Hello Pumpkins and Pumpkin Eaters! It’s been ages since you’ve heard the sweet (or should I say scratchy? It’s been Dark and Stormy night…) sound of my voice. Well, the agonizing wait is over. Listen to me live Monday the 24th, at 7pm EST where I’ll be chatting with host Dan Marro on his show …
Werewolves, banshees, vampires, ghosts! Come tune in for TWO HOURS of lively banter with George Noory and moi! Friday, September 21st, 10pm-12pm PST Listen LIVE via the web or your local AM radio station. Remember, you have to either listen live or subscribe (for a small fee) to listen to archived shows. Click the link …
Today is international Talk Like a Pirate Day! So if you don’t already swagger and curse, chug rum and sing songs of the salt salt sea, today is the day to start. And if just being a cool person isn’t enough to motivate you to talk like a pirate, Krispy Kreme donuts is giving away …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Well, technically a week and a day but that doesn’t make much of a header now does it? Just a little reminder for those of you who haven’t entered the contest yet! It ends the 31st of May. How to Enter*: Subscribe to THE BLOG OF THE BIZARRE {+1 point} “Like” the Red Wheel/Weiser, LLC Facebook page (they …
Attention fans of the freaky and the free! My publisher, Red Wheel/Weiser, LLC, and I are teaming up for a briliantly bizarre giveaway. Here are the devilish details: Opens May 2, 2012 – Closes May 31, 2012, United States only The Prize: 1 signed copy of THE BOOK OF THE BIZARRE by Varla Ventura 1 …
Happy May Day! Often associated with the distress when a vessel or vehicle is in trouble, the call “mayday! mayday! mayday!” derives from the French word m’aider which means “come help me.” Lesser known is the call “pan-pan, pan-pan, pan-pan!” which means there is an urgent situation on board. Though one may think it is …
Sparked by the recent internet sensation zombie-invasion engagement photos, you can read my Bride of the Bizarre inspired Huffington Post entry here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/varla-ventura/bride-of-the-bizarre-zomb_b_935399.html And in honor of the subject of the day, I’ll include a few tidbits excerpted from the Bride of the Bizarre chapter of Beyond Bizarre: In March of 2010, a couple spent …
