Vampire Lily
OMG. So gorgeous!!
July 2013
The Bat Plant
The beautiful, luscious bat plant. Thanks Rotten Botanist!
Varla on Ghost Chronicles–Tonight, Wednesday the 24th!
Greetings! Tonight I am honored to be on Ghost Chronicles with hosts Ron Kolek and Anne Kerrigan. Ron has been a supporter of my books since lo’ those many years ago when The Book of the Bizarre came out, and he regularly includes a tidbit of Beyond Bizarre on his shows, so not only will …
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Mermaid Kicked Out of a Pool
Some of you may have already read the recent article about the mermaid in Florida who got kicked out two of the local public pools. Jenni Conti, whose mermaid name is Eden Sirene, lives and swims as a mermaid in Fishawk, Florida. She wanted to swim at the Fishawk Ranch, where she’d previously been before …
Mermaids and George Noory: Coast to Coast AM TONIGHT
Greetings guys and ghouls! I’ll be conversing with the great George Noory tonight, Wednesday the 17th, on Coast to Coast AM and I hope you can join us! The show starts at 10pm PST , and I’ll be on at 11PM PST. We’ll be discussing mermaids, and other strange and mythical beasties, banshees, and things …
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Dog Days of Summer: Intuitive Dogs
Even if you don’t have a doggie to call your own, you can’t help but give up some respect for the amazing powers of the canine crowd. Is Fido Psychic? Many people claim their pets have extrasensory perception (ESP), and a Russian experiment proved it. To test dogs’ mind-reading abilities, the scientists conducted 1,278 trials that measured the …
The Cold Dark Waters of Natalie Wood
My latest Huffington Post article about the mystery of Natalie Wood! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/varla-ventura/natalie-woods-dark-waters_b_3567946.html
Mike the Headless Wonder Chicken
In 1945, farmer Lloyd Olsen of Fruita, Colorado, went to his barnyard to butcher a chicken for his family’s dinner. But the chicken in question had other ideas. Olsen skillfully beheaded the fowl with a swift ax chop, and the body, like those of so many freshly killed chickens, began to stagger around. Then it …