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

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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

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

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From the Papers …

This Old Gothic House II: What are ghosts, what type of ghosts are there, and what types of ghosts do I live with?

A Field Guide to ghosts on Long Island’s North Shore along Rt. 25A, where you find more hauntings per mile than just about anywhere else

The difference between Halloween and Samhain is in the stars and on the calendar

A Tale Told By A Tombstone: A real life Poison Ivy appears while searching for a ghost in a Carmi cemetery

Monster hunting in southern Illinois at Alton, Murphysboro, Harrisburg, Enfield, Mt. Vernon and more … and why not Bigfoot while we’re at it?

Winfield Hall: What are the mysterious secrets of F.W. Woolworth’s haunted Long Island home?

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

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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Journal Entry: Spring 2020 in the witch’s garden – on delayed plants, medicinal herbs, fairy garden planning and a warning to reptiles

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See what’s blooming …

Purple People Eater Brugmansia … Last inside bloom of the winter

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My first Dahlia proves a delicate bloom

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August brings purple and turns the witch’s garden into a moon garden

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Unique gifts for lovers of horror, the gothic and other children of the night