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Thursday, October 31, 2019

Orthodoxy and Halloween: Ten Years Later (2009-2019)

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By John Sanidopoulos On October 31, 2009 I wrote a post on johnsanidopoulos.com that when I woke up that morning I had no intention to wr...
Wednesday, October 30, 2019

"The Vroucolacas: A Tale" by James K. Paulding (full text)

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James Kirke Paulding (August 22, 1778 – April 6, 1860) was an American writer and, for a time, the United States Secretary of the Navy. He ...
Tuesday, October 29, 2019

A Useful Tip for Organizers of Haunted Attractions

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Here’s a useful tip for haunted house organizers from Michael Ward of Theatronics Engineering: “As a theatrical consultant I have spent ov...
Monday, October 21, 2019

On the Belief in Vampires in Greece During the Ottoman Occupation (An Essay From 1844)

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The Vroucalaca (Published in The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction   on Saturday, February 24, 1844) The Vampire, of which...
Friday, October 18, 2019

The Exhumation of a Vampire on the Island of Mykonos in 1700: An Eye-Witness Account

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Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656–1708) was a French botanist, notable as the first to make a clear definition of the concept of genus for ...
Friday, October 4, 2019

Relics of Ancient Superstitions in Modern Greece (An Essay from 1856)

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By Prof. Henry Martyn Baird (1832–1906) Author of Modern Greece, A Narrative of a Residence and Travels in that Country (1856) It is not ...
Thursday, October 3, 2019

How A Famous Greek Astrologer Became an Orthodox Priest

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Nikos Chortareas, the self-proclaimed "best astrologer in Greece and Cyprus," was a famous Greek astrologer known to people in Gr...