The Skull-Faced Bishop: The Horrific Image of One Vancouver Island Ghost
Bishop Seghers’ apparition is one of Vancouver Island’s most terrifying visages.
Faces in the Mirror: The Urban Legend of Bloody Mary
Bloody Mary is a scary urban legend that has been told for decades, but what might psychology tell us about its appeal and origins?
The Tibetan Zombie: The Himalayas’ Walking Dead
One of the countries which one doesn’t associate the zombie with is Tibet.
What Is a Witch? Defining Witchcraft in the ‘Malleus Maleficarum’
The concept of a witch, that is a practitioner of magic, has been part of western folklore for centuries, yet throughout that time it has been subject to continuous reinterpretations.
Fact or Fiction? The Fate of the Witchfinder General
here is no name from the period of England’s witch trials more infamous than that of Matthew Hopkins, the self-styled witchfinder who was instrumental in the witch-panic that swept East Anglia in the middle of the 17th century.