asktheghosthost:

bragison:

legendofkatie:

bloodgutsandangeldelight:

themorallycorruptfayeresnick:

So yesterday my grandparents found a big box of old 78s that they’ve had in an attic for years, and wanted me to transfer them to CDs. Most were in pretty great shape, no cracks and few scratches. Lots of 1930s sweet/hot jazz, British big band & swing and a few Decca classical ones. This one had its label peeled/scratched off on the a side, on the reverse was a Parlophone march.

90% sure by playing it it’s unleashed some kind of 70 year old curse.

Oh my god  D:

here’s a bad idea: listening to this in the dark by yourself

well then 

I wonder if my friends at The Hollywood Tower Hotel are missing a record…

So bizarre… this is like one of those things that you start out laughing at and thinking it’s funny and then in the middle of it being funny it becomes acutely creepy, and you don’t know whether to keep laughing or stare at the source of the noise in discomfort. 

nightchi1d:

Plague doctors were individuals in the Middle Ages who were given the task of tending to people infected with the plague. In most cases, they were either second rate or under-trained physicians, incapable of maintaining their own practice. Many were not doctors at all, but people of various other employments paid by towns to cater to the sick. 

Plague doctors were employed in various methods when ever plague set in. The earliest documentation of these individuals being hired go as far back as the mid 500s AD. The plague doctor image that we as a general public are familiar with was not seen until the 1600s. It was then that the “traditional” plague doctor costume was created. The costume consisted of a cloak made of heavy fabric covered in wax to protect the doctor’s body, and a mask to keep out the sick air. The masks had a long cone shaped structure at the nose, to be filled with scents that would protect the doctor from the bad air.

Because of the nature of their work, plague doctors often became victims of the plague themselves, or were quarantined for the protection of the public.

Wore one’a these all styled and whatnot in a fashion show, recently. I give the designer credit for her awesome take on such a morbid mask. 

Absolutely love these masks!  <3  More than I should probably.  I even have a character with a plague doctor mask for a face.  They’re just so quirky looking!