Varla Ventura

writer, traveler, lover of the strange

Bizarre Facts

Saturday Night Special~Church of Mabus!

Hey Freaks! Whatcha’ doin Saturday night? Want to get into the “spirit” of Christmas? Join me on Church of Mabus radio.  Hosts Jeffery Pritchett & Erica Goetsch are ripe and ready to discuss Christmas trolls, Krampus, terrifying creatures of the night, little men you should beware of, freaky facts, dark and strormys and so much

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Zompocaplyse! A Grab Bag of Giveaway Fun!

The gorgeous beings at Paranormal Wastelands are hosting a Zompocalypse blog hop! And there are TWO (that’s right TWO) ways to win. Today October 25th: go and check out my guest post For Whom the Bell Tolls: The Bateson Revival Device and Other Freaky Stories of  Premature Burial, Funeral Customs, and The Walking Dead At the

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Fangs, Fur, and Fey Giveaway WINNER!!!

  Ladies and gentlemen, boys and ghouls… The winner of the Fangs, Fur, and Fey Giveaway is….. Zara Alexis. Zara, you can expect a package of creepy fun coming your way soon. Included are copies of my book, The Book of the Bizarre, and Reginald Bakeley’s Goblinproofing One’s Chicken Coop. Also a zombie-grab bag of

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Church of Mabus and Varla’s House of Horrors

Just had a great interview with Jeffery Pritchett. Jeffery  is the host of The Church Of Mabus Show “bringing you high strange stories from professionals in the carousel of fields surrounding the paranormal.” Read about hospital horrors, magical creatures, psychic premonitons, and body snatchers~ Interview on Examiner dot com, Varla Ventura on Real Life Horrors

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Skull in Stomach (And a Foot in the Brain)

Recent news of the model whose sustained injuries from a fall while hiking with her husband in Hell’s Canyon, a wilderness area along the border of Idaho and Oregon, reports that Jamie Hilton is recovering from her major brain injury, thanks to the ingenuity of doctors storing the fragment of her skull in her abdomen.

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Coast to Coast: Friday September 21st

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

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