Category Archives: Fun stuff

Finding Vampires

Posted on 30th October 2024 by Sam George

The identity of a vampire may be known to its victims but if the identity is not known certain procedures can be followed to locate the right grave, according to folklore: SATURDAY In Southern Europe the search is traditionally carried … Continue reading →

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Christmas 2022

Posted on 24th December 2022 by William the Bloody

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all our followers!

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Merry Christmas 2021

Posted on 25th December 2021 by William the Bloody

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you all! We live in Gothic times but the principle of hope will emerge from the darkness.

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Coffin Boffin’s #31DaysofHalloween

Posted on 31st October 2021 by Sam George

Halloween is finally here! @DrSamGeorge1, The ‘Coffin Boffin’, would like to thank all those who have accompanied her on this Gothtober Halloween journey. If you are still to view the gothic wonders she has uncover, click to enjoy her spooky … Continue reading →

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Mina’s Paprika Hendl, inspired by Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Posted on 28th October 2021 by William the Bloody

Guest recipe post from Ella Buchan, co-author of A Gothic Cookbook (featured here also) Unlike Dracula’s cold cuts, this traditional Hungarian dish – also known as Paprika Hendl – is a warm welcome in a bowl, thick, rich and shot … Continue reading →

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Burns Night: Tam O ‘Shanter

Posted on 25th January 2021 by William the Bloody

As it’s Burns Night, here’s a link to Robert Burns’s delightfully Gothic poem Tam O ‘Shanter (1791), in which, after a heavy bout of drinking, Tam narrowly escapes the clutches of a horde of witches. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43815/tam-o-shanter

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OGOM Halloween Countdown: 31 Days of Spookiness

Posted on 31st October 2019 by Sam George

Those who believe that the spirit world and the living world co-exist, always hidden from each other, will see the barrier between them open in the witching hour. Here at OGOM we are leaving the doors of perception open. We … Continue reading →

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Easter Greetings from OGOM

Posted on 19th April 2019 by Sam George

Happy holidays to all from OGOM. Here’s a cover from a turn-of the-19th-century satirical magazine Puck announcing a very mischievous Easter: However you are spending the bank holiday, I hope you catch some mummers or pace egg plays as they … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas!!

Posted on 24th December 2018 by William the Bloody

Merry Christmas everyone from the OGOM Project!!!

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Hallowe’en Greetings From OGOM

Posted on 31st October 2018 by Sam George

Hello OGOMERS, Wishing you a spooktacular Hallowe’en evening!!! We are just back from our Supernatural St Albans Halloween Tour which went down a real treat. Around 40 people engaged in our wonderfully weird history of witches, tortured martyrs, vampire graves, dragons, … Continue reading →

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