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Among the most popular supernatural beings, witches rank right up there with vampires and werewolves. Witches appear in everything from The Wizard of Oz to Harry Potter to True Blood. The sheer number of books, television shows, and films that feature witches in main roles would be difficult to list. Yet, while there are many [...]
Posted by Matthew Zarzeczny on Friday, February 15, 2013 at 12:01 am
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Everyone has their own beliefs and here at TopTenz we respect them. That said, we know there will be one person who reads the title and immediately scrolls down to comments “Religion LOL”; to that person, congratulations, you’ve won at comedy. For everyone else, here are ten weird things people genuinely thought or still think [...]
Posted by Karl Smallwood on Friday, December 28, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre, Humor · Tagged animal product, birth certificate, Coca-Cola, conspiracy theories, five food groups, flat earth, gallup poll, gravity, Independence Day, Lightsabers, moon landing, Obama, Titanic, witches
Halloween is upon us, and with it we see all the standard Halloween decorations and symbols – Jack O’ Lanterns, scarecrows, etc. Did you ever wonder where these symbols come from? When did Halloween actually start? Why does it mean we have to buy candy, or dress up in costumes? All your Halloween questions are [...]
Posted by Elizabeth Downing on Monday, October 31, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Holidays · Tagged All Saints Day, bats, black and orange, cats, corn husks, costumes, ghost stories, ghosts, Gregory III, halloween, Halloween around the world, Halloween folklore, Halloween party, Halloween symbols, haunted houses, hay, irish culture, irish folklore, jack o lanterns, Jack O'Lanterns, orange and black, Samhain, skeletons, spiders, stalks of wheat, Trick-or-treating, witches
Christmastime is here. We all have our own holiday traditions – in my family we watch a Christmas movie on Christmas Eve and stuff our faces. Your family might do something different. Shoot, you might even be from another country, where there are what seem (to us) like some pretty wacky traditions. Some you might [...]
Posted by Elizabeth Downing on Sunday, December 19, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre, Holidays · Tagged auk, Bizarre, Caga Tio, chimney, Christmas, christmas eve, christmas holiday, christmas movie, christmas tradition, christmastime, evil spirits, holiday traditions, Holidays, Kallikantzaroi, kiviak, Mari Lwyd, monkey, pudding, Santa, Santa Claus, seal skin, star, witches
Visit even the smallest of towns in the U.S. and you’re likely to hear some local ghost stories and discover a few haunted houses. But some American cities have gained the reputation for being particularly ghost-ridden thanks to their rich and often bizarre historical backgrounds. The following are ten of the most haunted cities to [...]
Posted by Evan Andrews on Sunday, October 24, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre, History, Travel · Tagged Alcatraz, Alcatraz Island, architecture, Athens Lunatic Asylum, Bachelor Grove Cemetery, cities, Dock Street Theater, Evil, ghosts, gothic, halloween, hampton Lillibridge House, haunted, haunted cities, haunted houses, haunting, horror, horror stories, Joshua Ward House, lalaurie house, legend, Robert the Doll, Shanghai Tunnels, terror, The Devil's Den, top 10 haunted cities, vampire, witchcraft, witches
Ever since human life has existed, it’s safe to say that innocent people have been executed. Whether due to a faulty justice system, human error, discrimination, or some other reason, it’s a fact that innocent people do die. Throughout the history of the world, there have been many people who have been killed that were [...]
Posted by Ash Grant on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 1:36 am
Filed under History, People, Religion · Tagged cameron willingham, capital punishment, Christian, Controversial, crucifiction, death, death penalty, hemlock, jan hus, jesse tafero, jesus, Jesus Christ, Joan of Arc, john southworth, People, saint cosmas, saint damian, salem witches, socrates, william marion, witches