Archive - Dr King's Curiosities

Who can see the ghost? – Banquo returns in Macbeth

Horror Moments, Shakespeare Edition

Oct 31 •

Whose Ghost is it Anyway?

How two inventors fought over a spectral stage illusion

Oct 28 •

Eye-popping Effects – The blinding of Gloucester in King Lear and the history of eye gouging on stage and screen.

Horror Moments, Shakespeare Edition

Oct 24 •

Is This the Most Misogynistic Book Ever Written?

Book Review: Malleus Maleficarum

Oct 21 •

Cold Opens on Stage? – The Old King’s Ghost Appears in Hamlet

Horror moments, Shakespeare edition.

Oct 17 •

Top Treehouse of Horror Episodes

With Tyler Shores, creator of the Simpsons and Philosophy course at UC Berkeley

Oct 14 •

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Pound of Flesh – Horror in Shakespeare and Mutilation in The Merchant of Venice

Horror Moments, Shakespeare Edition

Oct 10 •

Quiz! Horror Films

Curious Quiz, October 2024

Oct 7 •

Why Horror Moments Matter

A belated introduction

Oct 3 •

September 2024

Madge the Fortune Telling Owl

Favourite Woodcuts: The Owl’s Almanac, 1618

Sep 30 •

Get away from her you b****’ – Piella vs Fluffles in A Matter of Loaf and Death

Horror Moments: Wallace & Gromit Edition

Sep 26 •

One Devil Too Many

The dangers of pretending to conjure on stage

Sep 23 •

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