The Spirit of Mary Surratt The spirit of Mary Surratt is believed to haunt her old boarding house and was said to have returned to write a bitter message during an 1890s séance slate-writing session.
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Chris Woodyard
on
July 7, 2018
in Death , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , Interesting People , News , Social History , Spiritualism , Victorian
and tagged Abraham Lincoln , assassination of Abraham Lincoln , Dr Theodor Hansmann , execution of Mrs Surratt , hanging of Mrs Surratt , John H. Surratt , John Wilkes Booth , Lincoln's assassination , Mary Surratt , The Spirit of Mary Surratt , Washington ghosts
A Fourth of July Ghost The ghosts of those killed on the Fourth of July compare injuries and mutilations. Three cheers for the red, white, and boo!
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Chris Woodyard
on
July 4, 2018
in Ephemera , Grim and Grewsome , News , Social History , Strange Deaths , Victorian
and tagged A Fourth of July Ghost , fireworks deaths , fireworks injuries , Fourth of July , Fourth of July casualties , Fourth of July fatalities , Independence Day , Independence Day fatalities
Playing a Spirit A girl who played a spirit for a famous Spiritualist medium tells All.
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Chris Woodyard
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June 30, 2018
in Crime , Interesting People , News , Psychic Research , Social History , Spiritualism , Strange Lives
and tagged Amanda M. Cowan , mediums , Playing a Spirit , seance room fraud , Spiritualism , Spiritualist confederate , Spiritualist confessions , spiritualist exposure , spiritualist fraud , spiritualist mediums , The Girl Who Played a Spirit , Victorian spiritualism
A Photograph of Uncle William A photograph of long-dead Uncle William appears in a snap-shot taken of a little girl by her mother.
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Chris Woodyard
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June 26, 2018
in Ephemera , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Spiritualism , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged A Photograph of Uncle William , born with a caul , born with a veil , ghost appears in photograph , ghost photograph , ghost photography , ghostly photograph , Isabella Haug , Mary Haug , Mary Vreeland , Pareidolia , simulacra , spirit photography , Spiritualism , William Henry Vreeland
The Elf-Shot Spaniel A curious dog is elf-shot by grotesque Irish fairies after straying into their territory.
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Chris Woodyard
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June 23, 2018
in Animal Tales , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , News , Social History , Victorian
and tagged dog elf-shot by fairies , dog shot by the elves , elf bolts , elf darts , elf-shot , elf-stone , elfin arrows , evil fairies , injured by the fairies , Irish fairies , Irish water spaniel , mad dog , malevolent fairies , Shot by the Elves , The Elf-Shot Spaniel
The Flame Game A flaming phantom throws balls of fire and belches flames at ghost hunters.
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Chris Woodyard
on
June 19, 2018
in Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , Spook Lights , Victorian
and tagged fiery apparitions , fire ghosts , fire spooks , Pennsylvania forteana , Pennsylvania ghosts , rolling boggarts , rolling bogies , shape-shifters , shape-shifting spook lights , Solstice , spook lights , St John's Eve , The Flame Game
The Veil Between The veil between the living and the dead is torn when a father returns for his young daughter.
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Chris Woodyard
on
June 16, 2018
in Death , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , Interesting People , Victorian
and tagged dead father returns , dead father visits child , Edwardian ghost stories , English ghost stories , Father's Day , ghostly father , The Veil Between , Victorian ghost stories
Harold the Goblin Boss Young Harold bosses a group of goblins at the bottom of the garden.
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Chris Woodyard
on
June 12, 2018
in Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , Victorian
and tagged elementals , fairies , fairies at the bottom of the garden , gnomes , Goblin Boss , goblins at the bottom of the garden , Harold the Goblin Boss , helpful elves , helpful goblins , helpful spirits , sprites , tutelary spirits
The Spectral Well of Virginia It began playfully, with a fortune-telling game: hold a mirror over a well and you will see the face of your future husband. But the young woman on her father’s Virginia plantation never dreamed of the ghostly sights and strange visions that would arise from those waters
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Chris Woodyard
on
June 9, 2018
in Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , Prophecies , Psychic Research , Scientific Oddities , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Col. John J. Deyer , Elizabeth Deyer , hydromancy , Lizzie Lee Deyer , mirror gazing , prophecy , scrying , The Spectral Well of Virginia , Virginia forteana , visions in a well , wishing well
Haunted by a Death-bed Promise Some spouses asked for death-bed promises that their husband or wife would not remarry. And some returned from beyond the grave to enforce that promise.
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Chris Woodyard
on
June 5, 2018
in Death , Ephemera , Folklore , Ghosts , Mourning Customs and History , News , Prophecies , Strange Deaths , Victorian
and tagged death-bed promise , George Vedder , Haunted by a Death-bed Promise , Lena Reich , Mary Vedder , prophetic ghosts , remarriage , wedding vows , widower haunted by dead wife , wife murder , wife's ghost
