Hello again and welcome to another special episode of Darkology!
Darkology!
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Today's topic's going to be a good one.
You're gonna love it.
Hang on, Puppet.
I think it's... my turn.
*laughter*
Hello I'm Puppet Strings here to take over this sanctuary for the meantime.
So without any further ado, let's thrill, chill, and fulfill you with 10 strange creatures
lurking in the pops and static of those silent gems long since dying.
Number 10: Flower
Flower is said to be a beautiful girl that wanted to go places in the movies.
However in 1917 on August 9th, this girl had been found floating in the nearby river.
No one could identify her.
Her name, identity, etc- had vanished.
And so her body, it seemed- her lifeless body had disappeared along with everything else.
Yet during the filming of the most famous silent movie, Nosferatu, Greta Schröder who
played Ellen Hutter, had reported strange sightings in her dressing room during the
film.
She whispered that it had been a spirit that haunted her.
With further research the girl who had drowned in the river was supposed to get Greta Schröder's
part.
And still to this day, in certain times in the film, you can see a dark figure standing
at particular times during the movie.
So I ask all of you, can you find Waldo?
Number 9: Illio
Illio is actually an animal.
A dog appearing in random silent films.
During one short that had been scrapped called, "The Love", a black dog had ripped the throat
of the lead director and since then, this dog has been sighted on a set of numerous
random movies, such as for example: Poltergeist and The Exorcist.
And just like your typical demonic Fido, if he bites you, you will die in a week.
Makes you wonder if you would claim him on your taxes.
Number 8: Gregory
Like so many spirits, demons, etc- they have a reason for the way they are.
But Gregory does not seem to have a reason for the way he is.
He appears as an old man.
Homeless, might I add.
With amputated legs.
He asks for change and if you give him some, you must ask for his story.
He will tell you interesting adventures from all over the world.
But you must stop him six minutes before midnight.
If you don't, he will attack you.
But where does he come from?
Well, according to the California Police Department he was a stage hand and a prop handler during
the silent film, Phantom of the Opera, with Lon Chaney.
A prop landed on his body and sliced through his legs.
The crew did not help him.
And they actually left him there.
Until someone found him.
He is back for revenge the descendants of the film crew state.
Honestly Puppets, I'd be back for my paycheck.
Life is hard, y'know?
Number 7: Jerry
Jerry was a small town boy with a lot of promise.
Unlike most, he didn't have a dream of going into the movies.
He did want to become a playwright though.
He was picked up by a play arranger and he eventually went to broadway.
His dreams changed and he did want to make movies after all.
He had his money at that point so it was quite easy for him to go into it.
While taking a train, he traveled cross-country to Hollywood land.
But barely even a quarter into his trip, his train ran off its rails due to a mistake in
its construction.
He survived but had third degree burns from head to toe.
His career was ruined according to his appearance.
But he still found his way into Hollywood and was turned down by the lead men.
He always had a knife on him, and this time, he used it.
Twisting the knife into one of the lead men's jugular, he was proclaimed mentally unstable
due to his injuries.
He killed himself in the California mental institute, which is now shutdown.
Every time someone tries to take a photograph or catch the abandoned institute on film,
it is distorted.
How offensive.
We all just wanted to take a proper selfie with an insane person.
Number 6: The Pig
The Pig has been quite the sensation on the internet.
But my darling contacts have stated something very disturbing.
This pig was obviously a costume.
But the man in the costume was a pedophile, to say the least, whom attacked thirteen children.
Escaping out of the terrible reality of that branch, after the pedophile passed away in
1992, the costume had been moving about as if it were alive.
But due to unknown reasons, the costume has been moved to a museum and children under
the age of 10 have had their ears bleed.
Well.
I believe there's two words for this pig: F*CK.
YOU.
Number 5: Hegle
Hegle is a creature lurking in most silent films but one in particular- "What Is Seen
Through The Keyhole", a two-minute-long film from 1901.
Quite ahead of its time for that era.
It has a backstory of a janitor that enjoys peeking through the keyholes of his guest's
rooms.
But in the original theater to where it was shown, had an extended version, which made
the film an extra 5 minutes long.
And in this 3 minutes, the janitor peaked through an additional keyhole, where one of
his female guests happened to be stabbing a youthful beauty.
The extended tape reel had been removed from the cinemas, as 427 people had had heart attacks
from watching such a spectacle.
You will not be able to find the original tape by the oh-so-creative Ferdinand Zecca,
as the extended tape reel has been discarded and now the only trace of the original tape
is Hegle, which is believed to be the woman who stabbed the youth.
This woman is depicted in the 2-minute version as a lady trying to make herself more attractive.
And has also been theorized as a man in the original film.
Ah.
I see.
*sigh*
It is the original toddlers in tiaras, but this happens to be their great grandmother's.
Number 4: Dark Eyes
This has nothing to do with eyes, hardly at all- but simply, with the audio.
The pops and the white noise are very common in silent movies.
However "dark eyes" is something entirely different.
It is said that Dark Eyes is responsible for most people of the time going deaf.
They have no rhyme or reason for that, but simply anger.
There is no telling when and/or where this creature will strike, but when it does, it
will be too late.
For coffee.
Nothing is wrong with having a little, blood-coffee.
Number 3: Film.exe
Very self-explanatory along many others being terribly dangerous, this one has no sign of
being hostile.
Film.exe is believed to be a sort of leech attacking one's mental state to where they
mentally find a movie from the era "creepy".
Now yes, that can be explained away as a simple emotion from the human organ we call a brain.
However scientists at the UCSF Neurology Center had deduced that Film.exe is indeed a sort
of pest haunting nearly every silent film and chooses to become a parasite to kill certain
people.
Kind of like politics.
Number 2: Poor Poor Evette
Such a little lady with big dreams she'll never get.
Miss Evette was a bright-eyed 19-year-old in 1920s New Orleans.
She sold her body, she ran moonshine- just to make her dreams come true.
When she performed an audition, little Evette didn't get picked for the part.
Later the same day, she slit her wrists and bled out into the street.
And if one happens to strut down a particular alleyway, which some of my contacts do not
even know which it is, they will see her standing in a pool of her own blood, whispering over
and over:
Number 1: Letter To A Friend
Technically this is a video game.
But with the help of some contacts in the description alone, we'll pick this apart.
On the website, Gamejolt, there description is thus:
"Letter To A Friend is a short personal experience about the unspeakable horror that creeps up
on you at a nighty train station.
Its visual references come from silent movies and old analog recordings."
Though as one would expect it is a simple horror game with creepy touches.
However my sources have claimed that this is no mere horror game, but a portal of sorts.
Perhaps it is a portal to a sub-universe.
What the hell's-
Well dearest Puppets, I hope this opens up your eyes to the grainy entertainment we know
as silent movies.
It has been a pleasure working with all of you, but for now I will catch some of you
later.
You have been such a great audience and sleep tight, my Puppets...