The Sand-walker Who, or what is the Sand-walker that stalks the beaches of Gartholm?
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Chris Woodyard
on
July 8, 2017
in Crime , Death , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , News , Strange Deaths , Victorian
and tagged Edwardian ghost stories , ghost stories , quicksand , seaside ghost stories , The Sand-walker , Victorian ghost stories
Johnny’s Fourth of July Johnny’s unsafe and insane Fourth of July.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
July 4, 2017
in Death , Folklore , Grim and Grewsome , News , Social History , Victorian
and tagged Fourth of July fatalities , Fourth of July humor , Independence Day , Independence Day fatalities , Johnny's Fourth of July , safe and sane Fourth
Canada, the Somme, and Gettysburg Fortean tales from Canada, the Somme, and Gettysburg, all celebrated on July 1. Choose your own Fortean adventure!
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
July 1, 2017
in Animal Tales , Death , Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , News , Occultism/Magic , Poltergeists , religion , Social History , Spiritualism , Strange Lives , Victorian , War , Witches , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged and Gettysburg , Battle of Gettysburg , Battle of the Somme , Canada , Canadian forteana , Canadian ghosts , Canadian witchcraft , exorcism , Gettysburg prophecy , Great War , horse ghost , poltergeists , possession , Prince Edward Island , Quaker prophetess , the Somme , Thiepval
The Fortean Bride Fortean tales of brides and wedding weirdness
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Chris Woodyard
on
June 27, 2017
in Death , Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , Interesting People , Mourning Customs and History , News , Prophecies , Social History , Spiritualism , Strange Deaths , Victorian
and tagged bridal forteana , cursed brides , ghosts who stopped a wedding , hoodoo weddings , spirit bride , The Fortean Bride , wedding forteana , wedding weirdness
Silas Told and the Devil-Fish A giant devil-fish ominously follows a sailing ship as a token of death for the Captain.
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Chris Woodyard
on
June 24, 2017
in Animal Tales , Cryptozoology , Death , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Grim and Grewsome , News , Prophecies , religion , Strange Deaths
and tagged cryptozoology , deateh omens , giant manta , giant ray , manta ray , poisoning , psychopomp , sailors' superstitions , Silas Told , Silas Told and the Devil-Fish , slave trade
Kiss the Corpse and Then You Die The custom of kissing the corpse often led to death from infectious disease.
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Chris Woodyard
on
June 20, 2017
in Death , Ephemera , Folklore , Grim and Grewsome , medical oddities , Mourning Customs and History , News , Social History , Strange Deaths , Victorian
and tagged diphtheria , indirect poisoning , infectious disease , Kiss the Corpse and Then You Die , kissing the corpse , meningitis , perils of kissing the corpse , poisoning , smallpox , The Perils of Kissing the Corpse , Victorian funerals , Victorian mourning , Victorian mourning customs
Too Much Prudence – Spirit Weddings A very prudent man thinks he can save trouble and money by marrying a spirit bride.
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Chris Woodyard
on
June 17, 2017
in Ephemera , Folklore , Ghosts , News , Social History , Spiritualism , Victorian
and tagged marrying a ghost , marrying a spirit , mediums , seances , spirit bride , Spiritualism , spiritualist bride , spiritualist fraud , spiritualist wedding , Too Much Prudence , Too Much Prudence - Spirit Weddings
Black Box Specters Two black box specters haunt travelers in Arizona and Ireland.
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Chris Woodyard
on
June 13, 2017
in Death , Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , News , Strange Deaths , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Alden R. Vining , black box phantoms , Black Box Specters , black box spectres , Black Coach , death coach , George W. Martin , hoaxes , Irish ghosts , Killeshandra , Mexico mines , mining schemes , Mrs. Burrell , phantom coach , San Francisco , scams
The Pitter Patter of Tiny Feet The pitter patter of tiny feet is heard as the ghost of a child searches for its mother.
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Chris Woodyard
on
June 11, 2017
in Death , Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Victorian
and tagged aural hauntings , baby ghost , baby ghost looks for mother , Blue River Indiana , child ghost , footsteps , footsteps on the stairs , ghostly footsteps , Indiana ghosts , infant ghost , The Pitter Patter of Tiny Feet , tiny feet
Painting in the Dark with Raphael Painting in the dark was only part of the artistic talents of Mr. Abel Taylor, psychic artist, who worked under the influence of the painter Raphael.
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Chris Woodyard
on
June 6, 2017
in Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Interesting People , medical oddities , News , Psychic Research , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Abel Taylor , automatic painting , fairies , Good Neighbors , Good People , healing , miracles , Painting in the Dark with Raphael , psychic artist , Raphael , Scottish folklore
