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newghoststories, 5 days ago to design

This week I will mostly be posting pictures from the Musée des Arts et Métiers, a museum of industrial design. Here’s some early sound equipment - the one with the two horns is an early cinema sound system for providing music for silent movies. #stereo #design

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newghoststories, 9 days ago to books

#BOTD Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes, award-winning author of ghost & horror stories. The ‘King of Chill’ authored 10 novels & over 35 collections. He was known for finding fresh takes on established tropes. His work appeared on screen in the films The Monster Club & From Beyond the Grave. #books #horror #ghosts

newghoststories, 30 days ago to books

#BOTD H. Russell Wakefield. Some consider Wakefield to be the last great ghost story author in the classic tradition of M.R. James and Le Fanu, and his admirers include Betjeman, Lovecraft and August Derleth. Works include A Clock Strikes Twelve and They Return at Evening. #ghosts #books #bookstodon

newghoststories, 1 month ago to Horror

#BOTD Angela Carter, award-winning author, poet & journalist. Women are front and centre in her gothic horror and magical-realist tales, which broke taboos with their depictions of sexuality and graphic violence. Well-known works include The Bloody Chamber and The Magic Toyshop.
#horror #author #books #bookstodon

newghoststories, 1 month ago to random

A selection of masks from around the world, part of Giacometti’s collection, on display at Institut Giacometti in Paris.

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newghoststories, 1 month ago to random

… It’s just a flesh wound!

newghoststories, 1 month ago to art

Are French stairs the sexiest? The steps at Gustav Moreau Museum in Paris, spotted on my recent visit.
#stairs #art #paris #staircase

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newghoststories, 1 month ago to books

#BOTD Montague Summers. Described as "arguably the most seminal twentieth century purveyor of pop culture occultism", Summers was ordained as an Anglican deacon, but converted to Catholicism, styling himself as a priest despite having no diocese. Initially noted for literary scholarship, he became notorious for his books on witches, werewolves, vampires and demonology, for which he claimed to entirely believe. #books #occult

newghoststories, 1 month ago to random

More staircase love - this one is over at Osterley House in Isleworth. #stairs

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newghoststories, 2 months ago to books

#newbook Renowned investigator Peter Underwood collects Highland hauntings from over 100 Scottish locations. From the restless spirits of Bonnie Prince Charlie and Walter Scott, to monstrous beasts and haunted vehicles on the A75, this Gazetteer of Ghost will amuse you, intrigue you, and may even horrify you. #books #bookstodon

newghoststories, 2 months ago to books

#BOTD Margaret Irwin. Best remembered for her historical works – particularly Young Bess – Irwin also found success with supernatural stories. In the wake of WW1, she wrote popular timeslip romances, and ghost stories like The Book and The Earlier Service are considered classics of the genre. #books #bookstodon #ghosts

newghoststories, 2 months ago to art

Some highlights from The Glass Heart art exhibition currently on show at Two Temple Place, in London. Here are works by Ryan Gander (2 pieces), James Maskray, and Chris Day. #art #glass #sculpture

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newghoststories, 2 months ago to books

#newbook In the 18th century so-called Hell-fire clubs were the subject of scandal and wild speculation. Were they really home to nightly orgies, bizarre initiations, black magic rituals and other wicked acts? Evelyn Lord picks through the rumours and hyperbole to paint an accurate portrait of their real activities and their many famous members. #books #bookstodon

newghoststories, 2 months ago to Trains

Sunday is a Festival of Model Railways kind of day. #trains #allypally

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newghoststories, 2 months ago to random

#BOTD Algernon Blackwood was a prolific author of ghost stories, even becoming a late-in-life celebrity on radio and television performing live readings. He was an enthusiast of eastern and esoteric philosophy, and many of his stories inspire awe and wonder, as well as terror. Famous works include The Wendigo and The Willows. #ghosts #wendigo #bookstodon

newghoststories, 3 months ago to fantasy

Managed to squeeze into the British Library’s Fantasy exhibition in the last week before it closes. Here’s one of the highlights - Mervyn Peake’s original Gormenghast notebooks. #book #fantasy #bookstodon #gormenghast

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newghoststories, 4 months ago to random

More of the not at all unsettling occupants of the Berlin Puppet Theatre Museum. #puppets #toys

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newghoststories, 4 months ago to books

#newbook This gorgeous tome features some of best and scariest tales of ancient Japan. Committed to paper at the turn of the 20th century, these chilling stories feature vengeful spirits, goblin-infested caves, and haunted tombs, all part of a world and culture almost entirely lost to modernity. #bookstodon #books #ghosts #japan

newghoststories, 4 months ago to random

Exhibits from the Puppet Theatre Museum in Berlin. All delightful… Not creepy at all…

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newghoststories, 4 months ago to random

#gravespotting Dr James Barry was a pioneering surgeon in the British Army, rising to Inspector General in charge of military hospitals. He improved conditions for wounded soldiers and native peoples, and performed the first successful Caesarean in the British Empire. When he died, he was found to have been born a woman.

newghoststories, 4 months ago to books

#newbook It started with a headache, then, within days, Susannah Cahalan was having violent fits, hallucinating, blacking out and attacking those around her. In this harrowing memoir, she recounts what happened when an unknown illness takes away your identity, and what it takes get it back again. #books #bookstodon

newghoststories, 4 months ago to history

#hauntedhistory Though it may look like a terrifying costume from a folk horror ritual, this is in fact sniper camouflage. During the first world war, artist Lindsey Symington created these suits using blocks of natural colours and dried vegetation, to break up the outline of the sniper and make them disappear. #ww1 #history

newghoststories, 5 months ago to Horror

#BOTD Robert Murray Gilchrist. An elusive figure, his decadent & gothic stories could be considered early examples of weird fiction. His works are sometimes called ‘Tales of the Peak’, as many set their horrors in the peak district. Works include The Crimson Weaver and The Basilisk #horror #gothic #ghosts

newghoststories, 6 months ago to Horror

#newbook Features classic stories from Roald Dahl, M.R. James, Evelyn Waugh, Ray Bradbury and more. But let’s be honest, I got this for the AMAZING cover. #horror #Hitchcock #books #bookstodon

newghoststories, 6 months ago to random

I missed William Hope Hodgson’s birthday yesterday, but I’m going to plug the bonus episode I did of his anyway. This is one of his best short pieces. And… you know… my reading ain’t bad either. Except maybe for my pronunciation of schooner.

Listen here https://bit.ly/3QG1COH

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