Everybody loves a pirate. Pirates were great! Their cool hats, perfect beards and amazing fashion sense has always appealed to me; Plus, who doesn’t want to drink rum and sail the seven seas searching for treasure and learning the true … Continue reading The Real Pirate’s Life
Today we’re going to take a look at the ‘most dangerous woman’ to ever grace the US of A. Typhoid Mary. Mary Mallon was born September 23rd 1869 in Cookstown, Ireland. Mallon moved to the States in 1883 at the … Continue reading Typhoid Mary
Superstitions are all around us, some there to spook us and some there because we still believe them. Whether you say “Morning Maggie” or refuse to stand in the mirror and echo the name of Bloody Mary three times, superstitions have always been around. In the beginning superstitions we’re there to stop you from upsetting spirits and Gods, now, it just seems as though we’ve watched Final Destination one too many times and don’t want to tempt fate. As we try to avoid that unsteady ladder and continue saying “break a leg” to all our actor friends, here are 10 … Continue reading 10 Strange Superstitions
As a great pirate once said “The ship is the best teacher. She will guide you with her sighs… her shudders, her gentle swaying as she rides the crests of the waves.” – In reality that was Isabela from Dragon … Continue reading Anne Bonny
Yo, Ho! Yo, Ho! A pirate’s life for me; well at least, it would be if I had a ship and a crew… or any idea how to sail. I remember watching ‘Pirates of the Caribbean, Curse of the Black … Continue reading Mary Read
Zombies. That’s the historic event I was supposed to live through; Covid-19 was the epidemic we all got instead. I remember distinctly being about 12-years old and having a panic attack over a possible zombie outbreak taking place and now … Continue reading Zombies
Recently, I have been playing a lot of space based videogames and I thought what better way to find out about a mission to space that changed the world. I always wanted to be an astronaut when I was really … Continue reading The Challenger Disaster
So, I just finished watching Lost Girl, and the big antagonist of the series was Hades. The Greek God of the underworld, Hades. There is no denying that Hades is supposedly the evilest being in existence, but after a lot … Continue reading Hades
This blog we’re taking it back to the old Gods and looking at some ancient mythology. I haven’t written a lot about Norse Mythology before, and the only thing I really know about it is that which I’ve picked up … Continue reading Valkyries
I love a good horror story. Especially a Frankenstein story. My favourite adaptation of the classic is the wonderful Rocky Horror Picture Show, I mean who doesn’t love a man with a six pack dancing around and a man in … Continue reading Mary Shelley
Return Of The Famous Dead 