11 Creepy facts that show the making of the Exorcist was as disturbing as the movie itself The tales surrounding the year-long shoot of “The Exorcist”, are almost as …
Long before the film “The Exorcist” terrified a nation, real exorcists fought to save a child from a mysterious force. In the weeks after the film came out in …
Have clowns always had a dark side? Clown-like characters have been around for thousands of years. Pygmy clowns entertained Egyptian pharaohs in 2500 BCE. In ancient imperial China, a …
Was Johann Conrad Dippel, born Konrad Dippel von Frankenstein at Frankenstein Castle, the first Dr. Frankenstein? In “Maladies and Remedies of the Life of the Flesh” (1736), Dippel claimed …
We are familiar with the Mad Scientist archetype. He lives in a castle cum laboratory, browbeats his odd sidekick, has an eccentric appearance, enjoys unusual hobbies, makes outlandish pronouncements …
The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia. Dating from around 2100 BC, it may be the earliest surviving great work of literature. More importantly, with …
Before we had widespread collective nouns for animal groups, we had 7 names for animal droppings. These include the wonderful expressions : “the wagging” (the fox) , “the wardrobe” …
The cat has been a working animal, god, devil and now a treasured companion. How did our favourite feline evolve to become the unofficial mascot of the internet? And …
A bed was the most expensive single item of the Medieval and early modern household. In the history of bed culture, the bed made the family. Marriages were made …
Female Grooming in the Middle Ages included shaving and plucking, but only on foreheads, temples and eyebrows. This grooming was in pursuit of the hot Medieval huge, freckle-free forehead. …
Are you a fan of the 10 words or so (plus variants) in English that constitute swear words? Could you come up with six before breakfast? Could you hold …
As far back as 1894, they figured out that cat videos were what the people wanted. Yep, one of the earliest films recorded was two cats wearing tiny boxing …
