2.4 | Barricading the Boogeyman and Spirit Architecture

The creek of the closet door at 3 am, the sense of someone watching you from that one corner in your basement.. Always that corner!. The mysterious chicken bones you found above the doorway of your new apartment.. What if there is, in fact, something to these seemingly mystical experiences? ..What if the Boogeyman does exist?

From el Coco to Babaroga, we pull on the common threads of cultural bogymen, present some chilling encounters, and explore the strange ways in which our world has learned to keep him out! 

Also.. Haint Paint, Evil Muppets and Shadow People Hipster Spirits

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MOVIE / TV RECOMMENDATIONS 

•  The Outsider
• The Babadook
• The Real Ghostbusters - S1E6 - The Boogeyman Cometh
• 13 Ghosts - Spiritual Architecture Scene
• Interview with the Vampire

RESEARCH BOOKS

• The Devils and Evil Spirits of Babylonia: Being Babylonian and Assyrian Incantations Against the Demons, Ghouls, Vampires, Hobgoblins, Ghosts, and Kindred Evil Spirits, Which Attack MankindR Campbell Thompsonhttps://www.amazon.com/devils-evil-spirits-Babylonia-incantations-ebook/dp/B00K6LUS6E
• Ghosts, Water Barriers, Corn, and Sacred Enclosures in the Eastern Woodlands | Robert L. HallAmerican Antiquity | Vol. 41, No. 3 (Jul., 1976), pp. 360-364 https://www.jstor.org/stable/279525?read-now=1&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

 RESEARCH SOURCES

• Variations of the Boogeyman around the worldsFandomhttps://cryptozoology.fandom.com/wiki/Bogeyman
• Real Life Freddy KruegerHistory.com | Thad Morganhttps://www.history.com/news/nightmare-on-elm-street-real-inspiration-hmong-death
• Why do paranormal entities seem so interested in closets?Reddithttps://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/4zfoui/why_do_paranormal_entities_seem_so_interested_in/
• Ask A Witch: There are bones on my stepsJesscarlson.com | Jess Carlsonhttps://jesscarlson.com/ask-a-witch-there-are-bones-on-my-steps/
• Thresholds to the Spirit World and How to Enter the Spirit Worldhttps://otherworldlyoracle.com/thresholds-to-the-spirit-world/
• Crowley - Ceremony at Boleskine Househttps://beliefhole.com/e27-the-black-shuck-hellhounds-and-crowleys-loch-ness-monster/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boleskine_House
• Voices in the Closet - EncounterPhantoms and Monsters | Lon Stricklerhttps://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2012/09/voices-coming-from-closet.html
• Reptilian in the Closet - EncounterDavid Icke / Jordan MaxwellAudio Linkhttp://projectavalon.net/David_Icke_Jordan_Maxwell_reptilian_stories_Project_Avalon_May_2010.mp3 Original Interviewhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OcoAs9LtyQ
• Big Bird in the Closet - EncounterPhantoms and Monsters | Lon Stricklerhttps://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2018/08/daily-2-cents-girlfriends-ghost-crashes.html
• Excerpt from ‘The Devils and Spirits of Babylonia’https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/spells-against-the-evil-spirits-of-babylonia-1903
• Spirit Architecture in Cultures Around the Worldhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haint_blue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_screen
• Ghosts, Water Barriers, Corn, and Sacred Enclosures in the Eastern Woodlands Robert L Hallhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/279525?read-now=1&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
• Winchester Mansion Topic http://thetruthaboutthewinchesterhouse.com/

REFERENCED IMAGES:

• Croatia - Babaroga 

Illustration by | Ivica Stevanovic

• Catalonia - "Hombre del saco" (man of the sac/ sac man)

• Germany - Der Shwarze Mann - Belief Hole Podcast

• Spain - El Coco

Francisco de Goya

• Black Annis - England

Image by J Farren (Deviant Art) https://www.deviantart.com/jfarren/art/Black-Annis-93716020

• Historical Boogeyman Picture from the 1920s - Sleep paralysis, man in the hat, etc..

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