Sinister Isles blog | Articles about the macabre, goth, sinister pop culture, and lifestyle

Rob

13 hours ago

French Horror for Halloween: Top 5

This halloween, go French, go extreme, stay scared...

Would you sleep at the clown motel? (it's next to a graveyard)

Emma

6 days ago

Would you sleep at the clown motel? (it's next to a graveyard)

What's scarier than a clown-themed hotel? How about one built next to an ANCIENT GRAVEYARD? This isn't the setting of a shit horror film ...

Robert the Doll: The real life Chucky locked in a glass case

Emma

Oct 5

Robert the Doll: The real life Chucky locked in a glass case

Take a photo of Robert the Doll without his permission and you will be cursed - and so will everyone else who was with you when you saw him.

The Hands Resist Him: The most 'haunted' painting on eBay

Emma

Sep 24

The Hands Resist Him: The most 'haunted' painting on eBay

This creepy artwork is believed to be one of the most haunted paintings ever sold on eBay...

The Black Alien has cut off his nose - see graphic photos

Emma

Sep 16

The Black Alien has cut off his nose - see graphic photos

Terrifying body modifier The Black Alien Project has now surgically removed his nose - and the pictures he put on Insta might make you vom.

MURDER MYSTERY: The Real Children of Bodom

Rob

Sep 5

MURDER MYSTERY: The Real Children of Bodom

What happened on the shore of Lake Bodom that left three teenagers brutally murdered...

Rob

Aug 27

FRIGHTFEST 2020 PREVIEW: HOME INVASION

Be prepared, FRIGHTFEST 2020 is coming to your homes...

Child of Rage: Psychopath, 6, admits urge to kill sibling

Emma

Jul 28

Child of Rage: Psychopath, 6, admits urge to kill sibling

Beth Thomas told her psychiatrist she wanted to kill her parents, pet and brother.

Famous 'freak' The Hairy Maid was pimped out by her husband

Emma

Jul 11

Famous 'freak' The Hairy Maid was pimped out by her husband

Barbara Urslerin's head to toe covering of soft blonde hair saw her gain fame across the whole of Europe during the 1660s.

Freak show star Prince Randian - 'the Human Worm' - was born with no limbs

Emma

Jul 10

Freak show star Prince Randian - 'the Human Worm' - was born with no limbs

Prince Randian was born with no arms or legs, but despite his crippling disability, he made a fortune on the 'freak show' circuit.

Kalaca Skull: 'I chopped my nose off, my genitals are next!'

Emma

Jul 1

Kalaca Skull: 'I chopped my nose off, my genitals are next!'

Kalaca Skull must be a glutton for pain. Not content with chopping off his own nose to look like a skull, he now wants to slice off his g...

Uri Geller's 2020 predictions are coming true... BE AFRAID

Emma

Jun 12

Uri Geller's 2020 predictions are coming true... BE AFRAID

Say what you like about Uri Geller, but when it comes to foreseeing the shit show that is 2020, he's been bang on the money.

The Black Alien: Body modification enthusiast wants to chop off his nose

Emma

Jun 8

The Black Alien: Body modification enthusiast wants to chop off his nose

In Barcelona, a real life alien walks among us... he is known only as The Black Alien.

Not everyone believes that the Moon exists - here’s why

Emma

Jun 7

Not everyone believes that the Moon exists - here’s why

Moon conspiracy theories don’t start and end with the “faked” Apollo 11 mission of 1969.

Horror-scopes: Is Damien Thorn a classic Gemini man?

Emma

Jun 6

Horror-scopes: Is Damien Thorn a classic Gemini man?

The son of Satan is a Gemini man - did we even need to ask?

Surviving Las Vegas' nuclear winter... in a 1970s Doomsday bunker

Emma

May 18

Surviving Las Vegas' nuclear winter... in a 1970s Doomsday bunker

We need to escape the Cold War? Where? Here, in my pink kitchen.

Sinister Isles radio: #2 Mr. Fritz lives in my Freak room

Emma

May 10

Sinister Isles radio: #2 Mr. Fritz lives in my Freak room

Michael Diamond tells us what it's like living with a haunted ventriloquist's dummy, and the other bizarre items he keeps at home.

The Curse of Superman: Kal-El's Coming For You!

Rob

May 1

The Curse of Superman: Kal-El's Coming For You!

The Superman curse has taken many victims in many different forms, killing, maiming, career ruining, can anyone survive the curse?

The horrifying story of Travis: The face-eating chimp raised as a human

Emma

Apr 20

The horrifying story of Travis: The face-eating chimp raised as a human

For twelve minutes Sandra Herold pleaded for police to be sent to her house, her pet chimp, she screamed, had ripped her friend's face off.

Carl Tanzler dug up his dead patient and made a corpse bride

Emma

Apr 14

Carl Tanzler dug up his dead patient and made a corpse bride

'What does that 21-year-old woman see in that rich old doctor?' Errr, how about nothing as she's dead and he's put glass eyes in her corp...

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