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The House of Prayer: A Home of Horrors

The House of Prayer has been known over the years as a place of worship, a refuge for religious followers, a cult, and a house of severe abuse and death. From 1983-1992, the House of Prayer was based in a compound in Micanopy, Florida. “Mother Anna” ran the house with a strict observation of Old…

Twisted Greed

It was an odd image: a woman so cold she’d been dubbed the “Black Widow,” who was connected to multiple murders — even convicted of killing her own son — but who was so shaky on her way to the electric chair that guards had to help her walk to her final fate. Judy Buenoano…

Misogyny: The Real Horror From the Black Lagoon

The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick, written by Mallory O’Meara, centers on a unique world of film artistry and special effects that many of us are intrigued by but have not experienced firsthand. Unfortunately, the book details a second world that women around the world are…