GOD HATES HEAVY METAL: POLLY MILLER ROAD
If you grew up in upstate New York, you’ve probably heard some version of the Polly Miller story. Witch. Murdered lover. Cursed swamp. The older kids always dared each other to go out there, to Polly Miller Road, after dark. I used to think it was all bullshit. Just local legend. But in the summer of 1999, I found out it wasn’t. Polly’s real—and she’s been waiting.
All we wanted was to run—me and Jess, two girls who’d gotten too deep in Carter’s bullshit. Swayed by the money, the free drugs, and that so-called safe compound tucked deep off Vickerman Hill. We had it made, but the cost was our souls, and that was too steep for me.
Day 26 of the 31 Days of Nerd Horror
On Day 26 of our 31 Days of Nerd Horror we’re throwing it back to the classic that started it all: Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. We also The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht, Carrion, a video game that lets you become the monster in a reverse-horror adventure, and our legend of the day is tied to the infamous society of the Brotherhood of the Snake.
31 Days of Nerd Horror: Day 3
Day 3 of the 31 Days of Nerd Horror highlights the original 1979 made-for-TV Salem’s Lot miniseries, the novel The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias, the Resident Evil 4 video game remake, and the legend of the Devil’s Path in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York.