Animal Tales

Yellow, Kitty! Yellow kitties as ghosts and witches as well as superstitions about the color yellow.

Cats of Many Colors Fighting cats in many colors are seen after a witch dies and interpreted as her evil spirits.

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.

The Hound of Evanston The Hound of the Baskervilles came to life in 1904, throwing the Illinois suburb of Evanston into convulsions of terror.

Buddha’s Butterfly A ghostly butterfly haunt’s Buddha’s statue.

Cholera Curiosities Fortean curiosities of cholera including blue fog, sulfurous stenches, vanishing birds. and Women in Black.

Down to the Sea in Sharks Stories of objects and people eaten by sharks.

Canada, the Somme, and Gettysburg Fortean tales from Canada, the Somme, and Gettysburg, all celebrated on July 1. Choose your own Fortean adventure!

Silas Told and the Devil-Fish A giant devil-fish ominously follows a sailing ship as a token of death for the Captain.