Cailynn's Blog

History hides them. Fiction remembers them. From the Romanovs to the Ushers, discover the family secrets that prove legacy can be the deadliest inheritance of all.

From coins on the eyes to post-mortem photography, mourning the dead has never been simple — or safe from the eerie. Dive into a chilling history of rituals that blur the line between remembrance and the supernatural.

From crossroads to graveyards, some soil holds more than bones. In folklore, the ground is sacred, haunted, and powerful — a place where memory, magic, and mourning intersect. In this post, we dig deep into global beliefs around cursed land, grave dirt in witchcraft, and ghost-soaked soil that never forgets. Dig too deep, and it starts to whisper.

Buried alive—a fear as old as the grave itself. From Roman executions to Victorian safety coffins, history is filled with chilling attempts to avoid premature burial. Real cases like Alice Blunden and Eleanor Markham blurred the line between life and death, while Edgar Allan Poe turned that dread into literary terror. This post explores the psychology, history, and mythology behind one of humanity’s most claustrophobic nightmares.

Explore witch trial rituals from Salem to Scotland — how fear shaped accusations and still haunts horror fiction today.

Why is 13 the witch’s number in Europe, but meaningless in African traditions? In Europe, witches were bound by superstition and scapegoating. In Nguni cultures, they were bound by intent and the will of the ancestors. This blog explores how fear, malice, and storytelling shaped the figure of the witch — and how The Girl Who Knew The Medicine reimagines that legacy in a modern South African setting.

The witch is never just one figure. In 17th-century Europe, she was a scapegoat, accused of consorting with the devil. In Nguni traditions, the umthakathi was feared as a sorcerer who used ukuthakatha to harm. Yet, alongside them were cunning women, white witches, inyangas, and sangomas — healers who balanced fear with reverence. This blog explores the fragile line between healer and heretic, accusation and intent, and how The Girl Who Knew The Medicine was born from that hau

Every haunted object has a story — and the Warrens kept the most dangerous ones locked away. Hidden inside Ed and Lorraine Warren’s Connecticut home, the Occult Museum was a vault of nightmares — from the infamous Annabelle doll to cursed mirrors and satanic idols. Was it truly a shield against evil, or a theatrical display of fear?