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October 2018

October 23, 2018

Sick Pilgrim Goes to Salem

The first thing you notice about Salem is that it looks like every old port...

October 17, 2018

The Important Thing

After The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown The important thing about stories is that they’re always...

October 26, 2017

This is Not a Ghost Story: Florida’s Haunted Landscapes

Here’s the thing about Florida - it can be totally insane, as unimaginable as if you...

October 12, 2017

Approaching Mystery: Marie Kopp Travels Those Haunted Appalachian Roads

I grew up in the Appalachians of Western Pennsylvania, enfolded in these ancient, forested mountains....

September 2017

September 30, 2017

Welcome to Spooky Pilgrim Month: Looking for Places of the Uncanny and Strange

The Nicene Creed tells us that God is the Creator of all things "Seen and...

March 2017

March 08, 2017

Road Trip Homilies: Wounded Knee and the Snake Givers

As I walked along a sandy path in Badlands National Park, I noticed a sign...

October 2016

October 29, 2016

The Crucifixion Made Halloween Possible

The recent death of Jack Chick made me think about my own personal history with...

October 26, 2016

Things Keeping the Undead Alive

We've been relishing October here at the blog, though not for all the pumpkin-spiced crap....

October 25, 2016

Jack Chick and The Year of Mercy.

HAW! HAW! HAW! My parents threw themselves into the charismatic movement of the late...

October 21, 2016

Dark Devotional: John Wayne Gacy and Me

I don't remember where I hid the bodies or how I struck them down. Many...

October 13, 2016

Dark Devotional: Weapons of War

The LORD will guard you from all evil; he will guard your life. The LORD...

October 12, 2016

Scary Things You Should Watch (Other than the Presidential Election)

Like most of you, we are horrified at the progression of this presidential election. It's...

October 11, 2016

Spooky Pilgrim: Joanna’s Ghost Dreams

I am at my grandmother’s house, sitting with her at the kitchen table that’s been...

October 09, 2016

Five Sacramentally Scary Books You Should Read for Halloween

(Possible Spoilers Ahead) As a supernatural thriller writer, I'm asked all the time about...

October 05, 2016

Spooky Pilgrim Strange but True Stories: Lehua’s Tale

(So, we here at Sick Pilgrim love all things spooky, weird and strange. We thought...

October 04, 2016

Why Are Your Kids Leaving the Church? They’re Materialist Magicians

As someone who watches Catholic media for a living, it's hard to ignore the mass...

September 2016

September 27, 2016

Why Do We Need The Exorcist and Pope Francis? A Review

I grew up not far from St. Louis University, a Jesuit institution in the...