I’ll give it to him. Alan was on to something in episode 158  of the Lunatics Radio Hour podcast when he compared Popeye to a superhero....

Three years before Frankenstein was published, Mary Shelley traveled through Europe. While in Germany, she passed near Frankenstein Castle, which may have influenced her novel. The castle was home to Johann Conrad Dippel, an alchemist who created a tar-like substance called Dippel’s Oil. Folklore about Dippel’s experiments possibly inspired Shelley, though she never mentioned this in her journals.

McCurdy was an American Outlaw, but that’s not why he’s famous. After his death, his corpse went on to live in infamy.

In 1837, residents of a London neighborhood started to report strange encounters and incidents with a mysterious and terrifying man. 

Since ancient times, May 1st has marked the commencement of Summer across many cultures. It’s a festival honoring the transition from...

In honor of our exploration of theories behind UAP and UFOs on Lunatics Radio Hour, here are some of the most famous UFO and UAP...

It’s that time of year again, when I get to remind you that the most famous ghost story of all time is a Christmas story. And that is for...

Yule is a 12 day historic pagan festival celebrated in conjunction with the Winter Solstice on December 21st in the Northern...

As darkness falls on the evening of December 5th, folks across certain regions of Europe perpare for Krampusnacht. Traditionally, across...

One of the most famous tragedies from colonial New England was the Salem Witch Trial's. These trials took place about a century earlier...

The novel Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley was published in 1818. Shelley started writing the story when she was...

It was Halloween night 1938 when Orson Welles infamous radio play The War of the Worlds was broadcast to millions of Americans. Some...

Despite being born in the 1800s, Harry Houdini remains one of the most famous magicians and illusionists of all time.  This is the...

Charybdis and Scylla are vicious sea monsters from Greek mythology.

In 1957 the BBC reported that Switzerland’s spaghetti crop was out of control and even showed footage of farmers harvesting pasta. The...

Welcome to Fairfield Hills Hospital in Newtown Connecticut. When operational, this psychiatric ward performed psychosurgery,...

Let's talk about the History of The spring equinox across different cultures around the globe. Scientifically speaking, the spring...

The Lesser Key is a grimoire on demonology compiled in the mid-17th century. The text lists out 72 demons of hell in the Ars Goetia, the...

In June of 1998, Peter Weir’s “The Truman Show” was released. While not technically a horror film, I think most of us would agree that...

Kenmare, Ireland is home to evidence of an ancient civilization, in the form of a stone circle. Fifteen stones wrap around a...