Writer's Parlour

They came back to the house. They just weren’t the same. In folklore, changelings weren’t only children — sometimes lovers returned altered, quieter, wrong in ways only the beloved could see. This Macabre Monday explores the psychological horror of recognition, doubt, and love tested by something uncanny.

In the forests of Latin America, La Patasola waits—beautiful, incomplete, and watching. A story of punishment, folklore, and the bodies turned into warnings.

It began as an antique on eBay — and became a legend. The Dybbuk Box, said to contain a restless spirit, has terrified owners for decades. But is it truly haunted… or simply a story that refuses to die?

In 1897, Zona Heaster Shue was murdered — but it took her ghost to reveal the truth. This Macabre Monday, we uncover the only case where a ghost testified.

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.

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