers and those concerned with their practices are going to want to know that there's a full lunar eclipse taking place over the winter solstice this year. If any one thing can prove my "fiction life is now real life" theory, this caps it off nicely. Heavens have aligned, ( Read more... )

File under: monster-hunters doing it wrong: there are certain things you can burn to get rid of demons, but hats are not among them.

(ETA: HOLD THE PHONE. This requires further Googling. I mean research.)

(Victorian people ask, "Hat burning, what's up with that?")

(Journal I can't access says it cures deformity and gives good luck.A lot of these ( Read more... )

Sixteenth-century Korean mummy terrorizes her ancestors with recurring dreams of a cow and you better just read the article, it's weirder than usual. I will note that she is biting her tongue and make note of last year's Italian vampire, whose mouth was stuffed full of brick, and the Nachzehrer, whose tongue needs to be somehow fixed before it can ( Read more... )

Djinni called as court witness in Saudi Arabia! Happy birthday to me!!!

(See also: Family sues djinni for harrassment.)

Where oh where is my " monster hunters doin' it wrong" tag? Dear Montreal man terrified of elves: your guns are not going to help you. And the child porn is just making things worse.

150-yard-long crack appears in the earth in upper Michigan. Yeah, I would just avoid that place for a little while.

Also, China has pod people.

Hey, remember this? nanomojo This is happening again.

If you're in Toronto doing witchcraft, you better really be doing witchcraft, because fraudulent witchcraft is not to be tolerated.

When first I heard of Oscar the Death Cat, I thought immediately the furry feline was up to something. It turns out his real long-term goals were much more insidious.