Lantern: 13 Forgotten Horrors of Halloween

Lantern: 13 Forgotten Horrors of Halloween drags lost legends from the shadows of history, where ritual, death, and nightmare still burn beneath October’s lantern light.From Wilby Daniels author of CRYPTID comes LANTERN: 13 Forgotten Horrors of Halloween, a descent into the buried legends and macabre histories that tried to erase.Halloween is more than costumes and candy, it is a night steeped in blood, memory, and stories that were never meant to be told again. LANTERN uncovers thirteen legends buried in the dark corners of history, tales so strange and terrible they were forgotten for centuries. From medieval Europe to nuclear-era Chernobyl, these accounts reveal the rituals, monsters, and macabre events that turned October into the season of fear.Walk with the skeleton processions in Spanish villages. Hear the laughter of the killer called the Grinner on the shores of Newfoundland. Step inside a Bavarian chapel where the Hollow Saint carved masks of worship from human skin. And follow eight doomed soldiers into the heart of Reactor 4, where something unspeakable still stirs in the shadow of the “Object”.Every story is rooted in history. Every horror has an explanation for how it was erased. Lantern is a book for those who love Halloween not for its costumes, but for its ghosts.Forgotten once. Unearthed now. Dare to read them by lantern light.