Immersive Archival Experiences
Recovered records.
Unresolved histories.
Immersive examinations.
Immersive Archival Experiences
Recovered records.
Unresolved histories.
Immersive examinations.
The October Archives
Upcoming Events
Some things were never meant to be kept.
This October, three mysterious artifacts arrive at your door.
Gather your friends for an evening of strange stories and immersive experiences.
Three artifacts. Three encounters.
One unforgettable evening.
75 minutes · Up to 10 guests · $495
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From The Archive
Growing up as a Black kid in the South with deeply religious parents, I learned early that there were certain things you simply didn’t mess with. Faith was part of everyday life, and anything involving spirits, the occult, or the unexplained wasn’t something we explored. You left it alone.
But I was curious.
As I got older, I became fascinated by the stories, superstitions, warnings, and mysteries that seemed to exist just outside the boundaries of what I had been taught. The things that made somebody in the family say, “Don’t fool with that.”
I wanted to know where those stories came from, why they frightened us, and what might happen if, instead of turning away, we examined them.
That curiosity eventually became The Liminal Arts.
For me, this is about more than mysterious objects or unexplained occurrences. It’s about our stories, our fears, our beliefs, and that very human desire to understand what we cannot explain.
I don’t ask that you believe. I simply invite you to examine.
Jabaric Thomas
Founder & Curator, The Liminal Arts
The Archive
THE BEGINNING OF THE ARCHIVE
Early UK Printing of A Christmas Carol
Status: Preserved Holding
Recovered: Atlanta, Georgia
Classification: Literary Artifact / Uncorrected Printing
Access Level: Archive Display
A rare early UK printing of A Christmas Carol containing an uncorrected press error absent from later editions.
Preserved unnoticed for decades, the volume would later become the first artifact in what became The Liminal Arts.
Yearbook
An Unresolved Texas School Legend, 1955
Status: Restricted Examination
Recovered: West Texas
Classification: Educational Record / Misprint Archive
Access Level: Public Presentation
A recalled 1955 Texas yearbook containing altered photographs, hidden markings, and traces connected to an unresolved tragedy.
The Wishing Well
Recovered Television Artifact, c. 1980s
Status: Active Investigation
Recovered: Studio Prop Department Archive
Classification: Media Artifact / Symbolic Object
Access Level: Limited Examination
An original production coin recovered directly from the prop department of an unaired
The Twilight Zone episode exploring coincidence, ritual, and symbolic repetition — “a dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind.”
Hermetica
A Guided Archival Consultation
Status: Controlled Access
Recovered: Private Collection
Classification: Interpretive Volume
Access Level: Private Appointment Only
A private one-on-one archival examination guided by an unusual volume known as Hermetica.
Through symbols, choices, and observation, participants explore perception, reflection, and response.
No two examinations are exactly alike.
Oracle of Osiris
Cairo Bazaar Oracle Set, 1937
Status: Preserved Symbolic System
Recovered: Cairo, Egypt
Classification: Symbolic Oracle Apparatus
Access Level: Guided Examination
A recovered Egyptian symbolic system presented through hidden thought, symbolic interpretation, and structured questioning.
The Black Ink Files
Recovered Publishing Materials, c. 1950s
Status: Ongoing Review
Recovered: Publishing Surplus Archive
Classification: Illustrated Media Record
Access Level: Public Presentation
Recovered publishing materials tied to the comic book panic of the 1950s and fears surrounding hidden influence.
Binary Resolution
Behavioral Systems Demonstration
Status: Reconstructed Procedure
Recovered Source: CIA Behavioral Systems Laboratory
Classification: Decision Response Study
Access Level: Controlled Environment
Presented as a reconstructed behavioral procedure connected to Cold War–era research associated with Project STARGATE, Binary Resolution explores the unsettling possibility that our choices may not truly belong to us — only the feeling that they do.
Declassified
Project STARGATE Personnel Files, Cold War Era
Status: Restricted Material
Recovered: Intelligence Memorabilia Circuit
Classification: Government Record / Perception Testing
Access Level: Limited Presentation
Recovered Cold War personnel materials presented alongside declassified CIA files documenting perception studies involving Uri Geller prior to the formation of Project STARGATE.
The Painted Man
The Painted Man
Circus Murders, Northern England, 1950s
Status: Unresolved Archive
Recovered: Northern England Estate Material
Classification: Criminal Case Artifact
Access Level: Controlled Examination
A recovered tobacco tin connected to a series of grisly circus killings in Northern England during the 1950s.
Last Meals
The Painted Man
Sing Sing Prison Records, 1930s
Status: Catalogued Evidence
Recovered: Correctional Surplus Material
Classification: Institutional Food Service Record
Access Level: Guided Presentation
Recovered prison kitchen records from Sing Sing that gradually suggest something far more unsettling than ordinary comfort food.
Measured
Execution Records, Great Britain, Early 1900s
Status: Controlled Handling Required
Recovered: Leeds, England
Classification: Judicial Record
Access Level: Restricted Examination
The private working diary of assistant executioner Thomas Rycroft documenting procedural systems surrounding capital punishment.
Foul Play
Believed to have influenced the early origins of Clue — transforming murder into a game families would play for generations.
Status: Reopened Investigation
Recovered: Chicago Estate Material
Classification: Hospitality Artifact / Criminal Archive
Access Level: Public Examination
Recovered artifacts connected to investigations surrounding Chicago’s infamous “Murder Hotel” during the World’s Fair of 1893.
The Frenier Inheritance
An Investigation into Louisiana Folklore, a Forgotten Hurricane, and a Family Warning
Status: Containment Protocol - ACTIVE
Recovered: Private Family Collection, Louisiana
Classification: Folk Artifact / Family Account
Access: Controlled Examination Authorization Required
In the wetlands of Louisiana, an old story tells of a healer who made a disturbing prediction: when she died, the town would go with her.
Not long afterward, a catastrophic hurricane struck. Hundreds died, and the settlement was nearly erased.
Among what reportedly survived was a small wooden box said to have belonged to her.
As for what she kept inside… perhaps that is better seen than described.
The box remained with one family for generations.
So did the warning:
“If you ever decide you don’t want it anymore… don’t say that in front of it.”
c. 1980
An Investigation into Childhood Memory, Intuition, and the Things We Never Forget
Status: Preserved Holding
Recovered: Private Collection
Classification: Parlor Game / Personal Recollection
Access Level: Guided Examination
A vintage 1960s Scrabble set becomes the centerpiece of an unsettling exploration of childhood memory and the peculiar details that remain with us long after everything else has faded.
Through a seemingly ordinary selection of letters, participants revisit a memory of a hallway—and discover how a single word can bring something from the distant past unexpectedly back into the present.
NES- Press Start
An Investigation into an Unreleased Video Game, Childhood Fears, and an Urban Legend from Ottumwa, Iowa, 1989
Status: Restricted Holding
Recovered: Game Collector
Classification: Unreleased NES Game / Urban Legend
Access Level: Supervised Examination
An allegedly unreleased game cartridge lies at the center of a disturbing urban legend from Ottumwa, Iowa.
Rumored to have circulated in a small batch of boxed test copies in 1989, the game was said to reveal a different monster to every player—one drawn from their deepest fears.
Children reportedly began waking at precisely 37 minutes past the hour, night after night, yet remained inexplicably drawn to the game.
According to local legend, authorities eventually ordered every copy destroyed. A handful are believed to have survived.
Imagination
An Investigation into Intuition, Symbolism, and the Choices That Shape Our Journey
Status: Active Experience
Recovered: The Liminal Arts Archive
Classification: Symbolic Reading / Guided Reflection
Access Level: Private Session
An intimate exploration of intuition begins with two imaginary coins—one gold, one silver—and a series of choices made entirely in the mind.
Guided by the symbolism of The Hermit and his lantern, participants embark on a journey of silent reflection, uncovering the significance of what they carry, what they leave behind, and the path that lies ahead.
A Promise Kept
The Unheard Voice
An Investigation into a Vanished Mail-Order Company, an Ancient Egyptian Amulet, and a Forgotten Promise
Status: Preserved Holding
Recovered: Private Novelty Collection
Classification: Mail-Order Artifact / Unverified Claim
Access Level: Supervised Examination
A mysterious mail-order advertisement from the early 1960s promised something extraordinary: an Egyptian amulet cast in “Nile Silver Alloy,” accompanied by instructions for awakening a sleeping pharaoh.
When the Midnight Novelty Co. disappeared in 1964, its peculiar claims were dismissed as little more than a forgotten novelty.
Decades later, the discovery of one of its elusive amulets raises an unsettling question: what exactly was the company selling?
The Unheard Voice
The Unheard Voice
An Investigation into a Forgotten Georgia Schoolhouse, Childhood Isolation, and an Unexplained Written Manifestation
Location: Unity Grove, Henry County, Georgia, c. 1891
Status: Preserved Holding
Recovered: Unity Grove, near Locust Grove, Georgia
Classification: School Artifact / Written Manifestation
Access Level: Supervised Examination
A collection of weathered school slates, said to have belonged to Willie Carter, a quiet young boy attending a segregated Georgia schoolhouse in 1891, becomes the centerpiece of an extraordinary investigation.
That summer, James Weldon Johnson, who would later write the lyrics to Lift Every Voice and Sing, taught in the community, where education persisted despite segregation and considerable hardship.
More than a century later, the slates remain at the center of an unsettling account involving Willie Carter and a childhood memory that may not have faded with time.
The Cincinnati Prototype
The Cincinnati Prototype
An Investigation into a Forgotten Spirit-Contact Device, a Disastrous Demonstration, and an Abandoned Experiment
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, 1972
Status: Restricted Holding
Recovered: Private Collector
Classification: Unreleased Spirit-Contact Device / Prototype
Access Level: Supervised Examination
An experimental spirit-contact device, reportedly developed by an Ohio company in 1972 to rival the Ouija board, lies at the center of an unsettling account involving British medium Ena Twigg.
During a private demonstration, investors allegedly abandoned the room and refused to discuss what they had witnessed.
Following a mysterious factory fire, production was permanently abandoned, and the device quietly disappeared into obscurity.
Only a handful of prototypes are believed to have survived, leaving one question unanswered: what happened during that demonstration?
The First Levitation
The Cincinnati Prototype
An Investigation into a Classified Vatican Case, an Alleged Demonic Levitation, and a Missing Ecclesiastical Record
Location: Vatican City, c. 1970s
Status: Restricted Holding
Recovered: [Redacted]
Classification: Ecclesiastical Record / Exorcism Case File
Access Level: Supervised Examination
An allegedly classified Vatican document, bearing only the identifiers Subject 23369A and Event 23369A-01, details a disturbing exorcism investigated by a secret commission during the 1970s.
Within its pages lies an extraordinary claim: the first photographic evidence of a demonic levitation. The circumstances surrounding the case remain shrouded in secrecy, as does the disappearance of the record itself.
According to its purported provenance, this volume belongs inside the Vatican’s Secret Archive. Somehow, it found its way into this archive.
The Last Lullaby
An Investigation into a Sealed Toy and Its Disturbing History
Status: Containment Protocol - ACTIVE
Recovered: French Quarter Curio Shop, New Orleans
Classification: Haunted Artifact / Police Evidence
Access Level: Controlled Examination Authorization Required
A vintage Jack-in-the-Box linked to a little girl named Alice, a fatal accident, and a series of unexplained deaths.
The toy is said to harbor something that influences its owners without their knowledge.
The case remains bound with a deteriorated length of red barrier tape said to date from its original confinement.
A disturbing reminder of why it was locked away.
Cyclone
Cyclone
An Investigation into Fate, Symbolism and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Status: Active Investigation
Recovered: Ebay
Classification: Literary Artifact / Symbolic Narrative
Access Level: Guided Examination
An early illustrated edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz becomes the centerpiece of an intimate investigation into fate, intuition, and the unexplored symbolism of L. Frank Baum’s extraordinary world.
Through the history of thought-transference and a journey along the Yellow Brick Road, participants explore the curious relationship between the choices we make, the paths we follow, and the possibility that our future may already be written.
NEW TO THE ARCHIVE
THE EVE CLASSIFICATION
Recovered Herbal Recognition Cards — Douglasville, Georgia, c. 1931
Status: Pending
Classification: Botanical Recognition Exercise
Access Level: Pending
Associated with an African American herbal practitioner known only as Eve, participants classify medicinal and dangerous plants entirely by instinct.
“The body knows danger before language does.”
THE VISITOR REGISTER
Recovered Funeral Attendance Ledger — Ellijay, Georgia
Status: Pending
Recovered: Private Funeral Estate Archive
Classification: Funeral Register / Staff Irregularity
Access Level: Pending
A visitor signature appeared after the funeral home had been secured for the night. The name belonged to a man documented as having died years earlier.
THE LAST COMFORT OBJECT
Recovered Child Companion Doll — Late 1980s
Status: Pending
Classification: Transitional Object / Behavioral Residue
Recovered: Estate Cleanout — Bronx, NY
Access Level: Pending
Not haunted.
A surviving emotional anchor.
People leave impressions on places.
Children sometimes leave them on objects they could not bear to lose.
THE SURVIVING FRAME
An Unfinished Motion Picture Archive
Los Angeles, California, c. 1976
Status: HOLD
Access Level: HOLD
Surviving casting photographs, archive records, and a fragment of 35mm film from an unfinished production attributed to filmmaker Marlow.
No complete print is known to exist.
“The reel was lost. The frame remained.”