Phantasmagoria Photo Blog

Cemeteries have long fascinated us and have often been a source of fear for the living. Since before recorded history mankind has alway...

  Death to the Victorians in the 1800s was a very natural and common part of life. Children often died due to disease or infection. Me...

T he mighty Mississippi River has been of major importance to the settlement of the Midwest by transporting food, goods, livestock a...

Located west of Peoria in the small town of Bartonville, the Illinois Asylum for the Incurable Insane was originally built in 1897 in...

I woke up to hear knocking on glass. At first, I thought it was the window until I heard it come from the mirror again. Therealhatman   ...

  Under the rule of Claudius the Cruel, Rome was involved in many unpopular and bloody campaigns. The emperor had to maintain a st...

My standard movie watch list during The months of September and October. 1) House on Haunted Hill (1959) 2) Hell Night (1981) 3) Halloween (...

The drive home today was much better then expected. The weather was cool and partly cloudy and traffic was fairly decent. During my ride hom...

  Today I traveled to Des M oines to shoot photos of the stunning Terrace Hall. This house is gorgeous!  The  Second Empire architecture def...

"Is the Heaven?" "No it's Iowa" what a thrill to be on the road again and shooting. It's been a long day and I j...

It’s wonderful to know in a few days I will be on my way to let my dark side run rampant and photograph some more haunted places. The state ...

  Needless to say the past two years have been a personal Hell for me. Last year I went through a divorce which left me depressed, ne...

  For months I’ve been having a bad case of cabin fever. I’ve wanted desperately to get out and shoot some pictures. Since the winter w...