The Pirate-Wrecker and the Death Ship An ex-pirate turned wrecker is summoned by a dark death ship.
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Chris Woodyard
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September 19, 2017
in Crime , Death , Folklore , Grim and Grewsome , News , religion , Sky Mysteries , Strange Deaths
and tagged Cape Cornwall , Caraglose , devil , Lands-End , pirates , Priest's Cove , The Pirate-Wrecker and the Death Ship , Tregaseal , Whitesand Bay , wreckers
Review: Central Ohio Legends & Lore Ohio legends from James A. Willis of The Ghosts of Ohio.
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Chris Woodyard
on
September 16, 2017
in Crime , Cryptozoology , Death , Folklore , Ghosts , News , Panics , Social History , Strange Deaths , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Annie Aokley , bigfoot , Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery , Dr. Snook , Fort Amanda , Frankenstein's Castle , Gates of Hell , Grassman , Hatchet Man , Johnny Appleseed , Love Rollercoaster , Ohio folklore , Ohio ghosts , Ohio legends , Ohio Players , Ohio urban legends , Review: Central Ohio Legends & Lore , Stonewall Cemetery , Stuart Pierson , The Night The Ghost Got In , Thurber House , urban legends , William Quantrill , Witches' Tower , Woolyburger Cemetery
The Old Lady with the Nails An old lady with a hammer and nails menaces a dormitory of schoolboys in a nightmarish vision.
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Chris Woodyard
on
September 12, 2017
in Death , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , medical oddities , News , Prophecies , Strange Deaths , Victorian , Witches
and tagged Augustus Hare , banshee , murder by nail , old woman spirit , omen of death , phantom carpenter , spectral carpenter , Stewart Mackenzie , The Old Lady with the Nails , token of death , witchcraft
Eating Holy Clay A disturbing ritual from Ireland where clay from graves is eaten to protect against disease and sin. Unfortunately more was ingested than just clay.
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Chris Woodyard
on
September 9, 2017
in Animal Tales , Death , Ephemera , Folklore , Grim and Grewsome , medical oddities , Mourning Customs and History , News , Occultism/Magic , religion , Social History , Strange Lives , Victorian
and tagged Carolina clay-eaters , clay , eating clay , eating grave dirt , Eating Holy Clay , geophagy , grave dirt , holy clay , Ireland , magic charms , pica
When the Flame Leans Over When the flame leans over, it points to the next to die.
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Chris Woodyard
on
September 5, 2017
in Death , Folklore , News , Prophecies , Social History , Spook Lights , Strange Deaths , Victorian
and tagged corpse candles , death in the mines , miner superstitions , miner's lantern , Savage Mine , spook lights , tokens of death , warning of death , When the Flame Leans Over
The Doll’s Ghost When you smash a doll, does it die? The ghost of a doll named Nina.
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Chris Woodyard
on
August 29, 2017
in Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Ghosts , News , Occultism/Magic , Short Story , Victorian
and tagged Annabelle , ghost of a doll , ghostly dolls , haunted doll , haunted dolls , Marion Crawford , possessed doll , The Doll's Ghost
The Hound of Evanston The Hound of the Baskervilles came to life in 1904, throwing the Illinois suburb of Evanston into convulsions of terror.
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Chris Woodyard
on
August 26, 2017
in Animal Tales , Crime , Cryptozoology , Death , Ephemera , Folklore , News , Panics
and tagged Arthur Conan Doyle , Evanston Illinois , fake ghosts , George P. Macklin , ghost dog , ghost hoaxes , ghostly dog , mastiff , National Dog Day , phosphorescent paste , pranks , rat poison , Sherlock Holmes , The Hound of Evanston , The Hound of the Baskervilles
Astral Angels of the Living The astral bodies of the living work as guardian angels.
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Chris Woodyard
on
August 22, 2017
in Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , Psychic Research , religion , Spiritualism , Victorian
and tagged angelic intercession , Astral Angels of the Living , astral plane , astral projection , C.W. Leadbeater , guardian angels , materialization , Theosophy , W T Stead
Death by Eclipse and Other Coronal Curiosities Strange deaths, insanity, and portents associated with the eclipse.
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Chris Woodyard
on
August 19, 2017
in 18th century , Death , Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Grim and Grewsome , News , Scientific Oddities , Sky Mysteries , Strange Deaths , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Death by Eclipse and Other Coronal Curiosities , eclipse forteana , eclipse insanity , eclipse madness , eclipse of 1869 , eclipse suicide , Francis Bacon , Richard Mead
Curious Little People A Welsh house is haunted by curious little people who might be fairies or might be the ghosts of previous inhabitants.
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Chris Woodyard
on
August 15, 2017
in Death , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Victorian
and tagged Curious Little People , fairies of Wales , miniature ghosts , Pembrokeshire , Tuatha Dé Danann , Tyhir , Wales , Welsh fairies , Welsh ghosts