The Pit and the Pendulum
Edgar Allan Poe is the master of suspenseful horror. And a lot of his stories are set in the Middle Ages. The Pit and the
31 October 2019
Monty Python and the Holy Grail: The Horror Movie
It seems like every year someone is re-cutting a comedy movie trailer into a horror movie. The one below is almost 10 years old, but
31 October 2019
Medieval royal witches: from Elizabeth Woodville to Queen Joan of Navarre
On 23 January 1484, the English parliament issued Titulus Regius, explaining why the newly crowned Richard III was the legitimate heir to the throne instead
31 October 2019
Witch prison found in 15th century Scottish church
An almost innocuous iron ring embedded into the north wall of the chapel is now all that remains of this gruesome past. But records unearthed
31 October 2019
Skeleton Lake: Hundreds of people have died over past 1,000 years
A decades-old mystery over an eerie Himalayan lake littered with human remains deepens – as scientists say hundreds of people died there spread over 1,000
31 October 2019
An Elaborate Viking Graveyard at the End of a Fjord
Norway is rife with fjords—deep, canyon-like inlets carved by glaciers that add some 10,000 miles to the country’s convoluted coastline—and at one time those fjords
31 October 2019
Skeletons of a working-class woman and 7-year-old girl are discovered in the Tower of London
Two mysterious skeletons believed to be a mother and child have been discovered in the Tower of London – but unlike most they do not
31 October 2019
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