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Wistman's Woods, on Dartmoor, Devon, are allegedly haunted by hellhounds. 'Wistman' is a dialect word for the Devil, with 'wist' meaning 'eerie' or 'uncanny'. The woods and their legends are said to have inspired the Sherlock Holmes mystery 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'. The woods are one of Brita
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One of the most gothtastic places must be Whitby. Its famous 199 steps are flanked with what appear to be benches. They are actually coffin rests, enabling those carrying caskets up to the clifftop St Mary's Church to take a break. In 'Dracula', the Count runs up these steps in the form of a huge do
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The Greek god Eros has a brother, Anteros. While Eros ignites fiery desire, Anteros is about affection that is mutual. He acts as a balancing force in relationships, but can punish those guilty of rejecting the love of others. The famous 'Eros' statue at Piccadilly Circus, London, is actually of Ant
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In August 1979, Northampton band Bauhaus released their debut single, the 9-and-a-half-minute 'Bela Lugosi's Dead'. This tune - about the Hungarian-American actor famous for playing Dracula - is seen as a foundational track in early goth rock. Some see it as the first true goth single, with The Cure
📊 Post engagement
64
Avg engagement / post
2.9%
Engagement vs followers
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since
🔥 Top post: Wistman's Woods, on Dartmoor, Devon, are allegedly haunted by he · 217 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
1.1 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly images
Recent: 0 text · 12 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
0.7×
Follows 3.3K back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
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Wistman's Woods, on Dartmoor, Devon, are allegedly haunted by hellhounds. 'Wistman' is a dialect word for the Devil, with 'wist' meaning 'eerie' or 'uncanny'. The woods and their legends are said to have inspired the Sherlock Holmes mystery 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'. The w…
Satan in His Original Glory, by William Blake. Notice the smaller spirits emanating from the larger one, a common theme in Blake's work. #gothic #art #arthistory #history #folklore #poetry #poets #Romanticism #literature #mythology
Birthdays in China are sometimes celebrated with 'longevity noodles', long noodles that symbolise long life. Tradition says they shouldn't be broken before the person celebrating their birthday eats them. The earliest written record of Chi…
The Greek god Eros has a brother, Anteros. While Eros ignites fiery desire, Anteros is about affection that is mutual. He acts as a balancing force in relationships, but can punish those guilty of rejecting the love of others. The famous '…
One of the strangest moral panics to affect North America was the 'cattle mutilation' craze that spread across the US Great Plains and parts of Canada from the 1960s to 1980s. Ranchers found dead cows that appeared to have been drained of …
Unlike the pastoral Arcadia and high-brow Atlantis, the mythical utopia of Cockaigne was very much grounded in the earthy pleasures of the medieval peasant. Life in this imaginary realm was centred around idleness and gluttony. The skies r…
One of the models for Count Dracula is thought to be Stoker's employer, Henry Irving. This charismatic actor was sometimes viewed as vampirically sucking the energy from those around him, especially his hardworking theatre manager Bram Sto…
In Norse mythology, the sun goddess Sol is pursued across the sky by the wolf, Skoll, perhaps reflecting the fleetingness of daylight in northern regions. Sol's brother, the moon deity Mani, is also pursued by a wolf, Hati. The wolves will…
One of the most gothtastic places must be Whitby. Its famous 199 steps are flanked with what appear to be benches. They are actually coffin rests, enabling those carrying caskets up to the clifftop St Mary's Church to take a break. In 'Dra…
Little Ben is a miniature clock tower found outside Victoria Station, London. In design it mimics its much larger cousin, the Westminster clock tower colloquially known as Big Ben. The following poem is carved on Little Ben:
"My hands you …
In August 1979, Northampton band Bauhaus released their debut single, the 9-and-a-half-minute 'Bela Lugosi's Dead'. This tune - about the Hungarian-American actor famous for playing Dracula - is seen as a foundational track in early goth r…
In Greek mythology, the titan Prometheus stole fire from the gods to give to humans, carrying it down from heaven in a fennel stalk. Some versions of the myth state the fire enabled Prometheus to also bestow civilisation's arts and science…
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Home server
universeodon.com
A large general-interest Mastodon server. On the fediverse the server a creator picks hints at their community — this one spans all topics.
On Mastodon since
Nov 2022
Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 64 views per post.
📤Posts about 1.1× per week.
🛡️ Audience credibility
66/100
Good
Credibility score
77%
Mixed
Real audience
Medium
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 77% real, active audience · Medium fake-follower risk.
- Strong engagement (~2.9% of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
- Follows 3.3K accounts — more than its own followers — a common follow-for-follow / bot pattern.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
Writer specialising in the gothic, weird history, and all that's dark and strange. Best-selling author of non-fiction (Shire/Bloomsbury). Novelist, poet, winner of the Go Gothic Short Fiction Prize. Likes Victorian oddness, folklore, graveyards, mythology, psychogeography, mad Romantic poets, etc. Website and blog: https://www.davidcastleton.net/
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