Curious Publications

How to Speak With the Dead

{"id":8013182370013,"title":"How to Speak With the Dead","handle":"how-to-speak-with-the-dead","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“This book is intended, first, as a practical guide for the assistance of those persons who may be desirous of speaking with the dead; and, secondly, as an elementary text-book of occult phenomena. It presupposes for its readers a willingness to be guided by facts and a disregard of opinions based upon imagination instead of upon fact.  … Let us speak to the dead and let us add their knowledge and counsel to the common store.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCurious Publications and Haute Macabre do not guarantee results.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlease read the Haute Macabre\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePolicies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epage to be informed on shipping and purchase agreements. If you would like to arrange for additional postal insurance or have further questions, please email Samantha directly at HauteMacabre@gmail.com. \u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-02-24T18:26:19-05:00","created_at":"2023-02-19T19:06:02-05:00","vendor":"Curious Publications","type":"Literature","tags":["curious publications"],"price":1400,"price_min":1400,"price_max":1400,"available":false,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43727501820125,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"CURIOUSPUB-1","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"How to Speak With the Dead","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1400,"weight":133,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_3497.jpg?v=1677280216"],"featured_image":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_3497.jpg?v=1677280216","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":31467764875485,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":3024,"width":3024,"src":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_3497.jpg?v=1677280216"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":3024,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_3497.jpg?v=1677280216","width":3024}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“This book is intended, first, as a practical guide for the assistance of those persons who may be desirous of speaking with the dead; and, secondly, as an elementary text-book of occult phenomena. It presupposes for its readers a willingness to be guided by facts and a disregard of opinions based upon imagination instead of upon fact.  … Let us speak to the dead and let us add their knowledge and counsel to the common store.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCurious Publications and Haute Macabre do not guarantee results.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlease read the Haute Macabre\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePolicies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epage to be informed on shipping and purchase agreements. If you would like to arrange for additional postal insurance or have further questions, please email Samantha directly at HauteMacabre@gmail.com. \u003c\/p\u003e"}

On the Writing of the Insane

{"id":8013184631005,"title":"On the Writing of the Insane","handle":"the-life-and-adventures-of-toby-the-sapient-pig","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book was originally published in 1870. At the time, George Mackenzie Bacon was a medical superintendent at Cambridgeshire County Asylum (now Fulbourn Hospital) near Cambridge, England. The slim volume offers Bacon’s observations on the idiosyncrasies of his patients’ handwriting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing \u003cem\u003eOn the Writing of the Insane\u003c\/em\u003e—and exclusive to this Curious Publications edition—is Bacon’s annual Report of the Medical Supervisor from 1880, featuring tales of trepanation, hydrocephaly, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlease read the Haute Macabre\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePolicies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epage to be informed on shipping and purchase agreements. If you would like to arrange for additional postal insurance or have further questions, please email Samantha directly at HauteMacabre@gmail.com. \u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-02-24T18:26:22-05:00","created_at":"2023-02-19T19:06:43-05:00","vendor":"Curious Publications","type":"Literature","tags":["curious publications"],"price":1200,"price_min":1200,"price_max":1200,"available":false,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43727504048349,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"CURIOUSPUB-2","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"On the Writing of the Insane","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1200,"weight":77,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/F8EAF691-D478-43FD-8F3D-AF02D2540A53.jpg?v=1677280104"],"featured_image":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/F8EAF691-D478-43FD-8F3D-AF02D2540A53.jpg?v=1677280104","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":31467761893597,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":2936,"width":2936,"src":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/F8EAF691-D478-43FD-8F3D-AF02D2540A53.jpg?v=1677280104"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":2936,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/F8EAF691-D478-43FD-8F3D-AF02D2540A53.jpg?v=1677280104","width":2936}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book was originally published in 1870. At the time, George Mackenzie Bacon was a medical superintendent at Cambridgeshire County Asylum (now Fulbourn Hospital) near Cambridge, England. The slim volume offers Bacon’s observations on the idiosyncrasies of his patients’ handwriting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing \u003cem\u003eOn the Writing of the Insane\u003c\/em\u003e—and exclusive to this Curious Publications edition—is Bacon’s annual Report of the Medical Supervisor from 1880, featuring tales of trepanation, hydrocephaly, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlease read the Haute Macabre\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePolicies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epage to be informed on shipping and purchase agreements. If you would like to arrange for additional postal insurance or have further questions, please email Samantha directly at HauteMacabre@gmail.com. \u003c\/p\u003e"}

Psycho-Phone Messages

$12.00
{"id":8013180240093,"title":"Psycho-Phone Messages","handle":"psycho-phone-messages","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePsycho-Phone Messages was originally published in 1921 by Francis Grierson, a mystic, musician, poet, prophet, and overall man of many talents. Grierson was born as Benjamin Henry Jesse Francis Shepard in 1848 in England, but grew up in Illinois. He later took his mother’s maiden name when publishing \u003cem\u003eModern Mysticism\u003c\/em\u003e in 1899. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy 1915, the \u003cem\u003eWashington Herald\u003c\/em\u003e hailed Grierson as the “Strangest Man in the World.” \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“So great, varied and unearthly are Grierson’s gifts that it is difficult to consider him as a human being,” the paper wrote. “If he had lived in ancient times his contemporaries would have made an oracle, prophet or saint out of him.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis most particular talent was on display at the piano, where he completely improvised without ever learning to read a note of music. Grierson’s abilities led him to travels throughout Europe playing before crowned heads and causing Alexandre Dumas to say, “I predict for you a marvelous future.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat future included an interest in Spiritualism. Grierson conducted séances across America and Europe, and in the late 1880s built a home in San Diego called Villa Montezuma. It would become a temple to occultism, with many séances being held within. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book, Grierson’s last, features messages from beyond the veil from a number of luminaries, all of which, he claimed, were recorded through the “psycho-phone.” Was this a device? His mind? Or simply more of his improvisational talents on display?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlease read the Haute Macabre\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePolicies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epage to be informed on shipping and purchase agreements. If you would like to arrange for additional postal insurance or have further questions, please email Samantha directly at HauteMacabre@gmail.com. \u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-02-24T18:26:17-05:00","created_at":"2023-02-19T19:05:24-05:00","vendor":"Curious Publications","type":"Literature","tags":["curious publications"],"price":1200,"price_min":1200,"price_max":1200,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43727499755741,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"CURIOUSPUB-3","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Psycho-Phone Messages","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1200,"weight":95,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_3504.jpg?v=1677279322"],"featured_image":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_3504.jpg?v=1677279322","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":31467744198877,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":2762,"width":2762,"src":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_3504.jpg?v=1677279322"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":2762,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_3504.jpg?v=1677279322","width":2762}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePsycho-Phone Messages was originally published in 1921 by Francis Grierson, a mystic, musician, poet, prophet, and overall man of many talents. Grierson was born as Benjamin Henry Jesse Francis Shepard in 1848 in England, but grew up in Illinois. He later took his mother’s maiden name when publishing \u003cem\u003eModern Mysticism\u003c\/em\u003e in 1899. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy 1915, the \u003cem\u003eWashington Herald\u003c\/em\u003e hailed Grierson as the “Strangest Man in the World.” \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“So great, varied and unearthly are Grierson’s gifts that it is difficult to consider him as a human being,” the paper wrote. “If he had lived in ancient times his contemporaries would have made an oracle, prophet or saint out of him.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis most particular talent was on display at the piano, where he completely improvised without ever learning to read a note of music. Grierson’s abilities led him to travels throughout Europe playing before crowned heads and causing Alexandre Dumas to say, “I predict for you a marvelous future.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat future included an interest in Spiritualism. Grierson conducted séances across America and Europe, and in the late 1880s built a home in San Diego called Villa Montezuma. It would become a temple to occultism, with many séances being held within. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book, Grierson’s last, features messages from beyond the veil from a number of luminaries, all of which, he claimed, were recorded through the “psycho-phone.” Was this a device? His mind? Or simply more of his improvisational talents on display?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlease read the Haute Macabre\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePolicies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epage to be informed on shipping and purchase agreements. If you would like to arrange for additional postal insurance or have further questions, please email Samantha directly at HauteMacabre@gmail.com. \u003c\/p\u003e"}

Reminiscences of the Elephant Man

$19.00
{"id":8013179420893,"title":"Reminiscences of the Elephant Man","handle":"reminiscences-of-the-elephant-man","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTragic as the life of Joseph Merrick was, Sir Frederick Treves’ compassion for and friendship with the Elephant Man is to be celebrated. Though the doctor’s studies couldn’t cure his patient, the time that Treves spent with him revealed a side of Merrick that had been hidden away. The Elephant Man’s intellect, joy in the little things, and positive attitude despite his challenges were a triumph of humanity. This text is reprinted from Treves’ 1923 book, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Elephant Man and Other Reminiscences\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The newspaper articles that follow share additional details of Merrick’s life and death.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlease read the Haute Macabre\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePolicies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epage to be informed on shipping and purchase agreements. If you would like to arrange for additional postal insurance or have further questions, please email Samantha directly at HauteMacabre@gmail.com. \u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-03-07T15:51:36-05:00","created_at":"2023-02-19T19:05:06-05:00","vendor":"Curious Publications","type":"Literature","tags":["curious publications"],"price":1900,"price_min":1900,"price_max":1900,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43727498936541,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"CURIOUSPUB-4","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Reminiscences of the Elephant Man","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1900,"weight":210,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_000A598A16EC-8.jpg?v=1678222270"],"featured_image":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_000A598A16EC-8.jpg?v=1678222270","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":31509031387357,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":3024,"width":3024,"src":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_000A598A16EC-8.jpg?v=1678222270"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":3024,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_000A598A16EC-8.jpg?v=1678222270","width":3024}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTragic as the life of Joseph Merrick was, Sir Frederick Treves’ compassion for and friendship with the Elephant Man is to be celebrated. Though the doctor’s studies couldn’t cure his patient, the time that Treves spent with him revealed a side of Merrick that had been hidden away. The Elephant Man’s intellect, joy in the little things, and positive attitude despite his challenges were a triumph of humanity. This text is reprinted from Treves’ 1923 book, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Elephant Man and Other Reminiscences\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The newspaper articles that follow share additional details of Merrick’s life and death.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlease read the Haute Macabre\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePolicies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epage to be informed on shipping and purchase agreements. If you would like to arrange for additional postal insurance or have further questions, please email Samantha directly at HauteMacabre@gmail.com. \u003c\/p\u003e"}

Spirit Slate Writing and Kindred Phenomena

$20.00
{"id":8013181649117,"title":"Spirit Slate Writing and Kindred Phenomena","handle":"spirit-slate-writing-and-kindred-phenomena","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the late nineteenth century, mediums across the country were busy delivering messages from the dead to anyone who would listen. And there were plenty who would. Often these words from beyond appeared on slates during séances. But the brand of magic that mediums offered was nothing more than that-magic. Author William E. Robinson, an accomplished magician who worked as a stage manager and assistant to Alexander Herrmann and Harry Kellar, knew all the tricks of the trade. His book, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpirit Slate Writing and Kindred Phenomena\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, published in 1898, explained them all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis new edition includes all the original illustrations, along with an introduction by Henry Ridgely Evans—another turn-of-the-century magician who knew the dead couldn’t talk, except through the preservation of the written word. Just as Evans and Robinson will be doing between these covers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlease read the Haute Macabre\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePolicies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epage to be informed on shipping and purchase agreements. If you would like to arrange for additional postal insurance or have further questions, please email Samantha directly at HauteMacabre@gmail.com. \u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-03-07T15:50:57-05:00","created_at":"2023-02-19T19:05:49-05:00","vendor":"Curious Publications","type":"Literature","tags":["curious publications"],"price":2000,"price_min":2000,"price_max":2000,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43727501164765,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"CURIOUSPUB-5","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Spirit Slate Writing and Kindred Phenomena","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2000,"weight":318,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_000A598A16EC-7.jpg?v=1678222254"],"featured_image":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_000A598A16EC-7.jpg?v=1678222254","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":31509030240477,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":3024,"width":3024,"src":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_000A598A16EC-7.jpg?v=1678222254"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":3024,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_000A598A16EC-7.jpg?v=1678222254","width":3024}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the late nineteenth century, mediums across the country were busy delivering messages from the dead to anyone who would listen. And there were plenty who would. Often these words from beyond appeared on slates during séances. But the brand of magic that mediums offered was nothing more than that-magic. Author William E. Robinson, an accomplished magician who worked as a stage manager and assistant to Alexander Herrmann and Harry Kellar, knew all the tricks of the trade. His book, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpirit Slate Writing and Kindred Phenomena\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, published in 1898, explained them all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis new edition includes all the original illustrations, along with an introduction by Henry Ridgely Evans—another turn-of-the-century magician who knew the dead couldn’t talk, except through the preservation of the written word. Just as Evans and Robinson will be doing between these covers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlease read the Haute Macabre\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePolicies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epage to be informed on shipping and purchase agreements. If you would like to arrange for additional postal insurance or have further questions, please email Samantha directly at HauteMacabre@gmail.com. \u003c\/p\u003e"}

The Book of Dreams and Ghosts

{"id":8013186367709,"title":"The Book of Dreams and Ghosts","handle":"dreams-of-ghosts","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt the time of this book’s original publication in 1897, millions of Americans believed in Spiritualism. That is to say, they believed they could communicate with the dead. We humans could survive death and spirits were real. Andrew Lang’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Book of Dreams and Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e shares roughly a hundred stories spanning the two preceding centuries. As Lang states in his preface, “The chief purpose of this book is, if fortune helps, to entertain people interested in the kind of narratives here collected.” More than 125 years later, may these unusual tales entertain you as well.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlease read the Haute Macabre\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePolicies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epage to be informed on shipping and purchase agreements. If you would like to arrange for additional postal insurance or have further questions, please email Samantha directly at HauteMacabre@gmail.com. \u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-03-07T15:48:55-05:00","created_at":"2023-02-19T19:07:15-05:00","vendor":"Curious Publications","type":"Literature","tags":["curious publications","spiritualism"],"price":2800,"price_min":2800,"price_max":2800,"available":false,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43727505883357,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"CURIOUSPUB-6","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"The Book of Dreams and Ghosts","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2800,"weight":499,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_000A598A16EC-5.jpg?v=1678222127","\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_000A598A16EC-4.jpg?v=1678222111"],"featured_image":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_000A598A16EC-5.jpg?v=1678222127","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":31509019361501,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":2688,"width":2688,"src":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_000A598A16EC-5.jpg?v=1678222127"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":2688,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_000A598A16EC-5.jpg?v=1678222127","width":2688},{"alt":null,"id":31509019328733,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.75,"height":4032,"width":3024,"src":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_000A598A16EC-4.jpg?v=1678222111"},"aspect_ratio":0.75,"height":4032,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_000A598A16EC-4.jpg?v=1678222111","width":3024}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt the time of this book’s original publication in 1897, millions of Americans believed in Spiritualism. That is to say, they believed they could communicate with the dead. We humans could survive death and spirits were real. Andrew Lang’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Book of Dreams and Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e shares roughly a hundred stories spanning the two preceding centuries. As Lang states in his preface, “The chief purpose of this book is, if fortune helps, to entertain people interested in the kind of narratives here collected.” More than 125 years later, may these unusual tales entertain you as well.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlease read the Haute Macabre\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePolicies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epage to be informed on shipping and purchase agreements. If you would like to arrange for additional postal insurance or have further questions, please email Samantha directly at HauteMacabre@gmail.com. \u003c\/p\u003e"}

The Celebrated Hans Holbein’s Alphabet of Death

{"id":8013183221981,"title":"The Celebrated Hans Holbein’s Alphabet of Death","handle":"the-celebrated-hans-holbein-s-alphabet-of-death","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eThis book is a reproduction of an 1856 edition put together by nineteenth-century French librarian and art historian, Anatole de Courde de Montaiglon. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eHans Holbein (1497-1543) created the Alphabet of Death at a time when the Latin alphabet did not distinguish between I and J or U and V-the separation into vowels and consonants came after the Renaissance. Therefore, you’ll notice Holbein’s alphabet has only twenty-four letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eFurther details are offered by De Montaiglon in his introduction to the book. Following the original edition, each letter of the Alphabet of Death is enlarged to allow a closer look at Hans Holbein’s meticulously detailed work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlease read the Haute Macabre\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePolicies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epage to be informed on shipping and purchase agreements. If you would like to arrange for additional postal insurance or have further questions, please email Samantha directly at HauteMacabre@gmail.com. \u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-02-24T18:26:20-05:00","created_at":"2023-02-19T19:06:17-05:00","vendor":"Curious Publications","type":"Literature","tags":["curious publications"],"price":900,"price_min":900,"price_max":900,"available":false,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43727502606557,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"CURIOUSPUB-7","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"The Celebrated Hans Holbein’s Alphabet of Death","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":900,"weight":104,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_3501.jpg?v=1677280451"],"featured_image":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_3501.jpg?v=1677280451","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":31467771003101,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":3024,"width":3024,"src":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_3501.jpg?v=1677280451"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":3024,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_3501.jpg?v=1677280451","width":3024}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eThis book is a reproduction of an 1856 edition put together by nineteenth-century French librarian and art historian, Anatole de Courde de Montaiglon. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eHans Holbein (1497-1543) created the Alphabet of Death at a time when the Latin alphabet did not distinguish between I and J or U and V-the separation into vowels and consonants came after the Renaissance. Therefore, you’ll notice Holbein’s alphabet has only twenty-four letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eFurther details are offered by De Montaiglon in his introduction to the book. Following the original edition, each letter of the Alphabet of Death is enlarged to allow a closer look at Hans Holbein’s meticulously detailed work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlease read the Haute Macabre\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePolicies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epage to be informed on shipping and purchase agreements. If you would like to arrange for additional postal insurance or have further questions, please email Samantha directly at HauteMacabre@gmail.com. \u003c\/p\u003e"}

The Diary of a Resurrectionist, 1811-1812

$14.00
{"id":8013186072797,"title":"The Diary of a Resurrectionist, 1811-1812","handle":"the-diary-of-a-resurrectionist-1811-1812","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e The Butte Daily Post \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003esaid in 1897, this book is a “gruesome publication.” The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDiary\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e covers a unique vocation that thrived in the early nineteenth century: Resurrectionist. It was a job created out of a need for anatomy schools to acquire bodies for dissection during lectures. Fresh bodies. And those willing to dig them up were paid handsomely for their morbid efforts. William Burke and William Hare, who you’ll read about within these pages, killed sixteen people in Edinburgh in 1828 in order to deliver the freshest bodies possible. The reproduction of the original 1896 book maintains the spellings and treatment of the diary entries. While the subject matter is fascinating, it should be consumed purely for your own education and curiosity. Curious Publications has no desire to see resurrectionism resurrected.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlease read the Haute Macabre\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePolicies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epage to be informed on shipping and purchase agreements. If you would like to arrange for additional postal insurance or have further questions, please email Samantha directly at HauteMacabre@gmail.com. \u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-02-24T18:26:23-05:00","created_at":"2023-02-19T19:07:08-05:00","vendor":"Curious Publications","type":"Literature","tags":["curious publications"],"price":1400,"price_min":1400,"price_max":1400,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43727505588445,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"CURIOUS-8","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Diary of a Resurrectionist, 1811-1812","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1400,"weight":153,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_3509.jpg?v=1677280647"],"featured_image":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_3509.jpg?v=1677280647","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":31467772051677,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":2607,"width":2607,"src":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_3509.jpg?v=1677280647"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":2607,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_3509.jpg?v=1677280647","width":2607}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e The Butte Daily Post \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003esaid in 1897, this book is a “gruesome publication.” The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDiary\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e covers a unique vocation that thrived in the early nineteenth century: Resurrectionist. It was a job created out of a need for anatomy schools to acquire bodies for dissection during lectures. Fresh bodies. And those willing to dig them up were paid handsomely for their morbid efforts. William Burke and William Hare, who you’ll read about within these pages, killed sixteen people in Edinburgh in 1828 in order to deliver the freshest bodies possible. The reproduction of the original 1896 book maintains the spellings and treatment of the diary entries. While the subject matter is fascinating, it should be consumed purely for your own education and curiosity. Curious Publications has no desire to see resurrectionism resurrected.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlease read the Haute Macabre\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePolicies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epage to be informed on shipping and purchase agreements. If you would like to arrange for additional postal insurance or have further questions, please email Samantha directly at HauteMacabre@gmail.com. \u003c\/p\u003e"}

The Embalmed Head of Oliver Cromwell: A Memoir

{"id":8013178994909,"title":"The Embalmed Head of Oliver Cromwell: A Memoir","handle":"the-embalmed-head-of-oliver-cromwell-a-memoir","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eThe memoir of Oliver Cromwell’s embalmed head recounts its journey through the centuries, beginning with its decapitation after Charles II restored the monarchy in 1660 and the head’s impalement on a post at Westminster Hall, where it stayed for more than twenty years before being freed by a heavy storm. Over the centuries, the head enjoyed a series of unexpected adventures, encountering a host of bizarre and well-known characters—from its many owners, curious anatomists and misled but obsessed phrenologists to other preserved decapitated heads and impostor Cromwell heads.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eCover illustration by \u003cspan\u003eVi Luong\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlease read the Haute Macabre\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePolicies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epage to be informed on shipping and purchase agreements. If you would like to arrange for additional postal insurance or have further questions, please email Samantha directly at HauteMacabre@gmail.com. \u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-02-24T18:26:16-05:00","created_at":"2023-02-19T19:04:55-05:00","vendor":"Curious Publications","type":"Literature","tags":["curious publications"],"price":1800,"price_min":1800,"price_max":1800,"available":false,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43727498510557,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"CURIOUSPUB-9","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"The Embalmed Head of Oliver Cromwell: A Memoir","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1800,"weight":439,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/A1B13CB8-AF1A-4868-BA7A-C02F88D1C40A.jpg?v=1677279111"],"featured_image":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/A1B13CB8-AF1A-4868-BA7A-C02F88D1C40A.jpg?v=1677279111","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":31467741282525,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":2794,"width":2794,"src":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/A1B13CB8-AF1A-4868-BA7A-C02F88D1C40A.jpg?v=1677279111"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":2794,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/A1B13CB8-AF1A-4868-BA7A-C02F88D1C40A.jpg?v=1677279111","width":2794}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eThe memoir of Oliver Cromwell’s embalmed head recounts its journey through the centuries, beginning with its decapitation after Charles II restored the monarchy in 1660 and the head’s impalement on a post at Westminster Hall, where it stayed for more than twenty years before being freed by a heavy storm. Over the centuries, the head enjoyed a series of unexpected adventures, encountering a host of bizarre and well-known characters—from its many owners, curious anatomists and misled but obsessed phrenologists to other preserved decapitated heads and impostor Cromwell heads.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eCover illustration by \u003cspan\u003eVi Luong\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlease read the Haute Macabre\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePolicies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epage to be informed on shipping and purchase agreements. If you would like to arrange for additional postal insurance or have further questions, please email Samantha directly at HauteMacabre@gmail.com. \u003c\/p\u003e"}

The History of Spiritualism

$24.00
{"id":8013183680733,"title":"The History of Spiritualism","handle":"the-history-of-spiritualism","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSir Arthur Conan Doyle published \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe History of Spiritualism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in 1926, offering a thorough account of the movement which began in 1848 with the Fox Sisters, but had been brewing since long before. Doyle was one of the loudest and best-known evangelists for the religion in the early twentieth century. He, and its millions of followers, believed that we never die-we merely move on to another plane. Doyle’s evidence, and the Spiritualist mediums who led the way, are all to be found within these pages. This re-publication is unabridged and maintains all of the author’s British English spellings. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlease read the Haute Macabre\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePolicies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epage to be informed on shipping and purchase agreements. If you would like to arrange for additional postal insurance or have further questions, please email Samantha directly at HauteMacabre@gmail.com. \u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-02-24T18:26:21-05:00","created_at":"2023-02-19T19:06:26-05:00","vendor":"Curious Publications","type":"Literature","tags":["curious publications"],"price":2400,"price_min":2400,"price_max":2400,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43727503229149,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"CURIOUSPUB-10","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The History of Spiritualism","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2400,"weight":680,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_3505.jpg?v=1677280875"],"featured_image":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_3505.jpg?v=1677280875","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":31467777294557,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":2678,"width":2678,"src":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_3505.jpg?v=1677280875"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":2678,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_3505.jpg?v=1677280875","width":2678}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSir Arthur Conan Doyle published \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe History of Spiritualism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in 1926, offering a thorough account of the movement which began in 1848 with the Fox Sisters, but had been brewing since long before. Doyle was one of the loudest and best-known evangelists for the religion in the early twentieth century. He, and its millions of followers, believed that we never die-we merely move on to another plane. Doyle’s evidence, and the Spiritualist mediums who led the way, are all to be found within these pages. This re-publication is unabridged and maintains all of the author’s British English spellings. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlease read the Haute Macabre\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePolicies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epage to be informed on shipping and purchase agreements. If you would like to arrange for additional postal insurance or have further questions, please email Samantha directly at HauteMacabre@gmail.com. \u003c\/p\u003e"}

The Sight of Hell

$10.00
{"id":8013180698845,"title":"The Sight of Hell","handle":"the-sight-of-hell","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sight of Hell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was written “for children and young persons” by the Reverend John Furniss in 1861, however this reprint is from an 1874 publication. The images of Hell within these pages have all been added-Furniss’s original booklet left everything to his readers’ imaginations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1914, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Month\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e described the reverend as “a pious and devoted priest on the English mission, noted for his zeal in promoting religious education.” Read any sentence this pious man wrote and you may find that more severe terms would be better suited in characterizing him. Watch your language though-you wouldn’t want to find yourself burning in the middle of the earth until the red-hot fiery heat goes into your brain and melts it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBefore you journey into the depths of Hell that reside between these covers, you’ll have the opportunity to enjoy a few short reviews of Furniss’s work. They’re exclusive to this edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHappy reading. And please, remember not to sin, or a devil may be striking you “every minute for ever and ever, without ever stopping.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlease read the Haute Macabre\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePolicies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epage to be informed on shipping and purchase agreements. If you would like to arrange for additional postal insurance or have further questions, please email Samantha directly at HauteMacabre@gmail.com. \u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-02-24T18:26:18-05:00","created_at":"2023-02-19T19:05:32-05:00","vendor":"Curious Publications","type":"Literature","tags":["curious publications"],"price":1000,"price_min":1000,"price_max":1000,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43727500181725,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"CURIOUSPUB-11","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Sight of Hell","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1000,"weight":73,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_3502.jpg?v=1677280939"],"featured_image":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_3502.jpg?v=1677280939","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":31467778080989,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":2728,"width":2728,"src":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_3502.jpg?v=1677280939"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":2728,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/IMG_3502.jpg?v=1677280939","width":2728}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sight of Hell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was written “for children and young persons” by the Reverend John Furniss in 1861, however this reprint is from an 1874 publication. The images of Hell within these pages have all been added-Furniss’s original booklet left everything to his readers’ imaginations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1914, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Month\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e described the reverend as “a pious and devoted priest on the English mission, noted for his zeal in promoting religious education.” Read any sentence this pious man wrote and you may find that more severe terms would be better suited in characterizing him. Watch your language though-you wouldn’t want to find yourself burning in the middle of the earth until the red-hot fiery heat goes into your brain and melts it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBefore you journey into the depths of Hell that reside between these covers, you’ll have the opportunity to enjoy a few short reviews of Furniss’s work. They’re exclusive to this edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHappy reading. And please, remember not to sin, or a devil may be striking you “every minute for ever and ever, without ever stopping.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlease read the Haute Macabre\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePolicies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epage to be informed on shipping and purchase agreements. If you would like to arrange for additional postal insurance or have further questions, please email Samantha directly at HauteMacabre@gmail.com. \u003c\/p\u003e"}

The Talking Dead

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Hear all about the afterlife straight from William Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, and other spirits living it up in death in this most unusual collection of writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEditor Marc Hartzman guides readers through these post-mortem communications across three main sections: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-rte-list=\"default\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpirit Teachings\u003c\/strong\u003e – What is the afterlife like? What is God like? Do we have to eat? Drink? Where do we live? The answers to these questions, and many more, await the living.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAfterlives of the Rich and Famous\u003c\/strong\u003e – How are the world’s greatest writers enjoying life on the Other Side? What new works have they had time to author? And what advice did our most beloved presidents have for America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeaven on Mars\u003c\/strong\u003e – Forget Heaven on Earth, according to one medium, Heaven is on Mars. Read all about it in one very thorough description from a spirit living on the Red Planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlease read the Haute Macabre\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePolicies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epage to be informed on shipping and purchase agreements. 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According to mediums during the height of Spiritualism, a lot.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eIn the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, psychics were busy delivering a cornucopia of messages from beyond the veil, including many from some of world’s greatest luminaries. Hear all about the afterlife straight from William Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, and other spirits living it up in death in this most unusual collection of writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEditor Marc Hartzman guides readers through these post-mortem communications across three main sections: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-rte-list=\"default\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpirit Teachings\u003c\/strong\u003e – What is the afterlife like? What is God like? Do we have to eat? Drink? Where do we live? The answers to these questions, and many more, await the living.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAfterlives of the Rich and Famous\u003c\/strong\u003e – How are the world’s greatest writers enjoying life on the Other Side? What new works have they had time to author? And what advice did our most beloved presidents have for America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeaven on Mars\u003c\/strong\u003e – Forget Heaven on Earth, according to one medium, Heaven is on Mars. Read all about it in one very thorough description from a spirit living on the Red Planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlease read the Haute Macabre\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePolicies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epage to be informed on shipping and purchase agreements. If you would like to arrange for additional postal insurance or have further questions, please email Samantha directly at HauteMacabre@gmail.com. \u003c\/p\u003e"}

Vampires and Vampirism

$13.00
{"id":8013184106717,"title":"Vampires and Vampirism","handle":"vampires-and-vampirism","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eDudley Wright’s \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eVampires and Vampirism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e was first published in 1914. This Curious Publications edition reprints that original version and is filled with tales of vampirism from around the world, including this one: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e“Peter Plogojowitz, an inhabitant of a village in Hungary called Kisolova, who, after he had been buried more than ten years, appeared by night to several persons in the village, while they were asleep, and squeezed their throats in such a manner that they expired within twenty-four hours. There died in this way no less than nine persons in eight days; and the widow of this Plogojowitz deposed that she herself had been visited by him since his death, and that his errand was to demand his shoes; which frightened her so much that she at once left Kisolova and went to live somewhere else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e“These circumstances determined the inhabitants of the village to dig up the body of Plogojowitz and burn it, in order to put a stop to such troublesome visits. … he was found to be free from any bad smell, and perfectly sound, as if it had been alive, except that the tip of the nose was a little dry and withered. The beard and hair were grown fresh and a new set of nails had sprung up in the room of the old ones that had fallen off. Under the former skin, which looked pale and dead, there appeared a new one, of a natural fresh colour; and the hands and feet were as entire as if they belonged to a person in perfect health. They observed also that the mouth of the vampire was full of fresh blood, which the people were persuaded had been sucked by him from the persons he had killed.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlease read the Haute Macabre\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePolicies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epage to be informed on shipping and purchase agreements. If you would like to arrange for additional postal insurance or have further questions, please email Samantha directly at HauteMacabre@gmail.com. \u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-02-24T18:26:21-05:00","created_at":"2023-02-19T19:06:34-05:00","vendor":"Curious Publications","type":"Literature","tags":["curious publications"],"price":1300,"price_min":1300,"price_max":1300,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43727503655133,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"CURIOUSPUB-13","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Vampires and Vampirism","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1300,"weight":136,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/148CAB00-FA2B-4EA3-A774-2FAED2D78681.jpg?v=1677279786"],"featured_image":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/148CAB00-FA2B-4EA3-A774-2FAED2D78681.jpg?v=1677279786","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":31467755536605,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":3024,"width":3024,"src":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/148CAB00-FA2B-4EA3-A774-2FAED2D78681.jpg?v=1677279786"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":3024,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/hautemacabre.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/148CAB00-FA2B-4EA3-A774-2FAED2D78681.jpg?v=1677279786","width":3024}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eDudley Wright’s \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eVampires and Vampirism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e was first published in 1914. This Curious Publications edition reprints that original version and is filled with tales of vampirism from around the world, including this one: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e“Peter Plogojowitz, an inhabitant of a village in Hungary called Kisolova, who, after he had been buried more than ten years, appeared by night to several persons in the village, while they were asleep, and squeezed their throats in such a manner that they expired within twenty-four hours. There died in this way no less than nine persons in eight days; and the widow of this Plogojowitz deposed that she herself had been visited by him since his death, and that his errand was to demand his shoes; which frightened her so much that she at once left Kisolova and went to live somewhere else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e“These circumstances determined the inhabitants of the village to dig up the body of Plogojowitz and burn it, in order to put a stop to such troublesome visits. … he was found to be free from any bad smell, and perfectly sound, as if it had been alive, except that the tip of the nose was a little dry and withered. The beard and hair were grown fresh and a new set of nails had sprung up in the room of the old ones that had fallen off. Under the former skin, which looked pale and dead, there appeared a new one, of a natural fresh colour; and the hands and feet were as entire as if they belonged to a person in perfect health. They observed also that the mouth of the vampire was full of fresh blood, which the people were persuaded had been sucked by him from the persons he had killed.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlease read the Haute Macabre\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/haute-macabre.myshopify.com\/pages\/policies\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePolicies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epage to be informed on shipping and purchase agreements. If you would like to arrange for additional postal insurance or have further questions, please email Samantha directly at HauteMacabre@gmail.com. \u003c\/p\u003e"}

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