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Why History is Horrifying: Massacre on the High Seas

  • by Your Intrepid Host
  • Posted on November 18, 2022November 18, 2022

Today, on our Why History is Horrifying series, we ride the high seas and encounter a tale of madness and murder. A tale worthy of a horror movie, the story of the Mary Russell is grim and gruesome.

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  • Essays

How a Horror Nerd Copes in Crisis

  • by Your Intrepid Host
  • Posted on April 27, 2020April 27, 2020

Horror is something I truly love. It gives me an escape. It makes me think. It gives me catharsis. It gives me a creative buzz. But currently, it’s tremendously psychologically difficult to engage with.

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  • Movies

Why The Lodge Offers Cold Comfort

  • by Your Intrepid Host
  • Posted on February 23, 2020

The Lodge has offerings that any horror fan can appreciate—creepy dolls, 80s home-videos, cults, clips from The Thing, etc. But it is a bleak jaunt to the cinema.

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  • Histories and Legends

Why Lighthouses are So Darn Creepy

  • by Your Intrepid Host
  • Posted on October 14, 2019May 12, 2021

Lighthouses are often said to be haunted. They certainly capture the darker side of one’s imagination—what would life be like in such isolated places? What kind of people would choose to live there?

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  • Books

Why this Icelandic Ghost Story gives Chills

  • by Your Intrepid Host
  • Posted on October 11, 2019November 20, 2019

‘I Remember You’ (Icelandic: ‘Ég man þig’) by Yrsa Sigurdarsdottir is heartily recommended if you want to white knuckle your way through 300-odd pages of terror.

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Why the Blair Witch Project Still Scares Me

  • by Your Intrepid Host
  • Posted on September 30, 2019November 20, 2019

The Blair Witch Project deeply understands a universal human truth, which is: Fuck The Woods.

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