Jason D. Brawn

An excellent night, Felicity and Greg Chapman's Discovery of Witchcraft that featured storytelling, stage magic, comedy and a few surprises.

#witchcraft #witchhistory #comedy #storytelling #witchhunts

Visit to West Ham Cemetery 🪦

More photos to follow....

#cemeteriesofinstagram #cemetery

#666

You are welcome. Keep making great music.

February's haul....

@electronicsound.bsky.social @everydaydust.bsky.social @dustopianfreqs.bsky.social #electronica #electronicmusic

Deskside object.

#horrorfigure #skullart #skull

Playing The Lodger score by Graham Reynolds on my brand new record player, making it my third in the house. This one is for the kitchen, while cooking.

As a fan of Stranger Things I had to get this from HMV.

#strangerthings #recordplayer #hitchcockthelodger #wsqk

A fantastic talk by Gothic expert @jendeavour.bsky.social on the transformation of the ghost-child figure 👻 from oral folklore and legends to literary incarnations in Anglophone cultures of the 19th century.

#ghosts #victorianghosts #ghostchild
#19thcenturygothic #gothicstudies

Say hello to my little friends....

@funko.bsky.social @robzombie.bsky.social #motelhell #vincentsmith #robzombie #ericfrankenstein #horroractionfigures

This Halloween sorted. 10KM walking challenge across Central London...

#halloweenwalk #halloween

An excellent and brutal film about prison life that makes Scum look like Grange Hill.

#wasteman #davidjonsson #prisonfilm

#Two, for #BlueSkyArtShow

Charity shop discovery.

#ghosthunting #ghoststories #ghosthunters #victorianghosts

No Digging: The Story of the BBC’s A Ghost Story for Christmas - Jon Dear Interview | Derby QUAD View our latest event: No Digging: The Story of the BBC’s A Ghost Story for Christmas - Jon Dear Interview. See what the available times are for this event.

One week until I’ll be chatting with Mark Norman about my forthcoming book on the BBC’s A Ghost Story for Christmas at QUAD in Derby.

And it’s just one event amongst a plethora of eldritch endeavours at this year’s UK Ghost Story Festival

Love this oil painting at my local gallery.

#oilpainting #horse

What is haint blue? Haint blue is a light blue color that keeps nasty haints out of your home. Does it work? Let's delve into some paranormal Southern folklore!

What is haint blue?
Haint blue is a light blue color used to keep nasty supernatural creatures out of your home. Find out why and where the word comes from. #Folklore
homespunhaints.com/haint-blue

An enjoyable morning talk about how Robert Aickman crafted his ghost stories, using an example of the classic short story "The Hospice" (1975). #ghoststorywriting #ghoststory #robertaickman #strangestories

An enjoyable morning talk by @bronteschiltz.bsky.social and thanks to @romgothsam.bsky.social

Sporting my Gothic bling.

#bling #gothicjewelry #gothicbling

From @hiddenbritain.bsky.social

#hauntology #independenttelevisionforschoolsandcolleges #hauntedgeneration

My prized collection of Vincent Price action figures continue to grow. Now I need a display cabinet.

From @hobbslane.bsky.social

#vincentprice #vincentpricelegacyuk #masterofhorror #thewitchfindergeneral matthewhopkinswitchfindergeneral

From my lunchtime visit to @treadwells-books.bsky.social

#ghosts #ghostsandhauntings #hauntings

Engraving from 1864 showing ‘Druidical Circles at Stanton Drew.’

In local folklore, the stones at Stanton Drew in Somerset were believed to drink at night from the river Chew. #FolkloreThursday

Another polite visit to St Patrick's Cemetery 🪦 and Mary Jane Kelly's grave.

#cemeteries
#maryjanekelly

Have not bought a copy of @radiotimes.bsky.social since August 1994 when there was a horror special.

#horrorspecial

Latest addition to my expanding reading list of books.

#demontales
#exorcism
#demonology

A very interesting talk by Le Pustra and hosted by @morbidanatomy.bsky.social called Glitter, Guts and Glam: Creatures of the Night.

#drag #dragartists #theatricalmasks #klausnomi #divine

Lunchtime tribute to the great actor, who sadly left us on Sunday. Currently watching one of my favourite The Twilight Zone episodes called 'Miniature.'

Robert Seldon Duvall.

#robertduvall #thetwilightzone

An excellent talk by horror expert @aurelea.bsky.social about the 'New Black Gothic Romance.'

Also, special thanks to @miskatonicihs.bsky.social and wonderful host @joshsaco.bsky.social

#blackgothic
#blackhorror
#gothicstudies
#afrogothic
#newblackgothic

28th February 📅 Goths for Breakfast Charity event to raise funds for @magicbreakfastuk.bsky.social hosted by @romgothsam.bsky.social I’ll be galvanising some vermicelli in A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM: FRANKENSTEIN IN THE KITCHEN! Please join us www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...

black and white tête de mort image of man in plaid stockings and cap and a woman in a plaid skirt, sledding in a snowy landscape with pine trees in the background.

For a #WinterOlympics #MementoMoriMonday, a sledding tête de mort postcard, c. 1910
#TheVictorianBookoftheDead