Todd Atteberry

Travel writer on ghosts, pagans, history, folklore & witchy gardens. Dabbling in psychedelic folk music and reluctant proprietor of Green Man Design Studio

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The new book is available on Amazon. Southern Illinois folk horror, which is pretty much all the horror we had till lately. Available from the website or Amazon ... https://t.co/Af6gIeDhuM

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Looking for something good and horrifying to read? A review of a Phil Rickman Merrily Watkins book that proved prophetic. https://t.co/m86fABhONC

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The Old Slave House in southern Illinois was a tourist trap, built on a ghost story and spurious history, but managed to preserve the story of the blackest stain on Illinois history. The question is, will the state pay to preserve it?
#crenshawhouse
https://t.co/pPC46l8kCj

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@MickPuck Thanks. I'd never actually seen a Scully before.

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At last month's congressional hearing, a set of facts went unchallenged. Our most sensitive military sites are being infiltrated by craft which we cannot identify, nor defend against. Which might be the most chilling thing I've written about. #UFO #UAP https://t.co/qveaeWkqc1

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Consider me done.

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My kid got a drum solo at The Troubadour in LA Sunday night, I'm living vicariously through him. They won the battle of the bands are opening for NIN and Tenacious D next month in Louisville.
https://t.co/wTeaynxP0Z

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My kid is playing The Troubadour this Sunday for a chance at opening a festival in Louisville next month. I read off the bands playing the festival ... Kiss, Nine Inch Nails, Alice Cooper, Tenacious D ... he interrupted me, "Whoa! I get to play on the same stage as @jackblack?"

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Bringing back to witch's garden for another year ... what survived the winter, besides snakes. https://t.co/HW4wbfWMKB

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97 years ago almost thirty people in my area died in the worst tornado in U.S. history. The scars are still there if you know where to look, and what to look for. #tristatetornado https://t.co/FnWtu9yY0z

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The Lemp family mansion in St. Louis, built on beer. Billy Lemp's notorious habits left him with a deformed, illegitimate child who died on these stairs. Its history ranges from suicides to orgies, and now, multiple ghosts. https://t.co/rgPyVWPENG #ghoststories #hauntedmansion

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John Barleycorn, the midwest version. Though barley isn't a big crop, customs from the old world made their way over, and are still reflected in corn celebrations all over the midwest. Sans sacrifice. #johnbarleycorn #folklore #southernillinois #rurallife #childrenofthecorn

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When I was a kid, my folks took us to Old Shawneetown, one of the oldest settlements in the midwest. The weather closed in and when we were leaving, I caught sight of the bridge in the fog. It took more than fifty years to find myself in the same place, at the right time.

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The Road to Baker Cemetery in Crawford County, Illinois, haunted by the Lady in White. #haunted #childrenofthecorn #ruralphotography

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I'd seen this tombstone for years, and thought it was a bat. It reality it's a winged soul effigy with a curious, heart-shaped skull. Common back east and in Europe, they're relatively rare here in the midwest. #tombstones #graveyards #cemetery

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Memorial Park, Carmi, Illinois #mistynight, #emptyspaces

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The Webb Hay House in Carmi. The lawns here and next door were said to be filled with throngs of onlookers who came to town to watch local hangings from the second floor of the courthouse across the street. #gothic #nocturnal #foggynight

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Ghosts of the Past, Carmi, Illinois

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Reib Cemetery, near Carmi, Illinois