Showing posts with label horror stories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label horror stories. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Jack the Ripper in Popular Culture

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Jack the Ripper is the most legendary terror of late-Victorian London. I've written about him before , and it's the legacy that the ...
Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Photos of Victorian Dead People

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WARNING: This post contains images of dead Victorian babies. This is a terribly sad collection of photos. Taking pictures of dead peo...
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Monday, October 27, 2014

Scary Toys

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Complete Game of Authors - McLoughlin Brothers, NY (1887) Toys form the subject of many horror movies. These 1890s examples give us some...
Sunday, October 26, 2014

Dens of Debauchery

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Without kids to take trick-or-treating, we've been talking about going out for Halloween, but no one wants to spend too much money, ...
Sunday, October 19, 2014

The Chamber of Horrors (Waxworks)

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Melted and damaged mannequins after fire in Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum in London, 1925 Marie Tussaud's great-grandson, Louis Tussau...
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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

A London Ghost

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The following story appeared on the front page of the Evening Post, 21 April 1894 . Throughout October 2014, I will be sharin...
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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

English Horror Story: Asylum

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Patients in a Victorian Asylum (from the BBC). Part of Dracula is set in an insane asylum because they were definitely scary! Bram Stoke...