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We're pleased to have featured @unfairlyfallen as our first living person with their own, unique archive entry!
Many thanks to him for working with us to document his necromantic work!
Cadmus V. Creely – Gathering Breadcrumbs https://share.google/yGSG2di4jb3TnJSPc
The rising price of gas in the U.S. likely means ole Tom likely has slim pickin's these days. The Gathering Breadcrumbs archives invites input for help with the following breadcrumbs: • Are there localized versions of Skinned Tom tied to specific roads or landmarks? • How does this legend compare structurally to other “lover’s lane” narratives across the U.S.? • What role does the missing body (and recovered skin) play in sustaining the myth? • Has the folk song fragment appeared independently of the narrative, or only alongside it? • To what extent has modern horror media reinforced or reshaped the legend?
Learn more about Skinned Tom over on Gathering Breadcrumbs and contribute to the archive!
Candle Cove mimics traditional folklore so well that it's not unusual to come across people relating the story as fact. It plays on the realization many of us have had that the things we watched as children were, sometimes, truly horrifying. The archive invites assistance with the following Breadcrumb: Why do you think known fictional internet narratives can sometimes create false collective nostalgia?
Pull up a log by the digital campfire.
Do you remember a television show from childhood that no one else seems to recall quite the same way you do?
Today's rabbit hole: Candle Cove, one of the internet's most enduring pieces of creepypasta and a perfect example of how stories evolve online.
Pull up a log by the digital campfire: the June newsletter just went out!
Once a month I send out a newsletter filled with folklore, supernatural history, curious internet oddities, recent Gathering Breadcrumbs posts, and a glimpse of what I'm investigating next.
No shouting. No spam. Just stories.
There is something rather spectacular about an amulet/talisman which fails so utterly that it ends up being worn as jewelry by the very people it was designed to ward against. The archive invites further exploration into the following: How often were religious artifacts repurposed by invading cultures?
The archive invites further investigation into the following: What architectural features most commonly trigger “Backrooms” associations?
