TRANSFORMATION (Werewolves)

A Comparison of Shapeshifter Myths in Popular Fiction - http://www.eclipse.net/~srudy/myths/were_myths.html

Werewolf Page - http://www.horrormasters.com/Themes/Werewolves.htm
The most professional and extensive site on the internet!

SIRS Discoverer Deluxe - select the Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia

Encyclopedia Mythica (Werewolves) - http://www.pantheon.org/articles/w/werewolf.html

Occultopedia - http://www.occultopedia.com/occult.htm
Search topics for Werewolves or Lycanthropy.

In the WHS-LMC

The Werewolf Book : the encyclopedia of shape-shifting beings -
REF 398.24 STE
 

VAMPIRES

A Comparison of Vampire Myths in Popular Fiction - http://www.eclipse.net/~srudy/myths/vampire_myths.html

Dracula's Homepage - http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~emiller/
Offers information on the story of "Dracula" by Bram Stoker (1847-1912), compiled by Elizabeth Miller. Includes a bulletin board, interview texts, articles, a chronology of Stoker's life, and background information on the origins of Count Dracula.

Dark Side of the Net - http://www.darklinks.com/index.html
Features a collection of Web sites on "dark" literature and entertainment provided by Cascade Internet Development, Inc.  Includes sites on dark art, Halloween, haunted houses, horror, dark movies, dark music, Gothic sites, and vampires.

Literary Gothic - http://www.litgothic.com/Authors/authors.html
"The Web's premier guide to Gothic literature."  Scroll down to the S's on the author page and select Stoker.  Other links available from this page.

Vlad Tepes, the Impaler -
A search-produced page (from Look Smart) on the "model" for Stoker's Dracula.

SIRS Discoverer Deluxe - Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia

Occultopedia - http://www.occultopedia.com/occult.htm
Search under topics for Vampires.
 

In the WHS-LMC

The Vampire Encyclopedia (Buson) - REF 700 BUN

The Vampire Book: the encyclopedia of the undead (Melton) - REF 398.21 MEL

Curse of the Vampires (Ronan) - 398 RON

In Search of Dracula:  the history of Dracula and vampires - 809 McN

Dracula:  Prince of many faces - 921 DRA

Vampires : restless creatures of the night  - 398.21 MAR
 

OTHER MONSTERS

Nessie on the Net - http://www.lochness.co.uk/index.html
The official web site of the Loch Ness Monster.

In the WHS-LMC

The Loch Ness Story (Witchell) - 001.9 WIT

In Search of Lake Monsters (Costello) - 001.9 COS

The Monster of Loch Ness (Cornell) - 001.9 COR

The Field Guide to North American Monsters (Blackman) - 001.944 BLA

A Modern Look at Monsters (Cohen) - 398.4 COH

Atlantis, the biography of a legend - 398.2 BRA

The field guide to Bigfoot, Yeti, and other mystery primates worldwide -  001.944 COL

Giants, monsters, and dragons : an encyclopedia of folklore, legend, and myth - 398.2 ROS

The encyclopedia of monsters - REF 001.9 ROV

Cryptozoology A-Z : the encyclopedia of loch monsters, Sasquatch, Chupacabras, and other authentic mysteries of nature - 001.944 COL

WITCHES/WITCHCRAFT

SIRS Discoverer Deluxe - select the Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia.  Search witches."
Check out the See Also references.

Salem Witch Trials: the world behind the hysteria - Contains a 6 minute movie.
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/salemwitchtrials

A Comparison of Witch Myths in Popular Fiction - http://www.eclipse.net/~srudy/myths/witch_myths.html

Occultopedia - http://www.occultopedia.com/occult.htm
Search topics under "Witches."

Ogram's 17th Century New England Links - http://www.ogram.org/17thc/index.shtml
"17th c. Colonial New England, with special emphasis on The Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692."  Check the pull-down menu for loads of options (like Witchcraft).

National Geographic's Salem Witchcraft Hysteria  - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/salem/
This site is unlike any of the other materials found on-line: it's a hypertext, multimedia account, casting you, the reader, as one of the accused, and links to a discussion 'forum' and a chance to ask their expert questions!

The Salem Witch Trails, 1692 - a Chronology of Events
http://www.salemweb.com/memorial/default.htm
A brief timeline of the events of the witch trials.

"The Hammer of Witches"
http://www.malleusmaleficarum.org/
Published in 1486, the Malleus Maleficarum (The Hammer of Witches) was the most popular handbook for Witch hunters during the great Witch craze of the 16th and 17th centuries.

The Witching Hours - http://www.shanmonster.com/witch/

Twelfth - eighteenth centuries . "The early modern period was a time in which being a woman could be a crime in and of itself - a crime often punishable by death." Serious investigative site that leaves no stone unturned. Comprehensive, passionate and artistically presented.  Documents of the Witch Craze, Magic, Spells, and Potions, Modern Parallels, People of the Witchcraze, Punishment, Torture, and Ordeal, Traits of the Witches.

In the WHS-LMC

The Fortune-telling book - 133.1 BUC

The Witch Book : the encyclopedia of witchcraft, wicca, and neo-paganism - REF 133.43 BUC

Spellcasters : witches and witchcraft in history, folklore, and popular culture.  - 
133.4 BAR

Black magic and witches. - 133.4 BLA

Salem-village witchcraft : a documentary record of local conflict in colonial 
      New England. - 133.4 BOY

The Salem witch trials reader. - 133.4 HIL

Familiar spirits, witchcraft & Satanism. 133.4 SUT

The reader's companion to U.S. women's history. - 305.4 REA

Damned women : sinners and witches in Puritan New England. - 305.4 REI

Infamous trials. 345.73 CHA

The Salem witchcraft trials in American history. 345.744 FRE

The Salem witchcraft trials : a legal history. 345.744 HOF

The Devil's disciples : makers of the Salem witchcraft trials. 345.744 HOF

The Story of the Salem witch trials. 345.744 LEB

The Salem witchcraft trials : a headline court case. 345.744 WOO

The Encyclopedia of witches and witchcraft. REF 133.4 GUI

SUPERSTITIONS/CULTS/FOLKLORE

Urban Legends and Folklore - http://www.scambusters.org/legends.html

Halloween, etc. - http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/8917/halloween.html

In the WHS-LMC

Cassell Dictionary of Superstitions (Pickering) - REF 398 PIC

Cults (Karson) - 291 CAR

The Cult Movement (Johnson) - 291.9 JOH

The Deceivers (McDowell) - 291.9 MCD

Halloween and Satanism (Phillips) - 133.4 PHI

In Search of Ghosts (Cohen) - 133 COH

Kingdom of the Cults (Martin) - 291.9 MAR

Larson's Book of Cults (Larson ) - 291.1 LAR

Larson's New Book of Cults (Larson) - 291.9 LAR

Mind-bending (Streiker) - 291.9 STR

Poltergeists (Woog) - 133.1 WOO

Superstitious?  Here's Why! (Batchelor) - 398 BAT

Teenage Violence (Landau) - 364.3 LAN

Real ghosts, restless spirits, and haunted places - 133.1 STE

Why people believe weird things : pseudoscience, superstition, and other confusions of our time  - 133 SHE

Paranormal phenomena - 133 PAR

Haunted Kansas - 133.1 HEI 
 
Spiders in the hairdo : modern urban legends - 398.2 HOL

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