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Boroughs of the Dead @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

NEW TOUR! Houdini Takes Manhattan! Tickets on sale now: boroughsofthedead.com/houdini-take...

Boroughs of the Dead @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Summer hours begin June 21st! Private tours available throughout July and August, public tours start again after Labor Day. See you at the beach!

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FANGORIA @fangoria.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

To go along with his first-ever graphic novel, John Carpenter has also made an immersive soundtrack and you can listen to the first track right now.

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John Carpenter Announces New Metal Album For CATHEDRAL

To go along with his first-ever graphic novel, John Carpenter has also made an immersive soundtrack and you can listen to the first track right now.

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Christine George @cageorge.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Took @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social Witches of Wall Street tour with its 13 stops (including Trinity Church with the blood red window), in an unintentional group of 13, on Walpurgis Night, and learned it’s always better to have the witches on your side…and a solid prenup

Photo of Trinity Church in NYC, a brown stone gothic looking structure in front of skyscrapers and a blue sky. The front center stained glads window is bright red

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Boroughs of the Dead @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

In our 13th year, no less (founded in 2013)!

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Boroughs of the Dead @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

It's that time of year again: Ghosts of the Titanic is happening April 11 - 18. boroughsofthedead.com/tours/ghosts...

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Boroughs of the Dead @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

The Boxtrolls: The Stinkiest Cheese in Cheesebridge got you incredible cred with me.

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The Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Ghosts of the tenement: a satirical cartoon from a 1901 edition of 'Puck'. #PhantomsFriday #Victorian #satire #illustration #artsky

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Ruins of Despair @ruinsofdespair.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Allegedly, 'A Visit to the Haunted Chamber' by William Frederick Yeames (1869) depicts Anne Boleyn's bedroom in Hever Castle. #art #PhantomsFriday

Two women are in black riding habits warily step in to a bedchamber. The haunting may be the rats on the other side of the bed.

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Boroughs of the Dead @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I just want to drop everything and hang out in a haunted house with Podmore and Doyle now...

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Boroughs of the Dead @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Elizabeth Boyer wrote a novel about Marguerite that I haven't read, I liked ISOLA very much, and I drew on Karolina Ramqvist's BEAR WOMAN quite a bit for my chapter. And of course it's not about Marguerite but everyone loves Marian Engel's BEAR :)

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Boroughs of the Dead @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Yessssss thank you! And a signed copy from one of our favorite bookstores no less!

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Boroughs of the Dead @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Yes I just scrolled through your whole feed, you are my new favorite thing.

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Boroughs of the Dead @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Thank you! Like George Costanza, I've always wanted to do somebody a solid. Also, check out "America's Most Gothic" for LOTS of CanCon, including a random tribute to Canada Post's "Haunted Canada" stamps! @leannareneehieber.bsky.social @colindickey.com

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Debbie Rochon @debbierochon.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

18 years ago I made a Ghoul Log while working at Fangoria, enjoy! m.youtube.com/watch?v=VL1I...

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Fangoria Ghoul Log with Twisted Sister Holiday songs!

YouTube video by HeilFunny

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Boroughs of the Dead @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Okay, you win but you have to promise to quote me!

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Boroughs of the Dead @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Nope, sorry Colin, this is my beat. (Adams is also on record noting that City Hall is haunted. These are the only two things he's ever said that made any sense.)

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Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶

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Dr. Vaughn Joy @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Holiday Hot Take Number 2: The Brits are wrong. But only because, as a Christmas film scholar, my honest hot take is that you don't get to tell someone else what constitutes a Christmas film for them. If it's part of your Christmas tradition, it's a Christmas film.

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British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie

Survey also reveals Britons’ favourite festive film, views on tear-jerkers and family cinema trips

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Boroughs of the Dead @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Reddit? Substack/Ghost? Who's the Robert Sietsema of travel right now? I cannot begin to wade through the thousands and thousands of bloggers and social media travel influencers and I imagine I am not alone in this feeling.

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Boroughs of the Dead @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

What's a traveler looking for recommendations to do these days? 90% of AI suggestions are non-existent, out of date, or inaccurate. You can't count on TripAdvisor, as they only push places that pay top commissions. There's almost no traditional media left. So where do folks go for real information?

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Andi Zeisler @andizeisler.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Did women ruin the workplace? No! Did I personally ruin my own weekend writing about the cynical fuckery that led to the New York Times asking that question? I sure did! Huge thanks to @moiradonegan.bsky.social for lending her expertise and insight to my ranting

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Women didn’t ruin the workplace. Capitalism did

When your debate centers on whether women should exist in public, you’ve already lost.

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Boroughs of the Dead @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

We working class ghosts (and guides) are feeling hopeful about NYC today. High fives to our fellow gig workers, underpaid adjuncts, underemployed historians, and artists-working-three-jobs this morning.

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Boroughs of the Dead @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

"I detest the expression “horror film.” I make films on the supernatural and I make them because I believe it." – Jacques Tourneur

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Kelli Marshall @kellimarshall.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

For National Cat Day, my favorite kitty-Hollywood connection: 152 black cats (and their owners) auditioning for the title role in a film adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Black Cat” (LIFE magazine, 1961).

Cats and their owners lined up alongside a wall

A boy holds a leash attached to a black cat

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Boroughs of the Dead @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

See the evidence here: www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_R...

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Boroughs of the Dead @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

A Lifelong Upper West Sider says: "I was excited by the prospect of an UWS ghost tour, but also apprehensive that it might just be a rehash of history and stories that I already know. I was pleasantly surprised to also learn many new spooky things about my neighborhood." This is HUGE praise.

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 28/10/2025

This morning’s hype anthem

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Boroughs of the Dead @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Sorry, boo baskets are lame, not boo buckets (which are awesome). Also, I just read the article and these are ... adults? Doing this for other adults? Yikes.

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Boroughs of the Dead @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

A few years ago a neighbor left Boo Buckets on everyone's doormat with the cutesy "You've been BOOed!" note and the response, unanimously, was "WTF is this shit?" So glad we live in NYC, where we trick or treat in bodegas like normal people.

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Boroughs of the Dead @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

On a totally unrelated note, I spent my weekend leading Victorian cemetery tours. What a fun way to learn about unvaccinated children! You can count up all their tiny gravestones!

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Boroughs of the Dead @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Deeply moved by some of our recent customer reviews. Really! Don't laugh! When you pour your soul into something and it is appreciated, it's an otherworldly feeling. Thank you to everyone who has supported and is still supporting our very small, very heartfelt business.

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Silvia Bethencourt @baterfly.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Clémentine Dondey Fortune Teller Studying a Book of Necromancy (Devineresse étudiant un livre de nécromancie), 1847

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Boroughs of the Dead @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Fun fact: Dan Aykroyd, the Fox sisters, and I were all born in Ontario, Canada. What does it all mean!? Who knows, but why don't you spend 12 hours listening to my new audiobook to see if you can detect my Canadian accent? www.barnesandnoble.com/w/americas-m...

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America's Most Gothic: Haunted History Stranger than Fiction|Audiobook

We often think of the enduring tropes of the Gothic in terms of fiction and film-breath-catching escapes that tap into our fears, anxieties, forbidden desires, and unsettling dreams. But what if some ...

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 14/10/2025

If it's a Tuesday, some great books are being published. Buy or borrow a good book today.

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Boroughs of the Dead @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

I genuinely love being quoted in the @satevepost.bsky.social about this... also, should I bring back my Gotham by Gaslight tour this year?

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Boroughs of the Dead @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

I wonder why nobody has ever recommended Tales from the Haunted South? It is by far the best of the three. (3/?)

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Boroughs of the Dead @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

The two books that influenced me the most while writing Invisible Women were Ghostland and Tales from the Haunted South. Many, many negative reviews of our books recommend folks read Ghostland instead, as it is superior to our book. Fair enough, but ... (1/?)

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Boroughs of the Dead @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

I remember this case so vividly (I also grew up in Ontario, was about 15 at the time) and I've been ambivalent about true crime all my life... and doing the Thing I Do For Money absolutely makes me fear being stained by blood and greed. Definitely the Substack for me.

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