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4A Murder Mystery Game or Weekend in the Golden Valley Guesthouse (Belgium)
A true treasure hunt or murder mystery game you can play now in the woods of the Ardennes, in Belgium and northern France. Your host and hostess: Bob and Dani Bron-Breedijk of the lovely guesthouse Les Sources du Moulin (The Sources of the Mull). Early in the morning, not so long ago, a visitor to the old Abbey of Orval discovered a corpse in the ruins. The head of Paul Schoeman was in a pool of water and his neck was disfigured by a bright red weal. ..
5Fairy Tale Guesthouse in Medieval Bruges (Brugge)
Guesthouse Nuit Blanche (that's French, and it means "white night", or "sleepless night") leads you straight into another time and another place... Meet & Greet the Phantoms of Bruges-la-Morte!
5The Ballad of Resurrection Mary, a Cemetery Story
A poem, but also a true ghost story, something to recite when it's Halloween time again...
6Merlin's Doomsday Chronicles and Prophecies
There are far more "Doomsday Chronicles" than the ones that are hyped now, featuring Nostradamus or the Mayan Calendar. They mostly regenerate very ancient symbols of religion, myth and magic and they don't forecast necessarily an Apocalypse 2012 scenario. One of the finest examples is Merlin's Doomsday Prophecy...
20The Eilean Mor Mystery
The mysterious disappearance of the lighthouse keepers of Eilean Mor, with its 39 acres, the largest of the Flannan Isles, on the west coast of Scotland. The crew of the Eilean Mor lighthouse, has been at the centre of a perfect mystery...
2Bruges-la-Morte, by Georges Rodenbach
In 1892 Georges Rodenbach published his masterpiece Bruges-la-Morte. The short novel immediately was acknowledged as one of the greatest achievements of the "decadent movement" in French literature, a vision of the Flemish city of Bruges that once was a depiction of Jerusalem and now was turned to doom by the evil forces of Satan, whose Pope was resident in this town...
6The Love Lake Succubus of Bruges-la-Morte
In folklore and medieval legends a succubus is a frightening demon who takes the form of a woman to seduce men in dreams and have sexual intercourse. In modern times, a succubus is often depicted as highly attractive. Minna, the Love Lake Succubus of Bruges-la-Morte, also had been a very beautiful woman... long, long ago.
13The Island of the Living Dead Dolls, Xochimilco
Come and follow me to the Canal of Xochimilco, with its unsettling mystical charm. Over hundreds of years the area has been desecrated to this one single canal, the sole tributary of the Xochimilco Lake... Here, an old legend tells a story that mirrors the survival and strength of the ancient Aztecs. It is the tale of La Isla de las Munecas, or : The Island of Dolls...
14Nostradamus and the End of the World in 2012
There are countless sites stating Nostradamus "predicted" the End of the World in 2012. This is nonsense, written down by people who are simply copy-pasting what others have said, without even reading the prophecies of Nostradamus.
1How To Produce Your Own Halloween Murder Mystery Party Game
You can play this Halloween Murder Game with 10 to 30 players, or even more. At the beginning of the game, each player receives a "secret document" with one or more tasks and a form with "information" on the other players.
3Phantom Vehicles, Cursed Cars & Haunted Automobiles
In legal terms and for insurance purposes, a "phantom vehicle" is one that - without physical contact - causes injury, death or property damage to another vehicle. But more popularly, a phantom vehicle is of course a haunted vehicle.
5The Lost Adams Diggings
"The Lost Adams Diggings" is the name of a legendary lost gold mine somewhere in New Mexico, United States. In 1864, a teamster listening to the name of Adams (no first name known) and some prospectors were approached by the Mexican Indian "Gotch Ear" in Gila Bend, Arizona. The Indian offered to show them a canyon filled with gold.
5Free Online Murder Game: The Top Model Murder Case
The celebrity gossip columnist J.P. Vandam is being suspected of murdering the former top model Catherine Vincenti. He now organizes an online investigation to prove his innocence. A free online murder and mystery game!
11Doctor Dee and His Mirror of Magick
The greatest magician of all time was undoubtedly the Englishman John Dee. His life and his works are wrapped in shrouds of mystery, surrounded by all sorts of rumours. In November 1582, an angel appeared in his laboratory. Uriel, the Spirit of Light, carried a black mirror with him, that would send Doctor Dee on a strange mission to Prague...
9The Flying Dutchman: Facts and Legends
The legend of the Flying Dutchman is one of those stories that the crew might pass along when a ship is in trouble. There are various versions of the story, all with similarities shared with the legends and myths that preceded it. But one thing is for sure: the Flying Dutchman is a ghost ship that warnes the beholder of impending tragedy...
8The Code of the Holy Blood
In 1890, the French writer Joris-Karl Huysmans wrote to a young Dutch novelist he was searching for "a demoniac sodomite priest" who performed the black mass. J.K. did find the priest... It was the Chaplain of the Holy Blood Chapel of Bruges, Louis Van Haecke.
0Joris-Karl Huysmans and the Essence of Decadence
The French writer Joris-Karl Huysmans started his career as a naturalist, but with "A Rebours" ("Against Nature") he wrote "the bible of decadence" and with "Down There" a history of satanism, facts turned into fiction, and a masterpiece of occult horror...
3The Holy Sepulchre of Bruges-la-Morte
Visiting the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Bruges-La-Morte, the Venice of the North, is a strange and morbid experience. Not only because the Holy Grave is to be found here, or a statue of the dead Christ, but also because of another well hidden treasure: a Splinter of the True Cross.
7Ghost Cavalry of the Great War
Captain Cecil Wightwick left us an account of the strange things that happened between April and August 1918 near Bethune (France), in the middle of an area of front line trenches between the city of Ypres (Flanders, Belgium) and the French towns of Arras and Bailleul.
21The Magdalene Line of Kathleen McGowan
I've just spent three days in Belgium with Kathleen McGowan, author of "The Expected One" and "The Book of Love". So don't think this is a literary review or something.
4Nostradamus and the Prophecy of Orval
In 1840 the French magazine L'Oracle published a story told by the baron of Manonville in his diary. During the Revolution, he was in the abbey of Orval and listened to a Prophecy that seemed to predict the Restoration of the Monarchy...
1The Van Eyck Cryptogram
According to the Dutch scholar and artist Peter Voorn, the famous Ghent Altarpiece - also known as the Mystic Lamb - painted by Flemish Primitives Jan and Hubert Van Eyck is filled with crypto-iconography...
0The Medieval Procession of Penance at Furnes
An 1908 article in The New York Times says that he Belgian city of Furnes (Veurne) celebrates a Medieval Procession of Penance or Penitence, and this for more than 500 years... But why are the 12th century origins of the Procession erased from the modern Belgian records?
11Nostradamus and the Lost Templar Treasure
Here is all the information you need, right out of the so-called prophecies of Nostradamus that are in reality a code, to start a true treasure hunt and find the Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar somewhere in the realms of the abbey of Orval, in Belgium.
2The Story of the Grail by Chretien de Troyes
Chrétien de Troyes was a French poet who was the first to write about the Grail, but what is the Grail... and where can the Grail be? Some believe the Grail is the Holy Blood of Christ, or his royal bloodline... and this Holy Blood was brought to Bruges, by the Templars.
2Mysteries of the Mystic Lamb Painting
The famous Ghent Altarpiece or the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, completed in 1432 by Flemish Primitive Jan Van Eyck, is surrounded by many mysteries concerning the Holy Blood & the Holy Grail... They are the reasons why a panel got stolen, the thiefs were killed and the Nazi's got interested in the masterpiece...
6The Holy Blood of Bruges, a New Jerusalem
The Holy Blood of Christ seems to have turned medieval Bruges (in Flanders, Belgium) into a Holy City. It's what, since the 19th century, made tourism popular in Bruges. But maybe this Holy City is not as holy as it seems...
11A Titanic Mummy's Curse
She lived in Ancient Egypt, in about 1600 B.C., as a high-priestess in the Temple of Amon-Ra. When she died, she was buried in a coffin with, on the outside, her image in gold and enamel...
2Searching Google Earth and Ocean for Lost Islands and Cities
Atlantis... Found on Google Earth? The Sun, a UK tabloid, had an article stating someone had found the location of Atlantis using Google Earth... but Google Earth denied. Okay... But is it possible to find lost cities, islands and continents with Google Oceand and Earth?
6Haunted Chingle Hall
Singleton Hall was built in 1260 by Sir Adam de Singleton, just outside the village of Goosnargh, near Preston. But the oldest inhabited brick building in England has become world famous as Chingle Hall, one of the most haunted houses of England...
9The Haunted English Manor House: Real Ghost Watching Channel
"Welcome to my Haunted English Manor House and Ghostwatching Channel. Won't you stay a while, settle down in a comfy chair by the fire and watch some Ghost stories?"
6The Lost Mine of Juan Mondragón
Let me tell you about the very rich mine of the late Juan Mondragón. Thousands and thousands of people are searching for that mine and nobody has been able to find it. I wish someday it would be found, so that it could provide a living for everyone...
90Predictions of Nostradamus: From Obama to the AntiChrist
What faith should we place in predictions of Nostradamus concerning a black president and the end of the world in 2012? The answer is: none! But nevertheless, there are circulating on the internet some really idiotic but also possibly dangerous rumours, featuring some so-called "Nostradamus prophecies", the coming of the...
313 Really Cool Halloween Ideas
It's Halloween... and you want to do something really special? Something really cool? Well, here are 13 creepy tips for you in How To Have a Very Special Halloween!
2Where are the Just Judges?
Located in the part of Belgium that is known as Flanders, the Cathedral of Ghent - St. Bavo's - is something like Loch Ness, or the castle where the legendary Holy Grail or the Treasure of the Templars was hidden. Here, in other words, starts a true crime story of mythical proportions, the tale of a lost painting called The Just Judges...
5Antique Prints, Famous Engravings
Now, you have to start something like a true treasure hunt, surfing that wonderful worldwide web. Who are these guys like Louis-Marin Bonnet, Francis Vivares, Gabriel Huquier? And what are they worth, these antique prints?
5Bruce Springsteen: Best Live Clips and Quotes
I'm a Bruce Springsteen fan and this is my very personal Top Ten of Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Live Clips, together with some quotes of "The Boss" aka "The Jersey Devil"...
3François Villon, the Vagabond King
Bonnie is visiting Clyde in prison and thinks of escaping like the medieval French dark poet François Villon so many times did. She admires this Vagabond King very much. A new episode from the Story of Bonnie and Clyde!
3A Poet of the Great War: Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Edward Salter Owen (1893-1918) was an English poet and soldier. He is regarded by many as the leading poet of "the Great War". His work is shocking and realistic with its focus upon the horrors of trench warfare and gas attacks.
3Christopher Marlowe
Christopher Marlowe, English dramatist, so-called "father of English tragedy", the "inventor" of dramatic blank verse, possibly died in a tavern fight, possibly was a spy... and possibly wrote the works of William Shakespeare too!
16Treasure of the Cursed Superstition Mountains
A certain "Norman" told author R.G. Babcock the story of an old Blackfoot Indian about a large horseshoe shaped outcropping of sandstone, called the Painted Rock, where the cursed Aztec Treasure could be hidden...
3Essential Monsters and Victorian Freaks Show
Essential Monsters is an Oakland, California based company, a forerunner of the steampunk fashion revolution. Essential Monsters makes t-shirts, hoodies, bags, pin sets, wallets and other one-of-a-kind goodies.
3The Mystery of the Devils Castle: Do You Solve the Murder?
A free online murder and mystery game in the old city of Ghent (Flanders, Belgium) with some free downloads of creepy soundscapes and songs by singer-songwriter and presumed serial killer Gerard the Devil!
23The Lost Aztec Treasure
Chicomoztoc is the name for the mythical origin place of the Aztec people of central Mexico. According to R.G. Babcock there is an explanation for all these tales about a curse and lost gold in Arizona and New-Mexico.
17The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
There are some great interpretations on YouTube or MySpace of Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven. But above all, I go for... "The Raven and Other Songs" by the Raven, some songs chosen from Poe's poems and composed in a manner to reflect the broad variety in which Poe captures and illustrates the entire human experience.
3Two hot girls in the shower
Okay, maybe they are not so hot... and maybe they are not really girls either... But they are, undeniable, in the shower... and they are ready to answer all your burning questions!
0The Court of Miracles
Bonnie Parker is fascinated by the infamous Court of Miracles, the Paris district where once all the crookes of the French capital were looking for a refuge. The district got its name from the beggars who calculated on the compassion of the brave citizens: if you were lame or blind, you could make more money.
0Funny Horror Teambuilding Game
I am the secretary of the late & infamous Dutch horror writer Harry Hurror. He has defined in his last will that some pieces of his famous secret Artefarce Hurror Collection should be sold... to you!
4The Angels of Mons
In 1930, the British newspaper The Daily News had a story about angels fighting on the side of the British troops during the retreat from Mons, in August 1914...
0An Angel Born in No Man's Land
German troops are crossing the Belgian border with the intention to attack France. The British army is on Belgian soil, ready to meet the Germans... A tale of the Great War.
8The Lost Dutchman Gold Mine
The Superstition Mountains have been a place of mystery and legends since only the Pima Indians lived in Arizona. There are uncountable ancient cliff dwellings and haunted caves and tales about lost gold and treasure...
0The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde
A Suicide Story: The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde is a poem written by Bonnie Parker herself: "Some day they'll go down together/ And they'll bury them side by side/ To few it'll be grief, to the law a relief / But it's death for Bonnie and Clyde."
1Visiting Bruges-la-Morte, a medieval ghost city
Here are some true ghost stories of Bruges (in Belgium), the Venice of the North. ‘Ah, buddy,' the coachman smiled. "I dwell now for over five hundred years through Bruges-la-Morte, and believe me: I never have seen a ghost here!'
1Nostradamus and the Lost Treasure of the Bourbons
Did the French royalists during the French Revolution have made up some "Nostradamus quatrains" containing a code that leads to their War Treasure? A true treasure hunt!
