COUNCIL BLOG: BETH LAWSON & RACHEL DEMICCO

A deep chill crawled up my spine, and I instinctively took a step back. But the room felt charged, as if the air itself was holding its breath. I wasn’t alone. I couldn’t see anyone else, but I felt watched—intently. A soft, almost inaudible whisper brushed past my ear, though no one was nearby. It wasn’t just the doll. Something else lingered there.

COUNCIL BLOG - RACHEL DEMICCO

In today’s day and age, we mourn the dead very differently, but the Victorian era’s expressive and intimate rituals remind us of a time when grief was worn on the sleeve and sometimes woven into a ring.

COUNCIL BLOG - RACHEL DEMICCO

The United States has a dark history of crime and has produced some of the most notorious names. However, none are quite as horrifying as Herman Webster Mudgett, otherwise known as H.H. Holmes. Holmes is often mentioned as being America’s first serial killer. Holmes was a lifelong criminal, con-artist, doctor, and a stone-cold murderer whose brutal killings culminated in his heinous “Murder Castle”- a labyrinth hotel erected for death.