The Macabre Tavern
Pull up a stool and Yanni — with Ossiana — pours you the dark stuff: true crime, unsettling history, the paranormal, and original dark fiction. Told with wit and a heavy hand.
- Indexed issues, last 90 days
- 18
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- Sep 29, 2026
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Night of the Living Dead: Jungian Theory in Practice (opens the original)
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The Phantom in the Attic: The Hinterkaifeck Murders (opens the original)
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The shadows of the first world war were lifting in 1922 Germany. In a quiet hamlet outside of Munich, something sinister was in the works. As the sun set on the final day in March, a family was brutally murdered with a mattock, a pickax-like farming tool. The victims were a pair of grandparents, their daughter, their grandchildren, and the maid. The maid had just arrived the day before. The murder weapon would be later found in the barn.<a class="image-link image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/
Friday Happy Hour (opens the original)
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Welcome to the Friday Happy Hour, where we take a look at the horror out this week in film, print, and even music! This week: A Victorian Psycho?; Pluto TV is looking to steal horror fans from Tubi; Eldritch Metal is coming your way; and Dorian Gray, but AI? All in this week’s Friday Happy Hour.FilmVictorian Psycho - In 1858, an eccentric young governess, Winifred Notty, arrives at the remote gothic manor Ensor House. As Winifred assimilates, staff begin to inexplicably disappear, and the owners
Subverting the Code: Dracula’s Daughter (opens the original)
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International Spy or Heartbroken Man (opens the original)
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