Evil Archaeology: Demons, Possessions, and Sinister Relics

Evil Archaeology: Demons, Possessions and Sinister Relics by Heather Lynn




Writing a horror story? This book may be a good resource.

This book is essentially a survey of legends, myths, folktales, and wive's tales about demons and the spooky spanning the period from 3000 BC to the last thirty years. It contains a lot of unverified and unchecked stories and folderol, so take it with a grain of salt. On the other hand, the book does seem to include some obscure “real deals,” such as a description of “witch bottles.” I remember reading earlier this year (2020) that a witch bottle had been recently discovered in Virginia. So they really existed and are obscure enough that I had never heard of one until it turned up in a couple of news stories.

This is not an academic work. If you are interested in details of archeology or history, then give this a miss. If you are looking for something that trots out the weird things that have happened in history, then it is something of a diversion.