Tales of little people exist all over the planet. Stories involving Leprechauns, Dwarves, Hobgoblins, Imps, sprites…..the list is long. Just amongst different American Indian tribes there exist dozens of stories of “pygmy” people. For many, many years we assumed that stories of little people were just that, stories. Yarns. Tales to tell around the campfire […]
Today I want to take you back to 1877. The place is Jackson County, Alabama. Founded just 58 years before, this mountainous, unforgiving and remote terrain was mainly settled by subsistence farmers at the time. On the 17th of July, 1877, The Montgomery Weekly Advertiser published a story. A very strange story. Allegedly, a creature […]
Candyman is a horror movie released in 1992. Ask anyone who was a teen or young adult around this time their thoughts on the movie and you’ll find most suddenly shout Candyman! Candyman! Candyman! at you. Don’t worry though, they haven’t lost it (not yet anyway), that was a central point to the movie. Screaming […]
It’s bitterly cold. You tug your fur hood around your head, desperately searching for a little extra warmth. As you trudge through the snow, you’re started to regret agreeing to a hunting trip in the winter. But then there! In the distance, you see a buck. You’re spirits lift. It looks huge. Raising the sights […]
Southern Louisiana, 1912. A monstrous creature stalks the highways and waterways. People go missing all the time down here. Mostly it’s put down to them wandering off the beaten track and getting lost in the swamps. But the locals know better. They know of the vampire living in their midst. A creature so dark and […]
Ever wondered where the trope of little green men came from? Alien encounters in movies, tv shows and even in reported sightings overwhelmingly use this description. It comes, in part, from the Hopkinsville Goblins case. August 21st 1955 – A Kentucky Police Station Five adults, with seven children trailing in their wake burst into the […]