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Open Graves & Minds
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Open Graves, Open Minds Research Project, University of Hertfordshire. Also tweeting as @DrSamGeorge1 @BillBloodyHughe
Hertfordshire, UK
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    Open Graves & Minds
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    Mar 24
    BOOK PRIZE 📢 Thrilled to announce that The Legacy of John Polidori: The Romantic Vampire and its Progeny has made the longlist for this year’s International Gothic Association Book Prize @IGA_Goths. Congratulations to all nominated authors & editors!
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    Jun 5, 2020
    WEREWOLF WARNING Tonight the first #FullMoon of June will inspire increased activity from #WEREWOLVES They will leave their hunting grounds in the woods & and make their way to open fields and gardens where they will prowl & howl at the #strawberrymoon
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    Jun 9, 2020
    BOOK & SECRET POISON CABINET 1682 On the outside a book, on the inside an etching of a skeleton, drawers containing poisonous plants, & a tiny bottle bearing the inscription 'Statutum est hominibus semel mori' or ‘'tis a fact a man must die one day’ #GothicNewWorlds
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    Jun 11, 2020
    WHEN GOTHIC NATURE TAKES OVER A tree eating a grave in Nottingham Rock Cemetery; pond plants grow out of a submerged tomb in a watery graveyard in North London #GothicNewWorlds
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    Sep 10, 2024
    A BOOK OF WEREWOLVES This fascinating treatment of the European werewolf myth by Sabine Baring Gould is today's #spookysept vintage read 'a werewolf may easily be detected, even when devoid of his skin...for there are always some hairs in the hollow of his hand' (1865)
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    Dec 24, 2023
    NUUTTIPUKKI (Finland): These evil spirits go from door-to-door demanding left over Yule food, punishing those who don't provide. On St Knut's Day, 13th Jan., people dressed in furs and horns carry this tradition on by taking on the role of the nuuttipukki. #GothicAdvent
    Picture of a person dressed in a fur costume. The headpiece is decorated with horns and around their waist are bells. They are holding a staff.
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    Apr 30, 2023
    Halfway to Halloween, the day before Beltane - it's #Walpurgisnacht. Light your fires to ward off evil spirits or join in the witches' revellery. #GothicSpring #ofdarkandmacabre #Superstitiology
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    Jun 12, 2020
    GOTHIC NATURE Step inside a 500 year old ghoulish park full of #monsters reclaimed by nature. The Gardens of Bomarzo, or The Villa of Wonders can be found in the province of Viterbo, Lazio. It was created in the 1600s in the valley below the Castle of Orsini #GothicNewWorlds
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    Dec 13, 2024
    MARI LYWD A skeleton horse atop a sack cloth, this figure is wonderfully gothic. It accompanies groups of wassail singers as they travel door-to-door. One of the wassailers 'debates' to win entry and some edible treats! #GothicYuletide Images: The Mari Lwyd, Wales
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    Sep 1, 2024
    Happy 1st September - the spooky season is almost upon us. Time to look out your best spooky reads!!
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    Mar 26, 2020
    DRACULA COOKBOOK 1978. Something for self-isolating goths. This gothic delight imagines what #Dracula served his guests; 'Timeless Recipes to Ward off Evil' that don't spare the garlic & wild seeds. A fun book to help you stay indoors in daylight like Dracula #FolkloreThursday
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    Dec 1, 2022
    Grýla (Iceland): One of the more horrific of the Yuletide monsters, this monstrous giantess hunts evil children to eat them in a stew. She and her 3rd husband, Leppalúði, are parents to the Yule lads - who terrorise Icelandic folk in the lead up to Christmas. #GothicAdvent
    Painting of monstrous looking woman. She wears black, hooded robes and has a pale face. Her mouth is stained with blood. She is holding a baby above a blood-soaked crib and has taken a bite from its torso.
    Black and white etching of a monstrous giantess above a baby sleeping in a cot. She has sunken, dark eyes, and long fingernails. She is wearing black, hooded robes.
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    Open Graves & Minds
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    Oct 16, 2020
    MONSTER GARDENS Step inside a 500 year old ghoulish landscape of #monsters reclaimed by nature! The scary Gardens were created in the 1600s in the valley below the Castle of Orsini, or The Villa of Wonders, found in the province of Viterbo, Lazio #31DaysofHalloween Day 16
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    Dec 23, 2022
    Jólakötturinn, or Yule Cat: In Iceland, this giant black cat arrives on Christmas Eve and eats anyone who did not receive new clothes for Christmas, The Yule Cat may be connected to the troll cat conjured to aid evil magic makers. (Image: IrenHorrors, DeviantArt). #GothicAdvent
    Image of a large black cat curled around a house. It is snowy and there are mountains in the background. The cat's eye glow green.
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