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Sorry Arachnophobes, There’s A New Scary Species Of Spiders

If you haven’t been turned away by the title now, maybe you will be when I say that the new species of spider has been discovered here in the United States, in Florida, to be exact of all places, Miami. The spider was discovered on the grounds of Zoo Miami by a Zookeeper back in 2012 in the Pine Rockland Forest that surrounds the zoo. The Keeper took a picture of the strange-looking spider which is described as a “small black tarantula”. The pictures were shared to see if anyone could identify the critter but alas no one recognized it. Flash forward two years later, another one of this eight-legged nightmare fuel was found again but this time captured and sent to experts. Further studies done on the spider concluded it’s a previously undiscovered species of Trapdoor Spider, named so because they dig holes in the ground with a literal trap door covering them as they wait for unsuspecting prey

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Capt McNeely
Apr 27, 2021
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Werewolf Film ‘The Beast Comes At Midnight’ Begins Filming This July (Plot & Cast)

Robert Angelo Masciantonia (Cold Hearts) has signed to helm the upcoming horror film The Beast Comes at Night, a coming-of-age story set in a small southern town with a serious werewolf problem. Kylissa Katalinch, Michael McKeever, and Kyle Oifer star alongside Robert Bronzi, known for his uncanny resemblance to the iconic actor Charles Bronson. The story centers on a young podcaster (McKeever) who has a penchant for investigating paranormal phenomena, serial killers, and conspiracy theories. He discovers his town is under attack by a flesh-eating beast that hunts during the full moon! Nobody believes him, except a popular cheerleader (Katalinich) and sideshow fortune teller (Bronzi) hiding his past as a Cold War-era monster hunter. The Beast Comes at Midnight, set in the real-life carnival town of Gibsonton, Florida, a winter retreat for carnival workers and sideshow attractions, is set to begin filming this July in Tampa, Florida Legendary horror film composer Dennis Tenney has also signed on for the film.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 13, 2021
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Blu-ray Review: He Came from the Swamp: The William Grefé Collection (1966 – 1977)

Exploding from the Everglades of Florida comes William Grefé; a dude that has directed an impressive array of schlock… but alas schlock I’ve never set my eerie eyeballs on. That’s something I aim to fix right quick… and what better way to do it than with the new Blu-ray collection from Arrow Video (along with MVD Entertainment); He Came from the Swamp: The William Grefé Collection! Disc one begins with the creature feature Sting of Death (1966), and what a doozy this putrid picture is my cats n’ creeps! College gal Karen (Valerie Hawkins) spends her vacay visiting her marine biologist father (Jack Nagle, who possesses a seemingly magic headwound that grows and shrinks throughout the picture) in his remote island laboratory cum home deep in the Florida Everglades, along with her cadre of comely female friends. Everything is absolutely keen as beers are downed and everyone gets their collective rocks off doing the hot new dance craze “The Jellyfish”,

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DanXIII
Feb 7, 2021
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America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer Dies The Day Before The Anniversary Of His First Kill

Leading the headlines today is the death of Samuel Little, called “America’s most prolific serial killer.” With a confirmed body count of 60, Little died in California Wednesday at the age of 80 of natural causes. The man, a career criminal, spent much of his adult life as a boxer and was in and out of prison before confessing to a Texas Ranger in 2018 that he was a serial killer. Over the years Little provided officials with dozens of paintings and drawings of his victims, sometimes including their names. years, and locations where he had dumped the bodies. In all, he confessed to 93 murders mostly occurring in Florida and Southern California between 1970 and 2005, with his first murder taking place on New Years’ Eve 1970 and his last happening in Mississippi in 2015. Almost all of his victims were women, many being prostitutes, drug addicts, and other people on the fringes of society. Little enjoyed strangling his

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 31, 2020
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Poisonous Toad Population Explodes In South Florida

Residents in South Florida are witnessing what looks like a scene from a B-movie, thousands of little toads hopping around all over the place. Large swarms of toads are darting across roads, clogging pool filters, invading gardens, and hanging out in yards in droves. May sound silly to worry about but the residents have a right to, these are not common toads, these are Cane Toads. These Invasive (not native) amphibians are named after the sugar cane fields they should be hanging out in down in South America. What makes them different than other toads in North America is their size, and that they’re highly toxic. The poison glands on the back of its head are the largest in the toad species and capable of killing larger animals, they are known to kill crocodiles in Australia. It’s not just the adult toads that are poisonous, their tadpoles are as well! In Florida, those most at risk of being poisoned by

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Capt McNeely
Mar 25, 2019
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Middle School Girls Plotted Bloody Massacre

Two Floridian girls were arrested by authorities at their middle school in central Florida. The girls’ ages 12 and 11 are self-proclaimed Satanists who planned to murder their classmates in order to “sin” enough to go to hell. The girls planned on killing and dismembering 15-25 students, drink their blood and possibly eat their flesh. The girls planned to hide in one of the restrooms of the school to ambush younger classmates they believe they could overpower. A tip to faculty resulted in the police arriving and finding the girls in the restroom. Upon searching the duo, police recovered three knives, a pair of scissors, and a pizza cutter. Authorities found text messages between the youths discussing their plans and even a handwritten note saying “go to kill in bathroom”. Upon questioning, the girls (according to police) answered questions “matter of factly”. The overall goal of the girls was to kill as many students as possible to earn enough sins

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Capt McNeely
Oct 26, 2018
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Robert The Stocking-Stuffer?!

The holiday season is here and it’s time to shop for gifts but there are a couple problems, someone on your list is into collecting creepy things, you’re being forced to get a gift for someone you really don’t like. Fear not (or do fear) the perfect gift is here for you, your very own Robert the Doll! Who’s Robert? Before there was Annabel, there was a doll dressed like a little sailor living in Key West Florida. Why say he’s “Living” in Key West? Many believe that the straw-filled toy is, in fact, alive due to malevolent supernatural forces. Robert was given to a boy, also named Robert, by a house servant in the 1900’s, since then Robert’s family would hear Robert talking to the doll and thought Robert would talk back to himself, changing his voice, but Robert would claim it was the doll talking. Neighbors reported seeing the doll move from window to window while the family

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Capt McNeely
Nov 24, 2017

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Sorry Arachnophobes, There’s A New Scary Species Of Spiders

If you haven’t been turned away by the title now, maybe you will be when I say that the new species of spider has been discovered here in the United States, in Florida, to be exact of all places, Miami. The spider was discovered on the grounds of Zoo Miami by a Zookeeper back in 2012 in the Pine Rockland Forest that surrounds the zoo. The Keeper took a picture of the strange-looking spider which is described as a “small black tarantula”. The pictures were shared to see if anyone could identify the critter but alas no one recognized it. Flash forward two years later, another one of this eight-legged nightmare fuel was found again but this time captured and sent to experts. Further studies done on the spider concluded it’s a previously undiscovered species of Trapdoor Spider, named so because they dig holes in the ground with a literal trap door covering them as they wait for unsuspecting prey

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Apr 27, 2021
Horror Fuel

Werewolf Film ‘The Beast Comes At Midnight’ Begins Filming This July (Plot & Cast)

Robert Angelo Masciantonia (Cold Hearts) has signed to helm the upcoming horror film The Beast Comes at Night, a coming-of-age story set in a small southern town with a serious werewolf problem. Kylissa Katalinch, Michael McKeever, and Kyle Oifer star alongside Robert Bronzi, known for his uncanny resemblance to the iconic actor Charles Bronson. The story centers on a young podcaster (McKeever) who has a penchant for investigating paranormal phenomena, serial killers, and conspiracy theories. He discovers his town is under attack by a flesh-eating beast that hunts during the full moon! Nobody believes him, except a popular cheerleader (Katalinich) and sideshow fortune teller (Bronzi) hiding his past as a Cold War-era monster hunter. The Beast Comes at Midnight, set in the real-life carnival town of Gibsonton, Florida, a winter retreat for carnival workers and sideshow attractions, is set to begin filming this July in Tampa, Florida Legendary horror film composer Dennis Tenney has also signed on for the film.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 13, 2021
Horror Fuel

Blu-ray Review: He Came from the Swamp: The William Grefé Collection (1966 – 1977)

Exploding from the Everglades of Florida comes William Grefé; a dude that has directed an impressive array of schlock… but alas schlock I’ve never set my eerie eyeballs on. That’s something I aim to fix right quick… and what better way to do it than with the new Blu-ray collection from Arrow Video (along with MVD Entertainment); He Came from the Swamp: The William Grefé Collection! Disc one begins with the creature feature Sting of Death (1966), and what a doozy this putrid picture is my cats n’ creeps! College gal Karen (Valerie Hawkins) spends her vacay visiting her marine biologist father (Jack Nagle, who possesses a seemingly magic headwound that grows and shrinks throughout the picture) in his remote island laboratory cum home deep in the Florida Everglades, along with her cadre of comely female friends. Everything is absolutely keen as beers are downed and everyone gets their collective rocks off doing the hot new dance craze “The Jellyfish”,

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Feb 7, 2021
Horror Fuel

America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer Dies The Day Before The Anniversary Of His First Kill

Leading the headlines today is the death of Samuel Little, called “America’s most prolific serial killer.” With a confirmed body count of 60, Little died in California Wednesday at the age of 80 of natural causes. The man, a career criminal, spent much of his adult life as a boxer and was in and out of prison before confessing to a Texas Ranger in 2018 that he was a serial killer. Over the years Little provided officials with dozens of paintings and drawings of his victims, sometimes including their names. years, and locations where he had dumped the bodies. In all, he confessed to 93 murders mostly occurring in Florida and Southern California between 1970 and 2005, with his first murder taking place on New Years’ Eve 1970 and his last happening in Mississippi in 2015. Almost all of his victims were women, many being prostitutes, drug addicts, and other people on the fringes of society. Little enjoyed strangling his

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 31, 2020
Horror Fuel

Poisonous Toad Population Explodes In South Florida

Residents in South Florida are witnessing what looks like a scene from a B-movie, thousands of little toads hopping around all over the place. Large swarms of toads are darting across roads, clogging pool filters, invading gardens, and hanging out in yards in droves. May sound silly to worry about but the residents have a right to, these are not common toads, these are Cane Toads. These Invasive (not native) amphibians are named after the sugar cane fields they should be hanging out in down in South America. What makes them different than other toads in North America is their size, and that they’re highly toxic. The poison glands on the back of its head are the largest in the toad species and capable of killing larger animals, they are known to kill crocodiles in Australia. It’s not just the adult toads that are poisonous, their tadpoles are as well! In Florida, those most at risk of being poisoned by

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Mar 25, 2019
Horror Fuel

Middle School Girls Plotted Bloody Massacre

Two Floridian girls were arrested by authorities at their middle school in central Florida. The girls’ ages 12 and 11 are self-proclaimed Satanists who planned to murder their classmates in order to “sin” enough to go to hell. The girls planned on killing and dismembering 15-25 students, drink their blood and possibly eat their flesh. The girls planned to hide in one of the restrooms of the school to ambush younger classmates they believe they could overpower. A tip to faculty resulted in the police arriving and finding the girls in the restroom. Upon searching the duo, police recovered three knives, a pair of scissors, and a pizza cutter. Authorities found text messages between the youths discussing their plans and even a handwritten note saying “go to kill in bathroom”. Upon questioning, the girls (according to police) answered questions “matter of factly”. The overall goal of the girls was to kill as many students as possible to earn enough sins

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Oct 26, 2018
Horror Fuel

Robert The Stocking-Stuffer?!

The holiday season is here and it’s time to shop for gifts but there are a couple problems, someone on your list is into collecting creepy things, you’re being forced to get a gift for someone you really don’t like. Fear not (or do fear) the perfect gift is here for you, your very own Robert the Doll! Who’s Robert? Before there was Annabel, there was a doll dressed like a little sailor living in Key West Florida. Why say he’s “Living” in Key West? Many believe that the straw-filled toy is, in fact, alive due to malevolent supernatural forces. Robert was given to a boy, also named Robert, by a house servant in the 1900’s, since then Robert’s family would hear Robert talking to the doll and thought Robert would talk back to himself, changing his voice, but Robert would claim it was the doll talking. Neighbors reported seeing the doll move from window to window while the family

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Nov 24, 2017