Patrick Bernauw

Patrick Bernauw

Patrick Bernauw is a full time Flemish writer (Dutch speaking part of Belgium) of historical mysteries and faction thrillers. And he is a producer of murder and mystery games, city games, alternate reality games...
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  • The Spirit of the Flemish Woman in the Cap of Mechlin Lace
    In her book on spiritualism "There Is No Death", published in 1891, Florence Marryat recounts some really awesome ghostly encounters she experienced herself...
  • Nostradamus Did Not Predict Doomsday 2012
    There many translations and interpretations of Nostradamus' Centuries, but there are few popular editions or 2012 articles including two extremely important textes written by him, and this for very obvious reasons.
  • Paranormal Activity in New Windsor, Maryland
    Fool's Day 2008, Ed Mittelstedt starts a blog called "Our House is Haunted". Four years earlier, Ed had this house built on the outskirts of New Windsor, Maryland - an old town, with a history dating back to the late 18th century.
  • 7 Great Online Murder and Mystery Games for Free
    Here are 7 great online murder and mystery games you can play for free. With short reviews and links!
  • The Spirit in the Green Riding Habit
    Florence Marryat was a British novelist, playwright, spiritualist, revue singer and actress in Gilbert & Sullivan operettas. In her most notable book, "There Is No Death" (1891), she recounts how she was visited by the spirit of her daughter...
  • Interactive Storytelling... And Gaming!
    Computer game designer Chris Crawford has teamed with science fiction writer Laura J. Mixon to found Storytron, a company devoted to the creation and publication of works of "interactive storytelling".
  • The Dream Journeys of James DeVere
    Always a vivid dreamer, it's as if travelling the world whilst asleep, is my destiny. Vivid dreams, almost complete tales, occur when sleeping...
  • The Brain Reading Spirits of Florence Marryat's Home Circle
    In 1873 the British author Florence Marryat was introduced to a Mr. Dunphy, whose favorite hobby was "Spiritualism". He could show her "the faces of the dead". This was the beginning of a real adventure into Spiritualism.
  • Top Ten Historical Mysteries, by Auron Renius
    Auron Renius enjoys reading and writing about all aspects of history, in which he holds a degree (he holds a second degree black belt in Shotokan karate too).
  • Supernatural Paranormalities, by Suzanne Hayes
    From a medical mystery of transferred organ donor consciousness, synchronicity and the orb phenomenon, to life beyond the physical body and time travel... Is it possible?
  • Top Ten Historical Mysteries, by Mr Ghaz
    One of my favorite (and very prolific!) online writers is the awsome Mr. Ghaz, a 40-year-old free lance insurance surveyor who is living in Johor Bahru, Malaysia and is "currently experimenting" with his skills, in this case: writing.
  • Unbelievable... But True Crimes!
    The Strange Obsession of Dr. Carl Von Cosel, Ed Gein The Wisconsin Grave Robber and Butcher of Plainfield, The Infamous and Bizarre Vampire of Brooklyn Albert Fish and The Bizarre and Twisted Evolution of HH Holmes Castle of Horrors...
  • A Ghost City Tour in Bruges-la-Morte
    Here are some links to stories and articles about the medieval ghost city of Bruges in Flanders, Belgium!
  • A Seance with a Halloween Movie Maniac
    This is part of a script, with which you can organize all by yourself a Murder Mystery as a Halloween or Dinner Party Game, Murder Weekend, etc. Based upon the Halloween movie series!
  • How to Survive a Halloween Murder Mystery Party
    This monologue of Michael Mayer is part of a script for a Murder Mystery Dinner, Party Game, Halloween Party, Murder Weekend, Role Playing Game... for 10 to 30 players.
  • Sounds & Music for Your Halloween Party
    Haunting Music, Horror Soundscapes, Halloween Atmospheres, Creepy Folksongs, a Musical Halloween Tale... and an audio drama compilation of The Night of the Living Dead!
  • The Book of Love, a Song Inspired by Kathleen McGowan's Bestselling Novel
    The song captures the bitter irony and emotions of Mary Magdalene who fell in love with the one man who had to die for the salvation of everyone else. Her unconditional love survived time through the secret Book Jesus left her...
  • You Can Find the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine Too... Using Google Earth!
    One John V. Kemm states he has found the legendary Lost Dutchman Gold Mine, using Google Earth. According to some versions of the tale, the most famous lost mine in American history is either cursed, or protected by mysterious guardians.
  • PIctures Taken by P. Dubois in the Top Model Murder Case
    A top model has been murdered and the usual suspects try to prove their innocence... This free online murder and mystery game starts and ends here: http://hubpages.com/hub/Free-Online-Murder-Game-Top-Model-Murder-Case
  • The Top Model Murder Case
    A celebrity gossip columnist is being suspected of murdering a former top model. He now organizes an online investigation with detective teams from all over the world, because he not only wants to prove his innocence, but also reveal the truth.
  • Being the Reincarnation of the 16th Century Playwright Christopher Marlowe
    Author Patrick Bernauw reveals "a secret part of his biography". Here is the true story of how he saw Christopher Marlowe for the first time... really.
  • Doesn't Every Writer Has to Suffer?
    This is an answer to an article of Lucas Dié concerning the Continuing Story of the Chris Marlowe II Whodunnit.
  • Who is Hiding Behind the Nickname Chris Marlowe II?
    August 16, a Sunday, was a day to never forget for poor old Patrick Bernauw... A Grim Stalker hijacked some of his blogs and accounts!
  • Why Did This Britney Shakespears Lookalike Tiptoe Past the Medicine Cabinet Last Night?
    First Post of this Patrick Bernauw account, taken over by Patricia Bernauw, aka Chris Marlowe II!
  • The Demon and Our Lady of Lust
    A short story of horror and lust, a little demonic fairy tale...
  • The Crucifixion of Grünewald, Or: J.K. Crucified!
    Joris-Karl Huysmans and his descent into 19th century Satanism together with the demonic chaplain of the Holy Blood in Bruges and abbé Saunière of Rennes-le-Château...
  • Maurice Maeterlinck's Merovingian Play of Orval
    The abbey of Orval, in Belgium's Ardennes Forest, is truly a place of mystery. The name "Orval" means "Valley of Gold", there were some treasures lost and Maeterlinck found some true inspiration here.
  • The Procession of Penance at Furnes
    According to a 1908 article in The New York Times the Belgian city of Furnes (Veurne) celebrates a Medieval Procession of Penance. But why are the origins erased from contemporary records?
  • How to Make Millions with Spraycan and Stencil... Following Banksy!
    Banksy is a nearly anonymous, but nevertheless very famous English graffiti artist. Wikipedia says "his artworks are often satirical pieces of art on topics such as politics, culture, and ethics."
  • The Hell Hound of No Man's Land
    Albert Dauzat told a fascinating legend from World War One in a book published two years after the Great War. Civilian skeptics laughed at the soldiers' tales of the murderous giant hound, but to the soldiers it was a gruesome reality...
  • Mysteries of the Mystic Lamb
    Was the Just Judges Panel out of the masterpiece of Jan Van Eyck, The Mystic Lamb, stolen because it was incorporating documents leading to the Holy Blood of Christ?
  • 13 Great Myths and Urban Legends by the MythBuster
    Here are some really great ancient myths and modern legends collected by the Mythbuster!
  • Cornelius Agrippa and the Demon of Louvain
    The very learned Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa always got himself in trouble...
  • The Ghostly Cavalry of Not Only the Great War.
    At last, in that grey winter of 1918, the guns in France and Flanders fell silent and an eerie stillness dwelt on the battlefields where the dead lay unburied in sodden trenches...
  • Hauntings of Ancient Egypt
    Had the spectre of an Egyptian Princess something to do with the Curse of Tutankhamen? And why was this story revealed by an occultist named "Cheiro", which is Greek for hand?
  • The Holy Blood & the Holy Grail... In Bruges, Belgium!
    The Holy Blood of Christ seems to have turned medieval Bruges (in Flanders, Belgium) into a Holy City... that could be... well, pretty unholy too!
  • Top 10 MySpace Writers' Pages
    I'm a big MySpace lover. And I am fascinated by writers and their writings and how online writing nowadays is mixed with offline writing. So here is my Top Ten List of Writer MySpaces, in no particular order:
  • Famous Tudor Phantoms of Hampton Court
    Hampton Court Palace, on the banks of the Thames, is considered one of the most haunted buildings in the United Kingdom.
  • Anne Boleyn, a Famous Phantom of the Bloody Tower
    In his anxiety to rid himself of a wife wo could not give him a male heir, Henry VIII said Anne Boleyn was a witch who committed adultery. She was beheaded... and thus became a famous phantom of the Bloody Tower.
  • De Onthoofdingsbrug
    An old man had insulted the Count of Flanders. He had the choice: his son would be beheaded by him, or he would be beheaded by his son. The old man said that he choose himself to be beheaded... but when his son raised the sword, God broke it to pieces...
  • Veuve Noire
    She weaved a web With her golden hair And there he lives now With his Lonely Love Until Death will do Them Part.
  • The Spooky Spirits of Levens Hall
    Featuring a cursing gypsy woman, a phantom black dog, a mysterious pink lady, a traffic ghost and the spirit of a harpsichord player.
  • Plagiarism Sucks!
    The Unbelievable but True Story of a Plagiator Who Got Caught Because He Spammed The Article He Plagiarised.
  • De Legende Van Het Duivelsteen
    The legend of Gerard the Devil, Lord of the Devil's Castle (Ghent). An old Fleming folk tale told by Anton Cogen in an audio drama, words by Patrick Bernauw, music and sound effects by Fernand Bernauw.
  • Ten Duinen: The Ballad of the Mermaid and the Monk
    "One day, this land will be drowned and the sand will be under the sea. So go with me," said the Mermaid to the Monk, "And dance with me on the sand under the sea." And she took him by the hand and if you listen carefully you still can hear them singing forever happily in the land under t
  • Flemish Folk Song: De Keizer is Ziek
    Flemish folk song composed in the trenches by Belgian soldiers in Flanders Fields during the Great War: The Kaiser is sick, He's got a colic And there's gas Coming out of his High Ass Hole! What has he got? Trouble, a lot And all too little Petrol!
  • Valentine's Day, 1984
    This is a poem written for the woman I said "I will" to, 25 years ago.
  • Until the Clock Strikes Midnight Again
    A dark and gothic poem, accompanied by some ghostly music...
  • A True Aztec Treasure Hunt
    Everywhere, from western Texas to the Sierras of California, and from Chihuahua to Colorado, there are stories of treasure. Where do these stories come from?
  • The Nanteos Mansion Hauntings
    There are ghosts in the Pink Room, the Music Room, the Dressing Room and the Silver Vault Room.
  • The Haunted Lantern Room of Plas Mawr
    At night, you can hear Sir Robert Wynne still pacing the floor of this damned Lantern Room.
  • Scottish Ghost Musicians
    The true stories of Mylady Greensleeves, the Drummer Boy of Cortachy and the Phantom Piper of Culzean Castle.
  • Haunted Scotland
    Featuring the Creatures of Glamis Castle, the Red Room of Borthwick and the Ghosts of Culloden.
  • The Book of Dead Names: Necronomicon
    Horror writer Howard Phillips Lovecraft created this book and it was a fiction, but many people thought the Necronomicon was a fact.
  • Nostradamus and the Lost Bourbon Treasure
    How helpful it could be if you only had to talk about quatrain 20, century 9... and would be fully understood by your fellow conspirators...
  • Was Marie Rogêt Murdered by Edgar Allan Poe?
    Was Edgar Allan Poe not only a brilliant author, but also a demonic killer who wrote The Mystery of Marie Roget, to boast about the crime he committed?
  • Silly Willy's Great Insurance Fraud Business Plan
    If you consider a fine insurance fraud, you have to possess something valuable. And then I don't mean your wife... or your life ('cause you don't wanna lose that, I guess).
  • So You Think Gerard the Devil Committed Suicide?
    This is a possible solution to the Free Online Murder Game "The Mystery of the Devil's Castle".
  • How to Commit a Not so Perfect Murder
    You don't want to commit an imperfect murder, do you? Better ask a pro to get the dirty job done. And don't forget to complete your plumbing.
  • Court of Miracles
    The "Court of Miracles" was a Paris district where in the 16th and 17th century all the crookes of the French capital were looking for a refuge.
  • Bruges-la-Morte
    A poem about visiting the medieval city of Bruges (Flanders, Belgium) that looks very much like a ghost town.
  • Working Class Hero Cartoons
    About relaxing, having fun and surfing to sex sites while at work!

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