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Daniel Storm covers demons, monsters and horror lore for Morbid Index — grimoire and folklore figures, cryptids and the fictional universes built around them — with a focus on naming primary sources and keeping documented tradition separate from modern invention.
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150 entries
News · Movies
Neon is developing an SCP Foundation anthology movie for a 2027 theatrical release and says the film will use the same Creative Commons ShareAlike model that governs the SCP Wiki. Here's what is confirmed, what the license means, and how the separate A24 project fits in.
Oct 2, 2026
News · Movies
Lionsgate has acquired Dylan Clark's Portrait of God feature adaptation, with Chase Infiniti starring and Sam Raimi and Jordan Peele producing. Here's what is confirmed and what remains unknown.
Oct 2, 2026
Lore & Explained · Folklore
What is the Boiúna? Trace Brazil’s Amazonian Cobra Grande through river folklore, Cobra Norato, regional traditions and the 2026 horror film Beware Boiúna.
Sep 29, 2026
Lore & Explained · Folklore
British and Irish folklore warns against picking blackberries after Michaelmas. Here is where the Devil’s spit story comes from, what Old Michaelmas Day means, and what the historical sources actually say.
Sep 29, 2026
Lore & Explained · Folklore
Who were the Casket Girls of New Orleans? Separate the filles à la cassette, Ursuline history and small travel chests from the later vampire legend.
Sep 29, 2026
Lore & Explained · Folklore
Pontianak and kuntilanak are often treated as one fixed female ghost. Older Malay sources, modern ethnography and horror cinema show a tradition that changed by place and period.
Sep 28, 2026
The Index · Paranormal
Can people move objects with their minds? Explore telekinesis, the history of psychokinesis experiments, and what controlled studies actually found.
Sep 27, 2026
Lore & Explained · Folklore
The Friday the 13th superstition appears in nineteenth-century records. Trace its older ingredients, false origin stories, and the evidence about bad luck.
Sep 27, 2026
The Index
Edinburgh's South Bridge vaults were built as working spaces, not a hidden medieval city. Explore the history beneath the ghost-tour reputation.
Sep 25, 2026
The Index
Behind Eastern State's haunted reputation is a real experiment in isolation. Explore its prison design, Dickens's visit and the staged scares.
Sep 25, 2026
Lore & Explained
What are oni in Japanese folklore? Horns, clubs and Setsubun tell only part of the story of figures that can be terrifying, comic or easily outwitted.
Sep 25, 2026
Lore & Explained
Jorogumo is more than a spider-woman with one fixed origin. Explore historical artwork, waterfall legends and the uncertain source of a familiar story.
Sep 25, 2026
Lore & Explained
Explore Black Shuck, the ghostly dog of East Anglia, through the Bungay storm, Abraham Fleming's pamphlet and the difference between history and legend.
Sep 25, 2026
Lore & Explained
What is a kelpie, and how does it differ from the each-uisge? Explore Scottish water-horse stories, their dangers and the distinctions made by collectors.
Sep 25, 2026
Lore & Explained
The Dullahan is more varied than a single headless horseman. Explore an Irish folklore collection, the death coach and claims the old stories do not establish.
Sep 25, 2026
Lore & Explained
Who is the Headless Horseman, and what happened to Ichabod Crane? Read Washington Irving's actual ending and separate its clues from later adaptations.
Sep 25, 2026
Lore & Explained · Literature
What is The King in Yellow? Separate Robert W. Chambers's real collection from its fictional forbidden play, and understand Carcosa and the Yellow Sign.
Sep 25, 2026
Lore & Explained
What does Belial mean? Follow the name from biblical language about wickedness to later supernatural figures and the king described in the Goetia.
Sep 25, 2026