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| Greetings and Welcome to Ghosts, Monsters & Urban Legends. We have been waiting for you. What touches your imagination? Do you wish to learn? To drink the fountain of knowledge, of stories blended with facts and facts spiced by imagination? Come along then. Discover chambers of glowing candlelight and gold that glitters softly, or breathe the dark and dank of rooms long unvisited. Rooms that only exist in the farthest reaches of your mind... |
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| Dracula, the whole online book for you to read! |
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| The first appearance of today's, well known, Count Dracula, was in the legendary novel "Dracula" written by the Irish writer Bram Stoker in 1897. But Dracula really lived long before the novel was written.... In Bram Stoker's novel Count Dracula lives nearby the Borgo pass in the Transylvanian Carpathians in todays North-east-Romania. |
| Bram Stoker lend the name of Dracula from the fifteenth century Romanian prince Vlad Tepes, also known as Dracula. Stoker took the name of Vlad Tepes from the book "An Account Of The Principalities Of Wallachia And Moldavia" (1820) in which a shorts section tells about the voivode Vlad Tepes Dracula who fought against the Turks. Because Stoker read that Dracula in the Wallachian language means devil he chanced the name of his vampire, who was originally named count Wampyr in count Dracula . The real Dracula (about whom we know much more than Stoker ever did) was not a Count, nor was he a vampire (or ever associated with vampires). The two Draculas have become greatly confused in many people's minds. Bram Stoker himself had no idea of the impact his novel would make. The character of Dracula did become very well known when he made his appearance in the several movies and books a few years after Stoker died. The first Dracula movie was the "Nosferatu" movie from 1922; my personal favorite Dracula movies are "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992) from Francis Ford Coppola and the movie version of Anne Rice's novel "Interview With A Vampire" (1996). Count Dracula, of course, was not the first vampire. Vampires had existed in folklore and legend for hundreds of years, back to ancient times. Stoker came across some information about vampire beliefs in Transylvania which he used in the novel. He was also familiar with earlier vampire literature written in English during the 19th century. |
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| Vampires and "Count Dracula"... |
| The name Dracula brings up dark images in our mind: horror movies of vampires and vampire hunters, dark forests in Romania, and tyranical leaders capable of all sorts of evil acts. |
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| Frankenstein: Man or Monster? |
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| The Diary of Dr. Frankenstein "Farewell! I leave you, and in you the last of human kind whom these eyes will ever behold. Farewell, Frankenstein! If thou wert yet alive, and yet cherished a desire of revenge against me, it would be better satiated in my life than in my destruction. But it was not so; thou didst seek my extinction that I might not cause greater wretchedness; and if yet, in some mode unknown to me, thou hast not ceased to think and feel, thou wouldst not desire against me a vengeance greater than that which I feel. Blasted as thou wert, my agony was still superior to thine; for the bitter sting of remorse will not cease to rankle in my wounds until death shall close them for ever. "But soon," he cried, with sad and solemn enthusiasm, "I shall die, and what I now feel be no longer felt. Soon these burning miseries will be extinct. I shall ascend my funeral pile triumphantly, and exult in the agony of the torturing flames. The light of that conflagration will fade away; my ashes will be swept into the sea by the winds. My spirit will sleep in peace; or if it thinks, it will not surely think thus. Farewell." He sprung from the cabin-window, as he said this, upon the ice-raft which lay close to the vessel. He was soon borne away by the waves and lost in darkness and distance. THE END From Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. |
| Frankenstein means literally the stone of the Franks. Around 500 A.D. the Franks took control of Gaul which was part of the Roman empire at that time. Included in their conquest was a Roman quarry in the vicinity of what is now Darmstadt, Germany. Knight Arbogast Von Frankenstein, a victorious fighter from that area, is the earliest person known using this surname. In the thirteenth century a castle was erected for the Baron von Frankenstein and his knights near the site of the roman quarry. The history and the legends of the castle lie close to the roots of the romantic spirit that was responsible for all of the art and literature eventually associated with this name. read all about it at Frankenstein Web.com... |
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| "Frankenstein" - the very name sends chills down your spine. And yet a hundred years ago the poet Corrila equated the name Frankenstein with the mind of America. Before that, in the early nineteenth century, the name Frankenstein played an important role in the development of the romantic movement. Earlier still the name was a symbol of chivalry and inspired Grimm's tale about the dragon slayer from Frankenstein. |
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| Werewolves: The Myths and The Truths |
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| As popularly known, a werewolf is a person who is transformed, voluntarily or involuntarily, into a wolf under the influence of full moon. The word werewolf is a contraction of the old-Saxon word wer (which means "man") and wolf--werwolf, manwolf. Another term lycanthrope, often used to describe werewolves, however, refers to someone who suffers from a mental disease of fantasizing being a wolf. This particular mental disorder is termed lycanthropy. |
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| The lycanthrope made his film debut in the silent The Werewolf in 1913 and a few other silents followed. Although the German movie Le Loup Garou became the first talking werewolf film in 1932, the first major werewolf movie came in 1935 with Universal's The Werewolf of London. But it is George Waggoner�s 1941 Universal film The Wolf Man starring Lon Chaney, Jr. that established the "laws" of werewolfdom in the popular mind. The sympathetic monster, death by a silver bullet, aversion to wolfsbane, even a hint of a "baser nature" (read: sex) were |
| established with The Wolf Man So thoroughly has the public accepted this cinematic version of were-folklore, you will often find the following quoted as an "Ancient Gypsy Rhyme," even though screenwriter Curt Siodmak penned the lines that Maria Ouspenskaya intones in the movie: |
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| The Werewolf: Monster for a New Millennium? by Paula Guran June, 1998 |
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| Even a man who is pure of heart And says his prayers by night Can become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms And the moon is full and bright. |
| In more modern interpretations -- like the movie Wolf and numerous short stories of the last decade or so -- the werewolf often delights in the power of his animal nature, and uses it for material or sexual gain: a metaphor of "survival of the fittest" for a corrupt contemporary society which pays lip service to human values, but has lost its spiritual core. The werewolf in some renditions has even lost his "lone wolf" image and gained power in a pack. Beginning with Whitley Streiber's Wolfen, tribes of lycanthropes -- either as a race apart from humanity or a chosen "family" -- started roaming the public's psyche. |
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| When dealing with ghosts don't look for any rules or absolutes. There are circumstances that seem to create a more ghostly atmosphere, but there are no guarantees on predicting when and where a ghost will appear. A ghost may appear once in a hundred years or once every Tuesday. It could haunt a house or dwell in a small spot in an open field. Even with the perfect conditions for a ghost it doesn't mean that one will ever show up. In fact, even the ghost's appearance doesn't seem to follow any special pattern. Sometimes a ghost is nothing more than a sharp chill felt on your body. In other cases the ghosts cannot be distinguished from a living person. Ghosts can also be in the forms of animals, headless bodies or even as simple as a single ghostly hand carrying a book down a dark hallway. Ghosts have been known to interact with the living or just make acknowledgment with a quick glance or eye contact. In other accounts the ghost seems unaware of the presence of living people and appears to be acting out some part of their own life. |
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| Ghost: Soul, Spirit, Demon. The disembodied spirit of a dead person, conceived of an appearing to the living as a pale, shadowy apparition. Phantom: Something that seems to appear to the sight but has no physical exsistance; Apparition, Vision, Spector. Something to be feared or deaded. Wraith: Guardian; a ghost. Spectral figure of a person supposedly seen as a premonition just before that person dies. Poltergeist: Responsible for mysterious noisy disturbances or moving, misplacing of objects. Some poltergeists have been reported to cause physical harm to people. Haunt: Visit often or continually. Frequented by ghosts. |
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| The Best Chill on the Net for the past 6 Years! True tales of spectral encounters appear in monthly features. Scour the archives for more chills and thrills. |
| If you believe your house is haunted; or you are being psychically attacked or drained of energy; if you are having disturbing out-of-body experiences or visions; if your sleep is being disrupted by mysterious forces; if you are in any kind of paranormal crisis - contact the White Crow Society. |
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| This site should NOT be viewed by anybody who has a heart condition or cannot tolerate viewing shocking content. ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK |
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| The Webcam on the link above watches for the ghost of Helena Blunden who died in this Belfast linen mill in 1912. Includes accounts of sightings. |
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| Includes information on other Corpus Christi area hauntings, as well as the spirit on board the USS Lexington. |
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| Urban Legends almost certainly developed out of the informal oral communication traditions that have been a part of every culture since the beginning of our history. Urban Legends, in a sense, have been with us ever since we began telling stories. It�s hard to imagine that humanity developed the process of telling remarkable, unsubstantiated stories as true events only recently. However, as a defined tradition, distinct from other types of folklore, Urban Legends probably emerged at the turn of the 20th Century (or thereabouts). |
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| Most zombie movies have neglected to provide an explanation as to how or why the dead have become reanimated and attack the living. But... |
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| The Unexplained World Welcome To All This site is for those who have experienced or believe in "The Unexplained World" of the paranormal. To share your experiences, and to learn what others have learned. Covering ghosts, spirits, hauntings, Psychic abilities and more in the Chicagoland area and the Midwest. Also a Merry Meet to those who are Wiccan or Pagan, along with those that practice Magick. You will find links to a whole Unexplained World, where the border between the natural and the supernatural will be nothing any more but fuzzy. |
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| A HELL of a great place to adopt your very own demon! Imagine owning your own pet from the nether regions of Purgatory. Pick from evil creatues like - ghouls, demons, devils, monsters, beasts, gargoyles, monstrosities and creatures of the pit... |
| Meet Ahta "The Terrible". This is our very own Demon we Adopted from Adopt A Demon. We know that Ahta will be very happy in his new home and maybe someday, if we are very lucky, Ahta will have a demon sibling to keep him company. If you, or anyone you know, can give a Demon a home please vist the link below. Thanks again, to Adopt A Demon for giving us Ahta. By the Way, you still didn't tell us if he has Fleas? |
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| These are the things that go bump in the night. Most of our fears, legends, and other types of nightmares are nothing more than fanciful tales of the supernatural... |
| su�per�nat�u�ral Pronunciation: "s�-p&r-'na-ch&-r&l, -'nach-r&l Etymology: Medieval Latin supernaturalis, from Latin super- + natura nature Date: 15th century 1 : of or relating to an order of existence beyond the visible observable universe; especially : of or relating to God or a god, demigod, spirit, or devil 2 a : departing from what is usual or normal especially so as to appear to transcend the laws of nature b : attributed to an invisible agent (as a ghost or spirit) |
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