It’s Haunted December here at Vampire Squid, so join us as we continue to our look at influential writers of ghostly horror! The haunted house genre has changed a lot over… Continue reading "Shirley Jackson’s Haunted America"
We experience tales of horror and the supernatural through popular culture and folklore. Both mediums have similarities in that they both follow traditional, tried-and-tested genres and formulas. What makes folklore… Continue reading "7 Vengeful Ghosts From Global Folklore That Will Give You Nightmares"
Like many people who went on to be associated with murder, Manson’s upbringing was not a happy one.
Castles are imprinted in our imaginations from a young age. They start off as places of wonder and fairy tale, yet curiously, as we age, we associate them more with… Continue reading "3 Reasons Why Castles are Literal Hubs of Horror"
One of London’s most enduring urban legends, Sweeney Todd has terrified young and old alike for generations. The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is said to have murdered countless men… Continue reading "Separating Fact From Fiction: Sweeney Todd"
Known the world over as the Co-Ed Killer, Edmund Kemper committed his first murders at the tender age of fifteen. Over the course of nine years, he killed ten people,… Continue reading "SERIAL KILLER OF THE WEEK: Edmund Kemper"
It’s not uncommon for society’s most taboo subjects to make their way into people’s fantasies and fetishes – violence, rape, murder. It is when those ideas pass out of the… Continue reading "Staying For Dinner? 3 Cannibal Killers Who Found Willing Victims Online"
The story of Borley Rectory is as much a story of alleged ghost sightings as it is about modern Britain. A Victorian house that gained fame as the most haunted… Continue reading "Harry Price and ‘The Most Haunted House in England’"
Between 1970 and 1973, a terrifying killer stalked Houston, Texas. Before he met his own violent end, he would claim the lives of at least 27 teenage boys. His name… Continue reading "SERIAL KILLER OF THE WEEK: Dean Corll"
We occupy a uniquely privileged position in human history. For more and more people, the prospect of wild animal attack or death through starvation is remote, even laughable. For our… Continue reading "Cannibal Legends"
Known equally as the Werewolf of Wysteria and the Brooklyn Vampire, Albert Fish is one of America’s most terrifying serial killers. The child rapist and cannibal claimed to have “children… Continue reading "SERIAL KILLER OF THE WEEK: Albert Fish"
Horror filmmakers have long delighted in confronting audiences with their very worst fears. And yet in all of horror history one action still has the power to put punters off… Continue reading "Feeling Peckish? Cannibalism Goes To The Movies"