Tomes of Evil
Tomes of evil do not begin or end with H. P. Lovecraft’s most famous volume, The Necronomicon of Abdul Alhazred. His friends like Clark Ashton Read More
Category: Occult Detectives
Still More Bronze Age Plant Monsters IV
If you missed the last one… The Bronze Age has the benefit of all the collective plant monsters of the Golden and Silver Ages before Read More
The Seance Begins! Part 3
If you missed the last one… In the Bronze Age, the seance had its biggest phase since the 1890s. Kids everywhere were trying out Spiritualism Read More
The Seance Begins! Part 2
If you missed the last one… A couple of Golden Age pieces to conclude, before moving onto the much more mundane Silver Age and even Read More
The Seance Begins! Part 1
Seances and Spiritualism fiction began shortly after the movement swept the world in the 1840s. The flood of mediums who gave readings got a shot Read More
John Dickson Carr Radio Shows in Comics
The Mystery writer, John Dickson Carr, wrote several episodes of Suspense for Radio back in the early 1940s. (For a complete list of links go Read More
The Ghostbreakers: Mister E
DC Comics love a good ghostbreaker. Some have long careers, even get movies. Others lurk in out-of-way places like in the back pages of old Read More
Phantom Hounds in Comics
The Phantom Hounds howl in comics! Arthur Conan Doyle left us with a dual heritage from his work and life. He created Mystery’s finest false Read More
Dracula Comics Not in the Tomb
One reader suggested I do a post on Dracula comics not by Marvel. (Thanks, Tim.) Like the word “nonfiction”, we are defining this by what Read More
The Ghostbreakers: Haunted Hall
“Haunted Hall” by Donald Honig is from Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, October 1961. What could be better for Hallowe’en than a ghost story? Honig plays Read More