Veto Goes Mad President Garfield’s dog Veto goes mad at the President’s death.
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Chris Woodyard
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September 18, 2018
in Animal Tales , Death , Ephemera , Folklore , medical oddities , News , Social History , Victorian
and tagged dog goes mad at death of master , General Garfield's dog , James A. Garfield , Lawnfield , Mentor Ohio , Newfoundland dog , presidential dogs , presidential pets , Veto , Veto Goes Mad
The Black Ghost – Part Two The Black Ghost at Castel-a-Mare encountered by Lord St Audries and his friends.
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Chris Woodyard
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September 15, 2018
in Ephemera , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , News
and tagged Beverley Nichols , Devonshire ghosts , English ghost stories , faceless ghosts , Lord St. Audries , murder ghosts , suicide ghosts , The Black Ghost , The Black Ghost - Part Two , Torquay ghosts , violent ghosts , Violet Tweedale
The Black Ghost – Part One The Black Ghost met by Lord St. Audries, as told by several different newspapers.
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Chris Woodyard
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September 11, 2018
in Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , News
and tagged black ghost , dangerous ghosts , Devonshire ghosts , faceless ghost , haunted house , Lord St. Audries , murder ghosts , suicide ghosts , The Black Ghost - Part One , violent ghosts
Mermaids and Mad Men – Mermaids in Advertising The Mad Men of advertising swam with the mermaids.
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Chris Woodyard
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September 7, 2018
in Cryptozoology , Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , Social History , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Mermaid Day , mermaids , Mermaids and Mad Men - Mermaids in Advertising , mermaids in advertisements , mineral water , pearl buttons , StarKist tuna , vintage advertising
Outrunning the Dragon A witness sees a man trying to outrun a dragon, which seems at first only a cloud of dust.
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Chris Woodyard
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September 5, 2018
in Animal Tales , Cryptozoology , Fortean Mysteries , News , Victorian
and tagged American dragons , dragon , dragon's ghost , Era Idaho , ghost of a dragon , Hailey Idaho , Idaho folklore , Jardine Henderson , Judge Waldron , Outrunning the Dragon , silly season , tall tales
Wizard Richardson “Wizard Richardson,” as Dr Elisha Richardson was called, a healer and perhaps “cunning man” of New Hampshire, locates the body of a missing man.
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Chris Woodyard
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August 28, 2018
in Crime , Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Interesting People , News , Prophecies , Spiritualism , Victorian
and tagged adept , cunning man , Elisha Richardson , healer , Henry Hoyt , Jonathan Glass , murder , New Hampshire , second sight , seer , Spiritualism , unsolved murder , Wizard Richardson
Bats in the Coal A unique tale of living bats said to have been found inside a solid lump of coal. Toad in the Hole with wings.
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Chris Woodyard
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August 25, 2018
in Animal Tales , Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , Scientific Oddities , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Bat in the Coal , bat in the hole , bats in coal mine , Bats in the Coal , Cascade Range , entombed animals , Maryland forteana , myotis , Oregon forteana , Samuel B. Hoopman , Swanton Mine Maryland , toad in the hole
Falling Angel Witnesses saw an angel fluttering to the ground and shot at it.
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Chris Woodyard
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August 21, 2018
in Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , religion , Sky Mysteries , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged angel , angel in the sky , bad omen , falling angel , Levi Vining , Louisiana angel , pelican , Ponchatoula , prophetic bird , shooting an angel , shooting down an angel
The Silver Coffin of Genghis Khan Where is the Silver Coffin of Genghis Khan?
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Chris Woodyard
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August 18, 2018
in Death , Ephemera , Folklore , Mourning Customs and History , News , religion , Scientific Oddities , Social History , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Genghis Khan , Gobi Desert , Khara-Khoto , Mausoleum of Genghis Khan , Mongolia , Mongolian archaeology , Pyotr Kozlov , The Silver Coffin of Genghis Khan , Tomb of Genghis Khan
Dead as a Doornail -The Carpenter of Doom Over the space of a lifetime, a man was haunted by recurring visits from a mysterious carpenter, whose presence meant death.
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Chris Woodyard
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August 14, 2018
in Death , Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Prophecies , Strange Deaths , Victorian
and tagged banshee , Dead as a Doornail: The Carpenter of Doom , death angel , death omens , mysterious carpenter , personifications of Death , phantom carpenter , psychopomp , spectral carpenter , tokens of death , unearthly carpenter