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A Guide to Victorian Vampires
What’s in a Name? There are many different terms for vampires (also spelled vampyre in English), such as vyrkolakas (Greek), Bulgarian and Macedonian вампир (vampir), Bosnian: lampir, Croatian vampir,...
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Embrace One of the “Spirits of the Season” with Apple Cider, a 19th century...
I have noticed there are many brands of liquor that boast a start date sometime in the 1880’s. It made me wonder about the favorite drinks of the steam era, and started me down a delectable series of...
View ArticleWhat is a Spirit Board?
How do Ouija and other Spirit Boards Work? Spirit boards are widely regarded to be nothing more than a toy. The game is simple; a group of people would place their hands on a planchette that sported a...
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) Punks an American Revolution Myth
The History of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow The story first appeared in print in 1820 as a short story. Since then, it’s gone on to be one of the most enduring American ghost stories of all time. In...
View ArticleGet All of your Steam Era Mummy Links in One Place
Earlier this year, we devoted a week to Egyptomania. To make it easier to include our fine, bandaged friends in your Halloween, those articles are compiled below. A Taste of the Victorian Era –...
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Get a Dazzling Look at Five of Edgar Allan Poe’s Classic Tales
Director Raul Garcia (The Lion King, Aladdin) brings together five amazing depictions of some of Poe’s scariest stories and pairs them with voice talent like Christopher Lee, Guillermo Del Toro,...
View ArticleTop 5 Movie Picks for your Steampunk Halloween
Guys, this was hard. Like, waaaaaaaay harder than I expected. It turns out there are LOT of Steampunk movies with a bit of the gothic or macabre so they’d work for Halloween. I decided to choose five...
View ArticleAnother Steampunk Halloween Resource – Mask Tutorial Video
Need some inspiration for your Halloween costume? Check out this video for how to make your own creepy post-apocolyptic Steampunk mash up mask
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