Nothing makes the story of a horrific tragedy more frightening than when the location is named after it. Buildings, forests, mountains. It doesn’t matter. By proxy, the place becomes even more terrifying when you name it after some poor, wandering soul. Someone who is believed to have died there by…
Asheville, NC is currently recognized as a hotspot among American cities for a number of reasons. We are lauded for our beer, our scenery, our artist scene, and even our hipsters. But did you know that this small city, nestled in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, is also a hub…
Ashtoberfest, the creators of the annual Asheville, NC Zombie Walk, are coordinating a pub crawl on Sunday, October 14, 2012. It’s sure to be a good time for the living and the dead, as zombies are invited to gather at ZaPow! studio and art gallery before being let loose upon…
It’s the Zombie Apocalypse. You have a lot of things on your mind. Survival, food, shelter, and that little problem of keeping the remaining human race alive. It’s going to be a big day. Suddenly, you’re surrounded. The zombies have you now, and they are closing in. You should have…
On October 7, 1849, the soul of Edgar Allan Poe left this world forever. (We like to believe he went on to a better place, like the Bermuda Triangle.) But the spirit of Poe’s works have lived on. Today, 163 years later on the anniversary of his death, he is…
On an eerily foreboding night in 1999 (at least that’s how we imagine it), celebrated horror author Stephen King was struck from behind by a minivan. The official story supposes that the woman driving the van was distracted by an unruly dog in the backseat. We don’t know if the…
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Featuring movie essays from the Head Monsters of SML and others that explore our love for horror cinema! Published by the Collinsport Historical Society.
