The History of Haunting and Horror

Gothic horror stories, places stained with history and hauntings, a healthy dose of witchcraft, paganism, stone circles ... the Gothic Curiosity Cabinet of Todd Atteberry

Witch's Gardener Haunted Traveler

Book excerpt from The Haunted History of Southern Illinois … Christmas ghost stories on the prairie in southern Illinois

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In defense of Halloween

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From the Journal …

Tales Told By A Tombstone … on Betsey Reed, The White Lady of Baker Cemetery, and a quartet of southern Illinois hauntings from Lawrence and Crawford counties

The haunted Hamptons and ghosts from the sea from Long Island’s south shore

Tales of Old Stony Brook III: What dark, deceptive spirit haunts the Country House Restaurant if it’s not Annette Williamson?

Tales Told By A Tombstone: “Prepare For Death and Follow Me,” Secrets of the Witch’s Grave at Big Hill Cemetery

The 1925 Tri-State Tornado: In search of the scars from the worst tornado in U.S. history and finding them closer than I expected … A tale told by a tombstone

The death, resurrection and retribution of Zona Heaster Shue, The Greenbrier Ghost

American folk horror from the heartland …

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The Witch’s Gardener

On keeping a witch’s garden with the lady of the house,
where we grow witch’s herbs and a witchy love

Enter the garden

Starting a moon garden, to bring the senses, and memories to life

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The Witch’s Garden, Spring 2021: On light, structure, what survived the winter and the witch’s gardener’s best friend

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Henbane (Hyoscyamus niger): It gave oracles their sight and made witches fly, yellow blossoms on one of the darkest of plants inhabiting a deadly corner of the Witch’s Garden

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