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Grim Curiosities

Comtesse — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 21:17:04 +0000

Thanks to Michael Marano for sending me a link to a most exceptional Tumblr page entitled wunderkammer: a curiosity cabinet of (un)natural wonders. Well worth a browse!

Russian Mafia Tombs

Comtesse — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 01:10:06 +0000

And how about those Russian mafia tombstones? Class, all the way.

Mobsters Last Shots From Dnepropetrovsk

Thanks again to Steve O’ for the link.

Death Masks Of The Famous Soviet People!

Comtesse — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 21:06:23 +0000

Because death masks, and Soviet people, are fascinating, are they not?

Lenin In Eternal Proletariat Repose

Deathmasks of the Famous Soviet People

Thanks to Steve O’ for the link.

Gothic Tea Society

Comtesse — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 14:54:59 +0000

One of my favorite blogs – chock full of fascinating information!

The Gothic Tea Society

The Black Oven

Comtesse — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 17:57:14 +0000

Note the Cream Cheese Sea Of Woe.

Unfortunately, the blog doesn’t appear to be updated any longer, but who can possibly resist a baking blog that describes a particularly unappealing looking cupcake thusly?

“In a perfect world everything would be as stark and void of color as these cupcakes. They are baneful in their absolute disdain for your tastelessness, and are true misanthropes as far as baked goods go.”

The Black Oven

Thanks to Katchaya for the link.

Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep

Comtesse — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 01:01:56 +0000

Okay, which one of you wise guys came up with the idea of offering a free service to photograph dead babies in order to “help” with the “healing process”. A likely story. Sickos.

Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep

Thanks to Ingrid for the link.

Concrete City

Comtesse — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:20:28 +0000

Here’s an interesting place for UrbEx in Pennsylvania: Concrete City. It may not be there for much longer, so enjoy it while you can!

Concrete City

Thanks to Brian for the link.

Death By Niagara Falls

Comtesse — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 03:56:47 +0000

It looks like death by Niagara Falls is actually extremely popular. Well, damn. I’ll have scratch that off the potential suicide method list, then. The Comtesse doesn’t *do* popular. Sigh…

Suicide Season

Street Anatomy

Comtesse — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 23:13:55 +0000

Street Anatomy is a fantastic blog. Mike (who sent me the link) describes it as: “Vintage medical illustration. Street art. Fashion. Jewelry. Interior design. More, More, More. All depicting, inspired or designed around parts of the human body in virtually any context and collected from around the world. Vigorously updated. Hell Yes.”

It’s fantastic – check it out!

Street Anatomy

The Poe Project

Comtesse — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 01:50:55 +0000

Excellent little Edgar Allan Poe site. I especially enjoy the travels of Little Edgar. I have one just like him on my bookshelf!

The Poe Project

Thanks to Kaleigh for the link.

(Oh, and I know I’ve been horrible at updating this blog lately… I got caught up in another life-sucking work project that has drained my energies and left me a worthless old dishrag drying up in the darkest corner of The Castle DeSpair. My chances of recovery are slim, but I’m trying…)