Yale College in New Haven, CT, is well-known for its tomb societies—also called senior societies, and landed societies. These elite, secretive self-run student organizations have been around for... »

Memento Mori, Rites and Rituals, Eccentric Homes | Edited by JWOcker and Rachel

The 1987 film "Flowers in the Attic" is based on the V.C. Andrews book of the same name and tells the story of four siblings imprisoned and horribly mistreated in an attic by their narcissistic... »

Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes, Outsider Architecture | Edited by JWOcker and Rachel

Architects Karl Wanaselja and Kate Leger would be the first to tell you that they live in a junky house. Using the roofs cut out of 104 junkyard cars, Wanaselja created the roof and siding on his... »

Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes | Edited by acclarkey and Rachel

The 1981 The House by the Cemetery is an Italian horror movie directed by Lucio Fulci and filmed in the state of Massachusetts. It has all the trademarks of the Italian horror genre of that era,... »

Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes | Edited by JWOcker and Rachel

According to the story, a group of settlers were sailing to the New World from Ireland in 1720. En route, a girl was born to James and Elizabeth Fulton. After the child's birth, the ship was... »

Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Eccentric Homes | Edited by JWOcker

After outliving the rest of her immediate family at a relatively young age, Sarah Winchester, of the famous Winchester Rifle clan, sought guidance from a psychic to see if the Winchesters were... »

Memento Mori, Catacombs, Crypts, & Cemeteries, Eccentric Homes | Edited by JWOcker

The 1971 horror film Let’s Scare Jessica to Death is the story of a woman, recently released from a mental ward, who buys a house out in the country with her husband and friend to start a farm.... »

Eccentric Homes | Edited by JWOcker

Ted Bundy was one of the most notorious serial killers in U.S. history. His nationwide rampage extended throughout most of the 1970s, his personable demeanor and charming looks allowing him to... »

Crime and Punishment, Eccentric Homes | Edited by JWOcker and Rachel

Horror author Stephen King was born in Maine and has used the state as the setting for many of his stories. Despite his fame and wealth, he still lives in his home state in a mansion just outside... »

Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes | Edited by JWOcker and Rachel

Author Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, MA, and his famous 1851 novel The House of the Seven Gables was based on an actual house in that city that still stands. The house was originally... »

Architectural Oddities, Eccentric Homes | Edited by JWOcker and Rachel