• Cult of Weird Holiday Gift Guide 2019

All posts by Charlie Hintz

About Charlie Hintz

Cult of Weird founder and curator of the bizarre from the backwoods of Wisconsin. Serving up oddities and abominations online since 2002. Follow: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

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  December 2019 Newsletter: A Decade of Weird

  Dead frog bikinis! Mummified ship captains! Human skin pants! A look back at the last decade of Cult of Weird.

  • Posted December 21, 2019
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  Ghostbusters Star Dan Aykroyd’s Roots in Real Life Ghost Hunting

  When Dan Aykroyd wrote the original Ghostbusters film, he was drawing from a rich family history of spiritualism and the paranormal.

  • Posted December 9, 2019
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  Cult of Weird Holiday Gift Guide 2019

  Stuff your stockings with this year's Christmas atrocities! Find the perfect weird gifts for the creeps and deviants on your shopping list.

  • Posted November 24, 2019
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  Captain Dick Stevenson, Inventor of the Yukon’s Legendary Sourtoe Cocktail, Has Died

  The inventor of the Sourtoe Cocktail willed his own toes to the Downtown Hotel for use in future drinks, and instructed his daughter how to remove and preserve them.

  • Posted November 17, 2019
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  November 2019 Newsletter: Murder, Monsters, and Chocolate

  Another trip down the weird back roads of Wisconsin in search of Satan and other wholesome family activities.

  • Posted November 16, 2019
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  Grave Hunter: Mistress of the Macabre Digs Up Stories of the Dead

  In the new web series Grave Hunter, macabre history aficionado Malia Miglino goes graveside to dig up forgotten stories before they're gone.

  • Posted October 30, 2019
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  October 2019 Newsletter: Cult of Weird Goes to Hollywood

  Cult of Weird goes west, has mildly interesting adventures, and almost joins a real cult.

  • Posted October 26, 2019
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  Stephen King’s House to Become a Museum and Writer’s Retreat

  Stephen King plans to turn his Victorian mansion in Bangor into an archive of his work.

  • Posted October 17, 2019
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  Last Laughs: Dead Guy Pranks Mourners as He’s Lowered into the Ground

  Shay Bradley pranked mourners at his funeral with a recorded message inside his coffin.

  • Posted October 16, 2019
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  OuijaZilla: The World’s Largest Ouija Board

  The Talking Board Historical Society set the new world record for the largest ouija board with the 9,000-pound OuijaZilla.

  • Posted October 15, 2019
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  Coin with an Anatomical Beating Heart

  This intricate mechanical coin has a heart that beats when you spin a tiny wheel on the bottom.

  • Posted October 12, 2019
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  Fans Update Sci-Fi Classic Metropolis with New Color and Sound

  The Metropolis Remix breathes new life into the classic 1927 German expressionist silent film that pioneered science fiction in film.

  • Posted September 23, 2019
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  New THE FAR SIDE Comics Are Coming!

  Something is stirring on Gary Larson's official The Far Side website, which hasn't been updated since 1999.

  • Posted September 20, 2019
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  Morbid Must-Reads: 2019 Fall Reading List

  Dig into these morbid and fascinating book recommendations for the fall season from Cult of Weird.

  • Posted September 18, 2019
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  September 2019 Newsletter: The Heart of Darkness

  Cult of Weird will be bringing the historical weirdness to the Windigo Fest dark art exhibit in Manitowoc this year.

  • Posted September 4, 2019
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  Ed Gein’s Real Life Horrors on Stuff You Should Know Podcast

  The story of deranged Wisconsin murderer and grave robber Ed Gein is featured in the latest episode of the Stuff You Should Know podcast.

  • Posted September 4, 2019
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  First Look Inside the Wreck of the HMS Terror

  See inside the HMS Terror for the first time since it vanished with the Franklin Expedition over 170 years ago.

  • Posted August 28, 2019
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  Salem Unveils World’s Largest Ouija Board This October

  The Talking Board Historical Society will be revealing Ouijazilla this October is Salem, MA.

  • Posted August 22, 2019
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  Alternate Endings: Documentary Explores New Ways to Die in America

  HBO documentary explores death positivity through the ways people are choosing to celebrate the end of their lives.

  • Posted August 9, 2019
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  August 2019 Newsletter: Mary Nohl’s Whimsical Sculpture Garden

  The Witch's House is a Milwaukee landmark with an eerie legend, but the only magic Mary Nohl was conjuring was her curious artistic creations.

  • Posted August 3, 2019
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  Author Frank Ladd is Reimagining the Life and Crimes of Ed Gein as a Novel

  The bizarre life and crimes of Wisconsin serial killer and grave robber Ed Gein are the subject of author Frank Ladd's first novel.

  • Posted July 28, 2019
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  The Swim Reaper: Death Goes to the Beach

  Death enjoys some fun in the sun in these hilarious reminders to stay safe at the beach.

  • Posted July 25, 2019
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  Making a Megalodon

  Artist Gary Staab builds a life-size replica of a medgalodon for the National Museum of Natural History.

  • Posted July 22, 2019
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  Hyde and Eek Boutique: Target Unveils New Halloween Decor

  A peek at the ghoulish new Halloween decor coming this fall from Target.

  • Posted July 16, 2019
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  July 2019 Newsletter: Wisconsin’s UFO Capital of the World

  A look at the bizarre history of a small town in Wisconsin with an unusually high number of UFO sightings.

  • Posted July 1, 2019
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  Happy Birthday Cult: Nine Years of Weird

  Cult of Weird turns 9 and we're celebrating with some new gear to cover your corpse with!

  • Posted June 23, 2019
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  Featured Oddities #5: Son of the Devil, Blue Ghost, and Reindeer Horn

  Today's gathering of weird art and morbid oddities for sale.

  • Posted June 12, 2019
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  June 2019 Newsletter: The Flying Saucer Woman Who Changed UFO Research Forever

  Coral Lorenzen's interest in UFOs began at just 9 years old, when she witnessed a mysterious object in the sky over Barron, Wisconsin over a decade before Roswell.

  • Posted June 6, 2019
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  Snake with Three Eyes Found in Australia

  A python with a rare mutation was discovered by park officials in Australia.

  • Posted May 8, 2019
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  May 2019 Newsletter: Curious Objects from the Cult of Weird Collection #1

  Opening up the Cult of Weird cabinet of curiosities to share three items from the continually growing collection of oddities.

  • Posted May 1, 2019
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  Science Has Created Live, Endlessly Streaming AI-Generated Death Metal

  What happens when you feed death metal into a neural network? Relentless Doppelganger, a 24/7 livestream of AI-generated brutality.

  • Posted April 26, 2019
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  Ruins of Aleister Crowley’s Cursed House on Loch Ness for Sale

  You can buy the ruins of Boleskine House, where "the wickedest man in the world" carried out black magic rituals for years.

  • Posted April 21, 2019
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  Paranormal Investigator Lorraine Warren Passed Away at 92

  Lorraine Warren is known for her investigations of the Amityville Horror house and the haunted Annabelle doll.

  • Posted April 19, 2019
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  6 Bricks Under: Vienna Cemetery Introduces Funeral LEGO Sets

  Kids will have a blast assembling a LEGO crematorium, hearse, grave and more now available from the Vienna Funeral Museum.

  • Posted April 17, 2019
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  Apocalypse Any Day Now: Into the World of Doomsday Preppers with Author Tea Krulos

  The End is near...right? For some, doomsday is right around the corner and they're going to great lengths to be prepared.

  • Posted April 15, 2019
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  Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?

  The new book from Ask a Mortician creator Caitlin Doughty tackles our biggest, and strangest, questions about death.

  • Posted April 10, 2019
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  Watch the First Trailer for the Addams Family Animated Film

  Gomez, Morticia, and the rest of the Addams are back...but I'm not sure how I feel about it.

  • Posted April 9, 2019
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  April 2019 Newsletter: Unraveling the Mystery of an Abandoned House “Cursed by Death”

  The true story of the Witherell House's original builder is as bizarre and tragic as the legend that haunts it.

  • Posted April 5, 2019
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  Preserved Human Face and Scalp

  A human face specimen preserved with a numbered metal tag.

  • Posted March 30, 2019
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  Watch Slime Mould Solve a Maze to Find Food

  Video of a slime mould finding the food in the center of the maze on the first try.

  • Posted March 27, 2019
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  Keep Beer Weird: The Unipiper Teams up with Portland Brewing Co. to Support Local Weird

  Support Portland's vibrant weird culture with this collaborative beer from the Unipiper and Portland Brewing Co.

  • Posted March 15, 2019
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  ‘Appraiser of Doom’ Helps Sell the Most Famous Crime Scenes

  Meet the man who helped sell the Heaven's Gate mansion, Jeffrey Dahmer's apartment building, the Sharon Tate property, and other notorious real estate.

  • Posted March 10, 2019
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  March 2019 Newsletter: American Gods and the House on the Rock

  Inside the phantasmagorical attraction known as House on the Rock, where the Old Gods meet in American Gods season 2.

  • Posted March 1, 2019
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  A Few Familiar Terrors in New Twilight Zone Trailer

  New Twilight Zone trailer offers look at new series with a few nods to the original.

  • Posted February 21, 2019
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  Neil Gaiman is Breathing New Life Into Jim Henson’s Storyteller

  Jim Henson's Storyteller featuring dark and strange tales of mythology and folklore is returning to the screen thanks to Neil Gaiman.

  • Posted February 20, 2019
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  Animated Short ‘Death in Space’ Shows the Perils of Space Exploration

  In space, no one can hear you scream...so you probably shouldn't stick your finger in that.

  • Posted February 9, 2019
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  Terror in the Skies: Doc Explores Stories of Large Winged Creatures in the Prairie State

  What are the large winged creatures terrorizing the skies? Documentary looks at Chicago Mothman and other winged cryptids in Illinois.

  • Posted February 7, 2019
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  Jordan Peele Enters the Twilight Zone in Eerie Teaser

  What dimension are we even in? Question reality with this teaser for the upcoming Twilight Zone return.

  • Posted February 5, 2019
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  Salad Fingers Returns in 11th Installment of Nightmarish Series

  In the latest episode, Salad Fingers is tormented by his brother and mother from the other side of the mirror.

  • Posted February 4, 2019
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  February 2019 Newsletter: Silence From Beyond the Veil

  Does consciousness really exist beyond death? For Thomas Bradford, a devout Spiritualist, there was only one way to prove it.

  • Posted February 1, 2019
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  Love You to Death: Featured Oddities Morbid Valentines Edition

  Who says romance isn't dead?

  • Posted January 31, 2019
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  The Mythical, Magical Member of Grigori Rasputin

  Is this the mystical penis of the Russian mad monk?

  • Posted January 26, 2019
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  Ecto-1 Returns in Teaser for Secret Ghostbusters Movie

  Trailer teases the return of the Ghostbusters with a malfunctioning proton pack and a rusting Ecto-1.

  • Posted January 17, 2019
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  McJesus Sculpture Sparks Outrage and Protests in Israel

  Israel's Arab Christian community is protesting a sculpture of a crucified Ronald McDonald.

  • Posted January 16, 2019
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  Explore the Horrors of H.H. Holmes’ Murder Castle in Upcoming Game

  VR game will let you experience the macabre secrets of H.H. Holmes while evading the killer himself in the hotel he built for murder.

  • Posted January 16, 2019
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  Mark Borchardt basks in the weirdness of a local UFO gathering in The Dundee Project

  Meet the unusual attendees of a small town Wisconsin UFO festival who have been watching the skies and communicating with extraterrestrials for decades.

  • Posted January 8, 2019
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  January 2019 Newsletter: Mysterious Explorations from my Camera Roll Vol. 1

  A look back at some of the strange adventures of 2018 that never made it to Cult of Weird.

  • Posted January 3, 2019
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  2018 Weird Year in Review: Cars in Space, Cursed Mummy Juice, Ghost Pirate Marriage, and More

  SpaceX launched a Tesla Roadster into space, humanity demanded to drink the mummy juice, Bigfoot's erotic exploits became political, and other 2018 oddities.

  • Posted December 27, 2018
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  The Christmas Witch

  Count D adds a new Christmas demon to the yule season with this holiday classic.

  • Posted December 24, 2018
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  A Very Pagan Christmas Special

  Explore the dark origins of Christmas with this pagan Christmas special from Macabre Mondays.

  • Posted December 17, 2018
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  Alien Abduction Insurance: Are You at Risk?

  If you live in a high UFO area, you may want to consider insurance for abduction, impregnation, and death by aliens.

  • Posted December 16, 2018
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  Sexy Christmas Greetings from a Guatemalan Funeral Home

  Santa and his sexy elves wish you a merry Christmas from the grave.

  • Posted December 11, 2018
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  Wunderkammer: Animated Short Film of the Erotic-Grotesque

  Madelaine discovers an alluring object in her cabinet of grotesque curiosities.

  • Posted December 8, 2018
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  Documentary for the Recently Deceased

  Watch the teaser for the upcoming documentary about the making of Beetlejuice.

  • Posted December 8, 2018
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  Satanic ‘Snaketivity’ on Display for Christmas in Illinois Capitol

  The Satanic Temple of Chicago designed a funded a sculpture of a hand holding an apple with a snake wrapped around it.

  • Posted December 7, 2018
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  Everything I Want for Christmas is Dead

  Finally, the perfect Christmas song for people with...stranger sensibilities.

  • Posted December 6, 2018
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  Natural Magick: Exquisite New Edition of 16th Century Occult Tome

  Bring this once banned book of science and the occult back to life with a beautiful new edition from Black Letter Press.

  • Posted December 5, 2018
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  Documentary Reveals Small Town “UFO Capital of the World”

  Filmmaker Mark Borchardt visits a local UFO hotspot to document the curious characters who have been experiencing strange things in the area for decades.

  • Posted December 1, 2018
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  2018 Cult of Weird Holiday Gift Guide

  Joy to the weird! Morbid gifts for that special stiff on your Christmas shopping list.

  • Posted November 23, 2018
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  Freakatorium: The Sideshow Collection of Johnny Fox Hits the Auction Block

  Own some amazing pieces of sideshow history from the collection of sword swallower Johnny Fox.

  • Posted November 8, 2018
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  Author of “Bigfoot Erotica” Becomes US Congressman

  Bigfoot erotica devotee Denver Riggleman wins congressional race in Virginia.

  • Posted November 7, 2018
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  Stories for the Dark Season: The Ghastling Book 8

  A collection of new short horror stories for Halloween and Samhain.

  • Posted November 7, 2018
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  Creepy Hollow Studios Producing Sculpture of Ouija’s Iconic Blue Ghost

  Own a sculpture of the Blue Ghost from vintage William Fuld Ouija board boxes.

  • Posted November 5, 2018
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  Fap for the Mothman

  Things get steamy (and weird) for three cryptozoologists tracking down the elusive Mothman in Chicago.

  • Posted October 31, 2018
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  The Haunted Dance

  Elena regrets her fondness for the 1920s in this short horror film.

  • Posted October 29, 2018
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  Christine McConnell’s Halloween Monster House

  Macabre baker and artist Christine McConnell turned her parents' home into a real life monster house for Halloween.

  • Posted October 26, 2018
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  More Weight: The Fate of Accused Salem Wizzard Giles Corey

  During the Salem Witch Trials, Giles Corey was crushed to death with rocks for refusing to enter a plea for the accusations of witchcraft made against him.

  • Posted October 13, 2018
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  Sometimes Dead is Better: Watch the Pet Sematary Trailer

  The ground goes bad in the first trailer for the upcoming Pet Sematary remake.

  • Posted October 10, 2018
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  Digging Up Weird History in Milwaukee’s Oldest Cemeteries

  The "man they couldn't hang," a priest's lonely crypt, the Midwest's first crematorium, and other strange bits of history can be found in Milwaukee's historic cemeteries.

  • Posted September 23, 2018
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  Watch the Trailer for the New Peculiar Children Book ‘Map of Days’

  The peculiar children come to America and encounter unimaginable new dangers in Map of Days, the new novel in the Miss Peregrine series from Ransom Riggs.

  • Posted September 20, 2018
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  These Macabre Guillotine Earrings Were All the Rage During France’s “Reign of Terror”

  So many people were executed during the "reign of terror" in France that depictions of the guillotine and beheading became popular and fashionable.

  • Posted September 16, 2018
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  Morbid Must-Reads: 2018 Fall Reading List

  Dig into these morbid and fascinating book recommendations for the fall season from Cult of Weird.

  • Posted September 15, 2018
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  13 Spooky Vintage Board Games to Play on Halloween

  Battle monsters, ghosts, voodoo curses, boobytrapped mansions, haunted carnival rides, and more with these vintage spooky board games.

  • Posted September 10, 2018
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  Webster Colcord’s Bizarre Backyard Barbecue

  Is something burning? The barbecue gets crispy in this short film by stop-motion animator Webster Colcord.

  • Posted September 5, 2018
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  Occult Rituals in the Backwoods of Wisconsin

  Were the violent rituals of Satanic cults in the Wisconsin woods responsible for creatures like the goatman and the Beast of Bray Road?

  • Posted August 28, 2018
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  Bray Road Beast: Documentary Tracks Down Wisconsin Werewolf Legend

  The latest documentary from Small Town Monsters tracks down one of Wisconsin's strangest legends.

  • Posted August 15, 2018
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  I Visited a Local UFO Hotspot During the Annual Gathering of Tinfoil Hat Enthusiasts

  UFO enthusiasts have been gathering in this Wisconsin town for 30 years to share their experiences and catch a glimpse of something strange in the sky.

  • Posted July 27, 2018
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  Stream this Documentary About Ghana’s Most Celebrated Fantasy Coffin Maker

  Paa Joe creates masterpieces meant to be buried six feet under.

  • Posted July 23, 2018
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  Friday Featured Oddities #4: Lake Monster, Haunted House Spray, and Skeletal John Wayne Gacy

  Today's gathering of weird art and morbid oddities for sale.

  • Posted July 13, 2018
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  Friday Featured Oddities #3: Sic Transit Gloria Mundi

  Today's featured oddities are a collection of memento mori, a reminder to never forget the transitory nature of life.

  • Posted June 15, 2018
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  More Coffin Screws for the Cult of Weird Collection

  Victorian era coffin hardware from the Cult of Weird collection.

  • Posted June 13, 2018
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  Death Comes for Father John Misty in New Stop-Motion Video

  Josh Tillman fights off the dead as they try to pull him into his grave in the new video from Father John Misty.

  • Posted May 30, 2018
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  Friday Featured Oddities #2: Goat Skull, Spirit Specimen, and Grim Ghoul

  Today's gathering of weird art and morbid oddities for sale.

  • Posted May 25, 2018
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  Friday Featured Oddities #1: Mysterious Crustacean, Bat Necklace, and Human Skull Bowl

  Today's roundup of weird art and morbid oddities for sale.

  • Posted May 18, 2018
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  Bloodlines Trailer: The Art and Life of Blood Artist Vincent Castiglia

  Get under the skin with an artist who paints his traumatic life in human blood.

  • Posted May 17, 2018
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  Tap, Tap: Artist Maria Salehi’s Miniature Human Vivarium

  Part of new exhibition of miniature art, Maria Salehi's diorama features a giant ant with an aquarium habitat for a human smaller than a penny.

  • Posted May 5, 2018
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  Dapper Corpse Used to Sell Embalming Fluid in 1903 Advertisement

  This vintage ad for Bigsa embalming fluid includes a photo of a man dead for three months to demonstrate it's effectiveness.

  • Posted April 23, 2018
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  Mortis, the 1967 Cadillac Superior 6×6 Monster Hearse

  This repurposed hearse may not haul bodies anymore, but it does haul ass through bogs of mud on monster 60-inch tires.

  • Posted April 13, 2018
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  Weird Couture: Taxidermy Frog Bikini

  From the frying pan to beach fashion, this frog hunter let no part of her catch go to waste when she made her own bizarre swimwear.

  • Posted April 10, 2018
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  Victorian Horse-Drawn Hearse Doors And Panels

  Own these rare, hand-carved wooden remnants of a Victorian funeral carriage.

  • Posted April 7, 2018
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