Happy Halloween – Hocus Pocus
Happy Halloween! Today’s post will be short because I’m going to enjoy my favourite Halloween tradition tonight. HOCUS POCUS! If you have not seen this magnificent piece of 1993 cinema, you are missing out. It’s a horror-comedy and filled with ridiculousness, but is a fun time all around. It’s obviously going to be dated since […]
Freaky Fridays – Europe
Europe has no shortage of haunted locations and I’ve probably been to more of the well known ones across the pond than at home. This is partly because of my love for haunted walks and tours. One of the reasons that I almost prefer them over normal city tours is because they’re not afraid to […]
The Blood Countess – Elizabeth Bathory
The crimes: murder, torture, cannibalism The perpetrator: Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed The accomplices: Family, friends, husband The victims: up to 650 women, low and noble birth Mythos: Vampire If ever there was a woman in history who fit the topic of Halloween so perfectly, it would be the Blood Countess. Elizabeth Bathory is, no […]
WTF Monsters
For your Halloween week pleasure, I have scoured the internet for some WTF Monsters. People in the days of old came up with some pretty interesting things and definitely had some pretty active imaginations. Some of the creatures on this list are still a part of modern culture in some areas. Wendigo From Algonquin tradition, […]
Travel Tuesdays! Rouen
Welcome to Travel Tuesdays! Today I am joined by my friend Lauren to explore Rouen, France 😀 Thanks for stopping by! -Erin
The Winchester Mystery House
To kick off our week coming up to Halloween, I thought we’d start with an interesting real life example of ghosts and paranoia in someone with enough money to do something about it. That someone is Sarah Winchester who was convinced that the ghosts of people murdered by Winchester rifles were out to get her. […]
Freaky Friday – Canada
Continuing on with our October Freaky Fridays I’m expanding my list to all of Canada this time. I haven’t been to most of the sites on the common lists, but I definitely want to, not only for the haunted aspect, but because of their historical significance. There are five specific locations that I’ve been to […]
VOTES FOR WOMEN! Alice Paul and Lucy Burns
Women’s Suffrage was a long and difficult journey in the world. In many countries women fought and died to give other women the right to vote. There was violence, imprisonment, loss of families, ostracization and loss of life involved in this lengthy quest for equal rights. In America it’s the 19th Amendment that guarantees women the […]
Sweater Weather Cuteness
It’s starting to get chilly so I decided it’s time to share a whole bunch of cute in honor of sweater season! We’re chilly, they’re chilly, so let’s all cozy up as winter moves in. Sometimes we just need a little brain break and a cuteness overload to get through the day 🙂 http://www.boredpanda.com/cute-animals-wearing-tiny-sweaters/ I […]
The Gift of Travel
The bucket list is an interesting concept, basically a to-do list of items to accomplish before you die. Most of the things on my list involve destinations. I caught the travel bug young, having been fortunate enough to have well off parents also nipped by that little bu g. Travel is an amazing experience, not simply […]