by mike | Apr 27, 2017 | Books, California, Myths & Legends, Native Americans, Research, Uncategorized, Writing |
Ever since I first presented this post in 2013, it has been viewed countless times. But then, this iconic flute player has a great many fans. Writers who, like me, work in genres such as horror and fantasy often mine the rich folklore, myths, and legends of different...
by mike | Jan 26, 2017 | Ghosts, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Myths & Legends, Uncategorized |
You don’t want your kids encountering THIS tooth fairy. I first wrote about this film in 2013. AN EYE FOR AN EYE. YOUR LIFE FOR A TOOTH. That’s one of the taglines for the 2003 horror flick, Darkness Falls—a double entendre title if ever there was one. In this case,...
by mike | Jan 9, 2017 | Disaster Movies, Fantasy, Movies, Myths & Legends, Uncategorized |
Three of Hollywood’s leading men in one movie? Yes, the 2002 post-apocalyptic fantasy, Reign of Fire, gave us Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, and Gerard Butler, all with a common goal: kill the dragons, before humankind on Earth is no more. THEY’VE ALWAYS BEEN...
by mike | Dec 8, 2016 | Death, Ghosts, Myths & Legends, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
This post is about one of the most haunted places in the country. I first presented it back in 2012, courtesy of the Save Our Heritage Organisation. “There are some human beings who are dimly aware of their own deaths, yet have chosen to stay on in what used to be...
by mike | Oct 24, 2016 | Ghosts, Movies, Myths & Legends, Uncategorized |
A couple of items today. First, I’d like to share something with you. A while back I wrote about the eerie place called Aokigahara, Japan’s Suicide Forest, located below Mt. Fuji. At the time I fully expected that I’d hear from a gentleman named Byron Earhart. One of...
by mike | Oct 10, 2016 | Myths & Legends, Nightmares, Non-Fiction, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
This is one weird story…and I do mean weird. It occurred a long time ago, and to this day the “explanations” are no more than guesswork and speculation. Some even say that the incidents didn’t happen, that they were the result of mass hysteria. In any case, curl up...
