Lore

Vampires: The Return of Blood Sucking Fiends

September 13, 2021 Rick Hale 0

Vampires make their return with new historical tales of Blood Sucking Fiends. The vampires of Berwick and Croglin Marsh are featured in this article. […]

Blood Sucking Fiends Part 7: Strange Nights in Highgate

September 13, 2020 Rick Hale 0

Before I start, I would like to dedicate this to the memory of David Farrant who was an eccentric member of the paranormal field who will be missed. Ideally, cemeteries are supposed to be a […]

Blood Sucking Fiends Part 6: Vampires of Ireland

September 12, 2020 Rick Hale 0

As we’ve already seen so far, dark tales of ghoulish beings with a lust for blood appear in every culture the world over. Our western model for vampires comes from two of Ireland’s greatest authors […]

Blood Sucking Fiends Part 5: The Second Death of Petre Toma

September 11, 2020 Rick Hale 0

Imagine if you can, it is a dark moonless night in the rural countryside of Romania. An angry group of people from a village gather at the gates of a nearby cemetery filled with the […]

Blood Sucking Fiends Part 4: Vampires of Greece

September 10, 2020 Rick Hale 0

Greece of antiquity is regarded by scholars and historians as being the birthplace of western civilization. Philosophy, art and democracy are three of this ancient culture’s many contributions to the world. Greeks considered themselves to […]

Blood Sucking Fiends Part 3: The Return Of Peter Blagojevic

September 9, 2020 Rick Hale 0

The magic of the silver screen has taken the vampire and turned it into an anti-hero of sorts. Ever since Bela Lugosi appeared in the film adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, this creature that lurks in […]

Blood Sucking Fiends Part 2: China’s Undead

September 8, 2020 Rick Hale 0

Every seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Chinese believe the boundary between our world and the spirit world is wide open. For an entire month the dead may cross the void to either […]

Blood Sucking Fiends Part 1: The Terror Is Born

September 7, 2020 Rick Hale 0

When Irish author Bram Stoker penned his classic novel of horror, Dracula, the world was a much different place. Sex was a taboo topic that was kept hush hush and never spoken about in polite conversation. […]

By The Light Of The Moon

August 30, 2020 Rick Hale 0

Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfsbane blooms and the moon is full and bright. The Wolf Man (1941) When it […]

Demon Lore of The World

August 26, 2020 Rick Hale 0

Whenever I’m a guest on a radio show, the dreaded D word eventually pops up. And, by D word, I mean Demon. This is an issue that often gets my big old fat mouth in […]

Windy City Spooks: Beer, Wings and Hooters

February 22, 2022 0

Hooters is a theme restaurant in the US that features, well, hooters. At the Near North Side location, you might just get a side of ghosts with your wings. […]
5 Lesser-Known Haunts In Chicago

November 30, 2021 0

Chicago is a city where it is shown time and again, that there are human presences on this earth which remain after death. Learn about five of these locations in this article. […]
Five Forgotten Techniques For Budget Ghost Hunting

November 11, 2020 0

Back in 1991 when I started my career as a ghost hunter, the gear that we use today wasn’t really available. Typically, it was big and bulky, very expensive and not easily obtainable by the [...]
4 Scary American Hauntings

July 24, 2021 0

Four of the more notoriously haunted locations in the United States are profiled by author Rick Hale in this article […]
What Stalks Number 50 Berkeley Square?

November 6, 2020 0

Located in the backstreets of London, England, is 50 Berkeley Square, a rather unassuming looking building that is home to Maggs Bros. Antiquirian Bookseller. The three-story building, while plain looking on the outside, is reportedly [...]