Witch trials

Witch trials are a particularly fascinating historical topic. We can look back now and think how un-scientific and ridiculous this must have been, this is the great thing about history, undoubtedly there will be things in our time that we find completely normal that future generations will look back on in wonder, asking why we bothered.

Below is a scene depicted in a pamphlet from the witch trials of Trier in Germany. They ran from 1581- 1593, and were one of the biggest witch trials in all of Europe.

Over 300 people died, but many guess that as many as 1000 people perished in these paranoid trials.

(Image source here)

And below is a monument in Vardo, Norway. in 1621, 91 people were killed. This memorial was opened in 2011. 

(Image source here)

What monuments to the pass shall our descendants erect for their ancestors I wonder

I freaking love history

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EDIT: LAPHAM'S QUARTERLY (a wonderful treasure trove!) had this graphic, a brilliant way to make history fun and relevant: So you've been accused of witchcraft?! (click to enlarge)

The Addams family tv set: in colour

So we're used to seeing it like this, as it was filmed in black and white:

But in reality it looked like this!

Weird mind blown moment!! Love the still clearly 70's vibe even the most famous gothic mansion in the world gives off! The highly saturated colours of the behind the scenes look these pictures are from

Who else wants a house just like this!

So kitschy-goth good!

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Some more Tim Walker

Talented artists take you to a place where magic seems a genuine possibility!

Tim Walker's pictures have been endlessly magical!

Enjoy!

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Old World

Gypsy Rose Lee

film still from Fortune telling granger

Gene Tierney

The Great Lafayette, wouldn't it be awesome if he solved mysteries in his spare time like Jonathan Creek

Old school showgirls

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New obsession: Rick and Morty

Watching repeatedly, addicted!

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I wish hoaxes were real

So another person has come along claiming to have photographed fairies. Damn I wish this were true! LINK to full story there. It's kind of similar to how the Holy Grail keeps being found! If only we could prove past a shadow of a doubt that magic exists in our sometimes dreary world...

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Kay Nielsen

Works of the Danish illustrator, 

my sister had his work hanging all over her room as we were growing up

12 Dancing Princesses' illustrations are incredible...

All from Tumblr

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D is for....

Dogs!

Dreamcatchers

Dark Shadows

DRAGONS!

Downton Abbey, come on Season 5!

David Bowie

Dinosaurs

and Daft Punk

Pics my own and from Tumblr

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What are some of your favourites beginning with D?

Don Kenn Monsters

Drawings by Don Kenn

Out of this world!

Incredible

Don Kenn draws monsters on post it notes in his spare time, see his webiste here

All pics from John Kenn

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The Witches of Eastwick

So I watched The Witches of Eastwick, something i don't recommend if you've recently watched The Shining- we'll get to that in a minute

Over the top-ly super star cast, hilarious Susan Sarandon hair, good look for Cher, but not everyone can pull it off

This was easily the best part of the film, I want to fling myself into chandeliers after gliding through the air with my new ability to fly, and i would definitely hang out on an inflatable zebra with a giant silver bowl of cherries in my lap in my best ballgown attire also, why the hell not

Ballroom full of balloons was pretty wicked

So yeah, whilst there are open jokes about Jack Nicholson not being handsome, the only way for it to be believable at all that he could seduce 3 such beautiful women COULD ONLY BE that he is the devil incarnate!

 I know it looks like I'm missing the point, but once you've seen good old Jack frozen in the Shining, you CANNOT unsee that!

All work and no play make Jack a dull boy

Worth viewing if only to perve on Michelle Pfeiffer, and for Cher's cute yellow hair clips, Nicholson is pretty funny in it, and the absolutely best hands down bit for me was Veronica Cartwright's performance, best fundy whackjob ever! She played young Cathy in The Birds!

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