Occult

Jimmy Page - Led Zeppelin - Guitarist

Beheadings and “bad vibes”: When Jimmy Page purchased an occultist’s mansion in 1971

Reaching through to the shadow realm…

Rachael Pimblett

May 13, 2026

Witchsploitation when the 1970s became obsessed with the occult

Witchsploitation: when the 1970s became obsessed with the occult

A cultural fascination.

May 7, 2026

Out of the Ordinary- Black Sabbath, British Youth, and the Highgate Vampire

Out of the Ordinary: Black Sabbath, British Youth, and the Highgate Vampire

A spooky graveyard tale.

Jul 10, 2025

David Bowie - Low

‘Breaking Glass’: What did David Bowie draw on the floor?

“Don’t look at the carpet / I drew something awful on it”.

Apr 27, 2025

Eyes Wide Shut - Stanley Kubrick - 1999

Shrouded Identities: the inherent mystery of the occult in cinema

Obscuring the powers that lie beyond our reckoning.

Jan 20, 2024

The Agapemonites Victorian Britain's premiere sex cult

The Agapemonites: Victorian Britain’s premiere sex cult

Bizarre.

Nov 22, 2022

The Led Zeppelin song said to include Satanic messages

“Here’s to my sweet Satan.”

Aug 27, 2022

The alchemist's guide to Paris:Europe

An alchemist’s guide to Europe

Where science and magic meet.

Aug 21, 2022

The strange story of the highgate vampire

The strange tale of the Highgate vampire

Occult hysteria in ’70s London.

Aug 4, 2022

The chamber of nightmares: inside Aleister Crowley’s Sicilian abbey

Satanism on the Sicilian coast.

Jan 31, 2022

Exploring the Lilydale spiritualist community

Where the dead don’t die: Exploring the Lilydale spiritualist community

No one dies in Lilydale.

Jan 27, 2022

Naples: saints, spirits, and superstition in Italy's most enigmatic city

Naples: saints, spirits, and superstition in Italy’s most enigmatic city

A city between fact and fiction.

Nov 27, 2021