Shades of Blue Blue ghosts from Ohio and beyond.
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Chris Woodyard
on
October 24, 2017
in Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Poltergeists , Spook Lights , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Baldwin-Wallace College , blue ghosts , blue haze , blue spook lights , Bonnie Bonell , Dayton ghosts , Haunted Ohio , lightning daguerreotypes , Ohio ghosts , Olde Trail Tavern , Shades of Blue , spontaneous combustion , The Buxton Inn , window-pane ghosts , Yellow Springs Ohio
Green Jean Seen The legendary Green Jean of Wemyss Castle puts in an appearance.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 21, 2017
in Death , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Prophecies , Victorian
and tagged Countess of Munster , fae , fairies , green as a fairy color , green ghosts , Green Jean , Green Jean Seen , Green Ladies , Green Lady , Scottish ghosts , The Gentry , Wemyss Castle
Yellow, Kitty! Yellow kitties as ghosts and witches as well as superstitions about the color yellow.
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Chris Woodyard
on
October 17, 2017
in Animal Tales , Death , Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , News , Occultism/Magic , Social History , Victorian , Witches
and tagged cat ghosts , folklore , ghostly cats , superstitions about the color yellow , witchcraft , witches , Yellow , yellow cat , Yellow Kitty! , yellow superestition
Orange You Scared? The color orange as a rare paranormal color, usually found only in spook lights.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 14, 2017
in Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Panics , Sky Mysteries , Spook Lights , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged orange , orange ghost , orange phantom , orange spook lights , Orange You Scared? , spook lights , supernatural orange lights , the color orange
The Quick and the Red. Ghostly visions of old women in red cloaks–what do they mean?
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 10, 2017
in Death , Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , medical oddities , News , Prophecies , Psychic Research , Scientific Oddities , Victorian
and tagged banshee , epilepsy , ghost in red cloak , haunted jails , illusions , Irish banshee , Irish ghosts , Margaret Kearney , New Orleans ghost , The Quick and the Red
Cats of Many Colors Fighting cats in many colors are seen after a witch dies and interpreted as her evil spirits.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 7, 2017
in Animal Tales , Death , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Grim and Grewsome , News , Victorian , Witches
and tagged bewitched cow , Cats of Many Colors , cow witching , freets , Hebrides Islands , Island of Islay , Loch Indall , phantom cats , Scottish folklore , Scottish supernatural , witch's funeral , witches
The Little Skeleton A strange story of a ghostly woman, a phantom fire, and a little skeleton.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 3, 2017
in Death , Folklore , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , News , Victorian
and tagged baby skeleton , ghostly baby , ghostly woman , London ghost , London ghost story , phantom fire , screaming ghost , The Little Skeleton
National Ghost Hunting Day Celebrating National Ghost Hunting Day with profiles of famous ghost hunters and stories of spook seekers, amateur or professional.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
September 30, 2017
in Crime , Ephemera , Folklore , Ghosts , Interesting People , News , Panics , Psychic Research , Spiritualism , Victorian
and tagged Charlie Dove , coughing ghost , Elliott O'Donnell , ghost hunting , ghost panics , Hereward Carrington , hunting ghosts , Jack the Stripper , National Ghost Hunting Day , professional ghost , psychic howler
Pinched Ashes Human ashes lost, strayed, or pinched.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
September 26, 2017
in Body Snatching , Death , Folklore , Grim and Grewsome , Mourning Customs and History , News , Social History , Victorian
and tagged ashes for cash , cremains , holding human ashes for ransom , human ashes stolen , Pinched Ashes , stolen ashes , stolen human ashes
A Spot of Bother: Jack the Ink-Slinger Jack the Ink-Slinger had a fetish for spraying purple ink on ladies’ dresses.
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Chris Woodyard
on
September 23, 2017
in Crime , Ephemera , medical oddities , News , Panics , Social History , Strange Lives , Victorian
and tagged A Spot of Bother: Jack the Ink-Slinger , Jack the Ripper , New York , panics , salirophilia , sexual fetishes , spoiling women's dresses with ink , Victorian crime