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I Scream, You Scream, We all Scream Like Banshees! Magical Creatures Part Two

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When I asked readers of The Blog of the Bizarre to comment on their favorite magical creatures, a surprising number of you said banshee! Well, I have to admit the banshee is most certainly my favorite magical creature and with competition from the likes of werewolves and vampires that is saying something. Banshees straddle the […]

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Funeral Parlor Antics on Huffington Post

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My latest article on Huffington Post all about the amazing things funereal homes are doing to say alive! Like adding a Starbucks, hosting a chili cook off, and more. Plus the origin of the word hearse! Click below to read more: Huffington Post Article on Funeral Homes

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Friday the 13th: Luck and Lore

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Happy Friday the 13th!! Here are a few fun tidbits about luck, lore, superstitions, and strange beliefs to get you in the spirit of the day! Triskaidekaphobia is the term for a morbid fear of the number 13. Some say the fear of Friday the 13th comes from the early Christian belief that there were

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Mermaids on Huffington Post

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My most recent article on mermaids! Huff Po Article on Mermaids (click here) Please read and comment on the mermaid conspiracy…

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Review – The Book of the Bizarre – Freaky Facts and Strange Stories

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Here is a fun review of The Book of the Bizarre!

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Calling All Mermaids

3 Comments / Fantasy, Folklore, Magical Creatures, Mermaids / Varla Ventura

Have you ever seen a mermaid? Do you know someone who has? Do you have a family legend or terrifying (or delightful tale) that involves a sea creature, a mermaid, or a magical creature relative to the mermaid? Or perhaps you know a real-life mermaid and/or you can hold your breath for a really long

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Haunted Dorms

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I just returned from a lengthy week off-the-grid at my sister’s place, where I spent evenings looking into the starry abyss (for UFOs, of course!) and days swimming in the murky lake straight out of Stephen King’s short story The Raft. The lake was once a blown out sinkhole caused by a mining explosion, and

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Coffin Box

1 Comment / Beyond Bizarre, Giveaways, The Book of the Bizarre / Varla Ventura

Hello fabulous friends of the freakery that abounds!! I wanted to share with you what the lucky winner of the Bizarre Giveaway contest is receiving. (If this is you, don’t look!) I was meant to send this out last week BUT I KNEW I had to find this hard-to-find box for the goodies. I finally

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THE BIZARRE BOOK GIVEAWAY WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT!

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Okay fellow connoisseurs of the curious and fans of the freaktacular, the winner for the Bizarre Giveaway has been chosen (at random using a very complicated system of bibliomancy that my niece, Vivienne, imposed upon me). So drum roll please… And the winner of my BIZARRE GIVEAWAY is… Aphrodisiastes Le Fay!!! Please e-mail varlaventura@gmail.com with

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Haunted Houses on Huff Po!

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For those of you who love a good horror story and you fans of the freaky, I’ve got a new post on the Huffington Post’s Weird News site about 5 Haunted Places I’d Love to Stay the Night! You can read it here and comment on where you’d stay. I think the list could easily

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