Mar 21, 2016 | The Writing Life
The A to Z Challenge is almost upon us, which–quite frankly–terrifies me, because I haven’t begun writing my posts yet. I don’t even have a schedule! (For those of you not familiar with the Challenge: during the month of April, participating...
Feb 9, 2016 | Murder at the Movies, Tales of the Supernatural
Laugh if you will, but horror movies are an art form. It’s extremely difficult to get them right. At a conservative estimate, roughly 90 percent of the horror movies I’ve seen have been complete crap. I was thrilled that The Possession was not one of them...
Jul 25, 2015 | Mysterious Places, Tales of the Supernatural, The Writing Life
Hasdeu Castle has a strange, sad history. After his daughter Iulia (pronounced Julia) died of tuberculosis at the age of nineteen, Bogdan Hasdeu claimed to receive instructions from beyond the grave. For some reason, Iulia, a brilliant prodigy who had written several...
Jun 24, 2015 | Murder at the Movies, Tales of the Supernatural
Since the first movie was released in the 1980s, the Child’s Play franchise and its cursed doll Chucky have become horror-movie classics. But did you know Chucky is based on an actual voodoo doll? The real thing is so much creepier than the Hollywood version. It...
Jun 9, 2015 | Mysterious Places, Tales of the Supernatural
In honour of my upcoming trip to Romania, let’s explore one of the world’s most haunted forests. The Hoia Baciu Forest is located in Cluj-Napoca, the city where my plane will land. So many strange events have occurred there that some people believe...
