https://www.halloweenalliance.com/word-to-the-weird daily 0.75 2026-09-25 https://www.halloweenalliance.com/word-to-the-weird/these-victorian-death-portraits-will-shock-you monthly 0.5 2026-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/f62598d2-3511-471e-8f2c-8d06026e05f9/HA+Victorian+1+copy.jpg Word To The Weird - These Victorian Death Portraits Will Shock You - Make it stand out This child's almost-alive look is due to her natural positioning and painted-on eyes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/82f3f7ef-0c76-43c7-8b8a-39b9954d4aaf/Screenshot+2026-09-15+173131.png Word To The Weird - These Victorian Death Portraits Will Shock You - Make it stand out The clearest one in this photo is the one who isn’t moving at all. Her grieving parents hold her on either side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/20bf6d28-31f2-49a3-a9e4-6fc73ca477cf/Screenshot+2026-09-15+173647.png Word To The Weird - These Victorian Death Portraits Will Shock You - Make it stand out The grief on these parents’ faces busts the myth that Victorian-era individuals were always able to hide their emotionsl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/77d2087b-5bde-43cb-9026-63214b33fe88/Screenshot+2026-09-15+173900.png Word To The Weird - These Victorian Death Portraits Will Shock You - Make it stand out The "just sleeping" style was popular at the very beginnings of post-mortem photography. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/af8bf9fb-b6b5-4322-9086-4b867c7f9da8/Screenshot+2026-09-17+104744.png Word To The Weird - These Victorian Death Portraits Will Shock You - Make it stand out This young teen’s eyes were glued open for the photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/7f7b7056-b9c4-4226-832f-4bc6d8d9c273/Screenshot+2026-09-17+105858.png Word To The Weird - These Victorian Death Portraits Will Shock You - Make it stand out Some grieving families couldn't afford complicated post-mortem cosmetics and time-consuming poses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/1e25e37c-6b7b-420f-9417-c34733e273a3/Screenshot+2026-09-21+123135.png Word To The Weird - These Victorian Death Portraits Will Shock You - Make it stand out Posing the dead took artistry — and sometimes, a great deal of physical strength. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/22b5b7cf-dd5b-4f01-9abe-99fe6bf2ed34/Screenshot+2026-09-17+111302.png Word To The Weird - These Victorian Death Portraits Will Shock You - Make it stand out The double tragedy of these siblings, probably about three years apart in age, was captured eerily on tintype. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/f03fdbd4-ae8b-4352-8196-4604e254cab4/Screenshot+2026-09-21+123135.png Word To The Weird - These Victorian Death Portraits Will Shock You - Make it stand out Photographing the dead took ingenuity, artistry, and sometimes a great deal of strength. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/733a50b9-9175-4ec3-93c6-b3bd159b3405/Screenshot+2026-09-17+111422.png Word To The Weird - These Victorian Death Portraits Will Shock You - Make it stand out This young woman’s eyes are painted on her lids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/d76c027a-252b-4974-802a-11a3c2f25870/Screenshot+2026-09-17+111619.png Word To The Weird - These Victorian Death Portraits Will Shock You - Make it stand out The cosmetics are so realistic here that it's hard to tell which sister is deceased. She's the one on the left, slightly forward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/5d6fed7a-5221-42c1-a677-d4c17816db85/Screenshot+2026-09-21+133005.png Word To The Weird - These Victorian Death Portraits Will Shock You - Make it stand out This man, propped in a chair along with a favorite book, could almost be napping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/d433f755-905d-4eef-afff-b8f02b51f76e/Screenshot+2026-09-24+133216.png Word To The Weird - These Victorian Death Portraits Will Shock You - Make it stand out Children were frequently posed holding a favorite toy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/691911fe-1358-4434-a728-1c2ffec9bf0e/Screenshot+2026-09-21+122756.png Word To The Weird - These Victorian Death Portraits Will Shock You - Make it stand out The four siblings to the right are alive in this image. The youngest, far left, is deceased. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/7cb2a9c0-8a7d-4af1-a7ef-01329ce6a3f5/Screenshot+2026-09-24+133759.png Word To The Weird - These Victorian Death Portraits Will Shock You - Make it stand out Eerily, you can sometimes see the silhouette of the grieving parent under camouflaging material. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/165688af-9903-481c-942a-e83a90d4096e/Screenshot+2026-09-21+133628.png Word To The Weird - These Victorian Death Portraits Will Shock You - Make it stand out These girls cling to their mother as if she were still alive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/f569df45-81fb-4c3b-b91e-fa75ec0ec985/Screenshot+2026-09-24+134521.png Word To The Weird - These Victorian Death Portraits Will Shock You - Make it stand out This combination of memento mori and modern-day casket photography was taken between 1920 and 1930. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/f5864d25-6d33-47a6-bbb2-3196785f8d0c/Screenshot+2026-09-24+135314.png Word To The Weird - These Victorian Death Portraits Will Shock You - Make it stand out The deceased Renard Matthews was photographed with his favorite game system: an XBox. https://www.halloweenalliance.com/word-to-the-weird/blog-post-title-two-t5my5-k4xmd-47fwc-t96ck monthly 0.5 2026-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/6780eec2-4b67-4776-9639-c42758eaa410/Screenshot+2026-09-11+182850.png Word To The Weird - The 20-Minute Tombstone - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/69c8e7a9-ec68-4cd1-851e-9c3e2e2337ea/Screenshot+2026-09-11+181429.png Word To The Weird - The 20-Minute Tombstone - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/05837f7a-f969-432b-95b7-445343375410/Screenshot+2026-09-11+193402.png Word To The Weird - The 20-Minute Tombstone - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/9209e67b-3b28-4007-8f5f-9379da37e0fb/Screenshot+2026-09-11+192846.png Word To The Weird - The 20-Minute Tombstone - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/b891ed9c-264e-48c8-af79-75505fc6f693/Screenshot+2026-09-11+185616.png Word To The Weird - The 20-Minute Tombstone - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/09037706-3d16-4708-943e-c14ba25b3326/Screenshot+2026-09-11+193736.png Word To The Weird - The 20-Minute Tombstone - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/fa356100-8e7a-42cd-a385-f19bf603ff39/Screenshot+2026-09-11+195837.png Word To The Weird - The 20-Minute Tombstone - Make it stand out Photo credit: coloradoanne.com https://www.halloweenalliance.com/word-to-the-weird/Blog Post Title One-3zaa9-zlxng-xbkmm-2nflw monthly 0.5 2026-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/9c55247b-d39a-4834-87c0-12b7f4c26a26/Screenshot+2026-09-02+121707.png Word To The Weird - Is Your House Haunted? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/5915df3d-1a8a-43ab-968b-8392aeb6a75d/Screenshot+2026-09-02+120927.png Word To The Weird - Is Your House Haunted? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/10077aef-a5ae-435d-935b-485507cf783a/Screenshot+2026-09-02+121442.png Word To The Weird - Is Your House Haunted? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/159f5b86-c12d-4cee-9e7b-fb0f3c0bdf2f/Screenshot+2026-09-02+122404.png Word To The Weird - Is Your House Haunted? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/f83ed0cf-04cc-41b3-8ca6-c15794b36a0b/Screenshot+2026-09-02+122828.png Word To The Weird - Is Your House Haunted? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.halloweenalliance.com/home daily 1.0 2026-08-28 https://www.halloweenalliance.com/about daily 0.75 2026-08-25 https://www.halloweenalliance.com/shop daily 0.75 2026-09-24 https://www.halloweenalliance.com/shop/p/product-3-szb2y-gzh2r-tzhkx-b6hhj-j99l4 monthly 0.5 2026-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/773ad52d-1d41-4011-b6a0-632b74640244/Ninette17.jpg Shop - Claudia 22" Vampire Reborn Doll - ADOPTED - Ninette17.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/401186c8-9c9d-439c-849c-0c4a60cdef36/Ninette13.jpg Shop - Claudia 22" Vampire Reborn Doll - ADOPTED - Ninette13.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/bf86f466-be72-42a4-9192-cb29530f2c5f/Ninette16.jpg Shop - Claudia 22" Vampire Reborn Doll - ADOPTED - Ninette16.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/623e4a3f-392e-41ad-b78b-6e5322d4bd32/Ninette14.jpg Shop - Claudia 22" Vampire Reborn Doll - ADOPTED - Ninette14.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/339e26fd-a34c-4125-8f3d-bdd6ddb15dd8/Ninette15.jpg Shop - Claudia 22" Vampire Reborn Doll - ADOPTED - Ninette15.jpg https://www.halloweenalliance.com/shop/p/product-4-9e76d-pr6ls-ddx8r-2y3l7-lz6my monthly 0.5 2026-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/e3a7991e-22a1-4338-a2fb-a19ff8e29e48/IMG_7211+%281%29.jpeg Shop - Autumn 20" Pointy-Eared Elf / Fairy Reborn Doll - SO/LE - IMG_7211 (1).jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/33dc4e83-d556-4f4d-b607-6dc250781db8/IMG_7174.jpeg Shop - Autumn 20" Pointy-Eared Elf / Fairy Reborn Doll - SO/LE - IMG_7174.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/74092d0d-f27c-46e2-b3cf-58a4434509be/IMG_7217+%281%29.jpeg Shop - Autumn 20" Pointy-Eared Elf / Fairy Reborn Doll - SO/LE - IMG_7217 (1).jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/70945abe-a203-41e0-9405-e55a60f9abd4/IMG_7205.jpeg Shop - Autumn 20" Pointy-Eared Elf / Fairy Reborn Doll - SO/LE - IMG_7205.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/c7283ddf-a0bc-445e-9540-5b02d6e5db38/IMG_7188.jpeg Shop - Autumn 20" Pointy-Eared Elf / Fairy Reborn Doll - SO/LE - IMG_7188.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/41137c48-5060-44f2-a96b-66577023fde4/IMG_7176.jpeg Shop - Autumn 20" Pointy-Eared Elf / Fairy Reborn Doll - SO/LE - IMG_7176.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/e8887c23-3007-444d-95f4-8cedb0e4e53f/IMG_7189.jpeg Shop - Autumn 20" Pointy-Eared Elf / Fairy Reborn Doll - SO/LE - IMG_7189.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/466a35da-33f5-462b-94ad-8042b0607b70/IMG_7204.jpeg Shop - Autumn 20" Pointy-Eared Elf / Fairy Reborn Doll - SO/LE - IMG_7204.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/31f5061f-bab6-4431-981a-f712240962ca/IMG_7191.jpeg Shop - Autumn 20" Pointy-Eared Elf / Fairy Reborn Doll - SO/LE - IMG_7191.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/b4bb1309-6bd6-4f3a-b7e8-16950f1659d8/IMG_7193.jpeg Shop - Autumn 20" Pointy-Eared Elf / Fairy Reborn Doll - SO/LE - IMG_7193.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/64266219-c7aa-4071-bd23-d0896cc45e9b/IMG_7183.jpeg Shop - Autumn 20" Pointy-Eared Elf / Fairy Reborn Doll - SO/LE - IMG_7183.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/c503cf0a-212f-4bc8-9db0-6bf6d1f5fd60/IMG_7197.jpeg Shop - Autumn 20" Pointy-Eared Elf / Fairy Reborn Doll - SO/LE - IMG_7197.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/4fa52c78-327c-4bb3-a710-3cd449fb0c26/HA+Autumn+29.jpeg Shop - Autumn 20" Pointy-Eared Elf / Fairy Reborn Doll - SO/LE - HA Autumn 29.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/39ad61a7-0061-4395-8825-15ac2814c8b0/HA+Autumn+30.jpeg Shop - Autumn 20" Pointy-Eared Elf / Fairy Reborn Doll - SO/LE - HA Autumn 30.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/076f6897-1ff5-42a4-a63a-3ecdc9114b13/IMG_7264.jpeg Shop - Autumn 20" Pointy-Eared Elf / Fairy Reborn Doll - SO/LE - IMG_7264.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/85c1a86e-626f-4e06-84aa-a1a0dbf71815/IMG_7263.jpeg Shop - Autumn 20" Pointy-Eared Elf / Fairy Reborn Doll - SO/LE - IMG_7263.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/58ed24ff-95a0-478b-a854-cfce2466f411/IMG_7202.jpeg Shop - Autumn 20" Pointy-Eared Elf / Fairy Reborn Doll - SO/LE - IMG_7202.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/6606c4db-4bec-4bc2-92c5-8a29edda890f/IMG_7222.jpeg Shop - Autumn 20" Pointy-Eared Elf / Fairy Reborn Doll - SO/LE - IMG_7222.jpeg https://www.halloweenalliance.com/shop/p/product-2-5c6mb-j8mng-zsl73-srtpj-d8r36 monthly 0.5 2026-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/2015de28-10fc-4aeb-b6f4-9abb4d61720c/Zora+8.jpg Shop - Zora 20" Alien/Human Hybrid Reborn Doll - ADOPTED - Zora 8.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/97419329-cfa9-4fd5-bf71-0cfc5491cd72/Zora+5.jpg Shop - Zora 20" Alien/Human Hybrid Reborn Doll - ADOPTED - Zora 5.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/996fc447-60fe-4f0f-941a-7ca8711cb21e/zora+3.jpg Shop - Zora 20" Alien/Human Hybrid Reborn Doll - ADOPTED - zora 3.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/b13767b0-34df-45d9-b000-befe08e4492d/Zora+4.jpg Shop - Zora 20" Alien/Human Hybrid Reborn Doll - ADOPTED - Zora 4.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a8e29a617f1c219c1a71341/6d53aecd-b9d5-46a0-9b89-532fe1684bd8/Zora+6.jpg Shop - Zora 20" Alien/Human Hybrid Reborn Doll - ADOPTED - Zora 6.jpg