Murder Is Her Hobby: The Nutshell Studies Return to Baltimore Heiress, crime novel enthusiast, and miniature hobbyist, Frances Glessner Lee (1878-1962) created 20 miniature dioramas depicting real crime scenes. Nineteen survived and were recently highlighted in the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery’s “Murder is Her Hobby: Frances Glessner LeeContinue Reading
Well played, House of Cards. Or should I say, “Well advertised.” I was among your target audience for sponsored Facebook ads. I don’t remember now what the exact wording was. Something about magic bar and museum, Harry Potter, mystery and speakeasy. Oh, and unlike anything the South has ever seen. That’sContinue Reading
Have you been following the Chicago Mothman sightings? Many blogs have been writing about them, but perhaps the best coverage has come from Lon Strickler at Phantoms & Monsters. In fact, he’s been so involved investigating the sightings, he put a book out about it at the end of 2017: MothmanContinue Reading
I have probably seen an Alebrije before, but I didn’t know that’s what it was called. Or even that it had a name, because it was only shortly before I started writing this post that I learned it was an art form and a specific one at that. If IContinue Reading
On Twitter I like to share things based on the day of the week. For instance, Mondays can be many things, including: #MovieMonday #MysteryMonday, and #MonsterMonday just to name a few possibilities. Today I was going through my email and read an article in The Lineup digest that hit myContinue Reading
For two decades, “DraculaTour,” has been the ultimate haunted horror travel experience. It is a unique adventure which takes visitors to Eastern Europe’s most infamous land of the unholy, Transylvania (in Romania). For one week during Halloween, travelers experience the definitive Halloween holiday with fellow fans, friends and ‘fiends’Continue Reading
This is a Guest Contribution from Michelle Maxwell. From the many Amityville Horror films to Annabelle and Conjuring installments, perhaps no paranormal investigating duo has earned the fame (and notoriety) of Ed and Lorraine Warren. Renowned for their world-spanning psychic work concerning all manner of hauntings and demonic activity, theContinue Reading
This is a guest contribution from Desmond Rhodes. The tale of Sarah Lockwood Pardee, or later and more famously known as Sarah Lockwood Winchester, is one born of tragedy and shrouded in mystery. She was an heiress to an enormous fortune brought onto her by the death of her husband.Continue Reading
In January, we had a day layover in Los Angeles before we flew to Singapore. Perfect excuse to do something I’d long been wanting to do: book a room and stay aboard The Queen Mary. Other than to see it as we boarded a Carnival cruise from the cruise portContinue Reading
The Essential Guide to UFO Sightings Since 1945 (Schiffer Publishing 2017) by Frank Schwede is a small but mighty collection of specific UFO cases that many readers may have heard of or read about at one point in time. The book covers the topics of over ten noted sightings sinceContinue Reading
Even though we don’t have cable, I of course know who Mike Wolfe is from American Pickers. Mostly because he has a house out in Leiper’s Fork and is neighbor’s with one of my tennis buddies. What I didn’t know was that he had a store here in Nashville calledContinue Reading
This is a guest contribution from Desmond Rhodes. The Old Idaho Penitentiary, or the “Old Pen,” was home to over 13,000 murderers, rustlers, and bank robbers—among other criminals. Over its 101 year span, inmates were hanged, planned escapes, and kept in deplorable conditions. The Old Pen houses a history ofContinue Reading
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