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Skull Ring Pillow

Comtesse — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:21:30 +0000

If the Comtesse were to ever do anything so vulgar as get married, this is the pillow she would have the rings resting on. Perhaps you might consider the same?

Available from Shabee Stitches.

Skullduggery!

Comtesse — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:15:22 +0000

Sorry I haven’t been posting much lately. I got caught up in a grueling project, and you know how that story goes… Anyway, I’m finally caught up for now and I hope to be back to daily updates again.

Although I doubt any of us can afford it, I wanted to share this magnificent chair. It would be a lovely addition to the Castle DeSpair, don’t you think?

Available for some vast sum of money from Bombarock.

Morbid Trinket Du Jour

Comtesse — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:25:12 +0000

Imagine being awoken in the dead of night by a crack of thunder and opening your eyes to see this candle holder illuminated by the flicker of lightning. You’d jump and scream in fright. You know you would.

“Little Joseph” Candleholder

Morbid Trinket Du Jour!

Comtesse — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:40:22 +0000

How’s this for a nice vase? Well, okay, not exactly a nice vase, but an interesting one, anyway…

A New Look For Hearts and Flowers

Thanks to Jenny P. for the link.

Fiendish Curiosities

Comtesse — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:53:09 +0000

Enthusiasts of the bizarre will find plenty to love at Fiendish Curiosities:

Fiendish Curiosities

Thanks to Pamazon for the link.

New Albert Fish Shirt

Comtesse — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:36:29 +0000

In my continuing collaboration with Juror2.Com, we introduce a new Serial Killer Quotes shirt: The Albert Fish!

“I like children – they are tasty.”
- Albert Hamilton Fish
(The Werewolf of Wisteria)

On the sleeve is the Morbid Fact Du Jour skull & crossbones logo. Available where all fine MFDJ shirts are sold: The Etsy Morbid Fact Du Jour shop. Get yours today!

Serial Killer Trivia Game

Comtesse — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:40:48 +0000

Here’s a marvelous morbid trinket: The Serial Killer Trivia Board Game!

“Have you ever wanted to kill someone? Now you can and be a winner! From Seattle, the motherland of serial killers, Culture Heroes, Inc. brings you a fun family-style board game. The goal is to claim five victims before the other serial killers in town beat you to the guts (and glory)! Break into houses and pick a scenario card to reveal your murderous fate.”

Sounds like my kind of game! It’s a bit on the spendy side ($49.95), but the illustration looks marvelous. I will have to pick this up one of these days…

Serial Killer Trivia Game

Thanks to Nick for the link.

Morbid Holiday Trinkets?

Comtesse — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:21:06 +0000

So, did anyone get any delightfully morbid trinkets for Whatevermas this year? Since the fair Abigail and I decided against buying gifts for one another, I didn’t get my usual quota of demented delights, but we did go shopping at one of my favorite t-shirt shops (Chicago’s own Threadless) and picked up a few rather dark creations I thought I’d share:

Morbid Trinket Du Jour!

Comtesse — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:41:05 +0000

Purevile is an Etsy shop that sells interesting necklaces made with various found items (keys, bones, doll parts, etc). They are nice… but what’s REALLY interesting about it to me are the manner in which the items are displayed. They are photographed in front of vintage birth defect photographs and the like, with distinctively grim descriptions like this:

“…A Long hallway slowly fills with water….Thousands of thorny vines line the walls….a small childs cries become louder and more muffled….You look down at your reflection….and you cannot believe your eyes…..”

How can you resist? Go, take a gander:
Purevile

Thank you to Lady Morgana for the link.

Morbid Trinket Du Jour!

Comtesse — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:41:44 +0000

Okay, now HERE is the perfect jewelry for the person who stops to admire roadkill in your life: Loved To Death. They make lovely broaches out of prairie dog paws, parrot head necklaces, bat wing and skull necklaces, human tooth pendants, and the like. And they are really quite lovely too! (And to my relief, they guarantee that no animal was killed for their work.)

Loved To Death

Thanks to Jen for the link.