O tödliche Baum! O tödliche Baum! The menace of the deadly Christmas tree.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
December 20, 2016
in Christmas , Death , Folklore , Grim and Grewsome , News , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Christmas fatalities , Christmas tree , deadly Christmas tree , fatal Christmas trees , graveyards , hoodoos , killer Christmas trees , morbid Christmas , O tödliche Baum! O tödliche Baum!
Oskorei and Haug-folk – The Dangers of a Norwegian Christmas Beware the Oskorei (the Wild Hunt) and Haug-folk, who become more dangerous at Christmas!
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
December 17, 2016
in Christmas , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Grim and Grewsome , News
and tagged burial mounds , Haug-folk , Norwegian fairies , Norwegian folklore , oskorei , Oskorei and Haug-folk - The Dangers of a Norwegian Christmas , The Wild Hunt
Ghosts for Christmas Presents. A shamelessly commercial plug for my books.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
December 9, 2016
in Christmas , Ghosts , News , Spiritualism , Victorian
and tagged books for sale , Chris Woodyard , ghosts for Christmas presents , Ghosts of the Past series , Haunted Ohio 25th anniversary , Haunted Ohio series
Ghosts re-enact trench warfare at Arras, France, on Christmas Eve.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
December 22, 2015
in Christmas , Death , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , News , War
and tagged Arras , Christmas Eve , Christmas ghost story , First World War ghosts , French ghosts , Great War ghost story , trench warfare , WWI ghosts
The Coughing Ghost A Christmas ghost story of a coughing ghost in a haunted house investigated by an intrepid dentist.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
December 15, 2015
in Christmas , Death , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , News , Psychic Research , Strange Deaths , Victorian
and tagged Christmas ghost story , Dr. Edward C. Chase , Dr. Henry S. Chase , Elliott O'Donnell , ghost-hunting dentist. , St Louis haunted houses , The Coughing Ghost
War correspondent Paul Scott Mowrer reports on the gruesome war toys indoctrinating the youth of Germany during the Great War.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
December 12, 2015
in Christmas , Ephemera , Grim and Grewsome , News , Social History , War
and tagged First World War , German war toys , Great War , Lusitania , Paul Scott Mowrer , Spanish American War , World War One , WWI
A killer Christmas fairy wishes you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Christmas Eve at St. Timothy’s Church in Massillon, Ohio was anything but a silent night when “rapping medium” Abby Warner and her friends came to admire the Christmas decorations.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
December 23, 2014
in Christmas , Fortean Mysteries , Interesting People , News , Psychic Research , religion , Spiritualism , Strange Lives , Victorian
and tagged Abby Warner , Dr Abel Underhill , Dwight Jarvis , Massillon Ohio , Ohio , Ohio spiritualism , rapping medium , Spiritualism , Spiritualism on trial , Spiritualist law suits , St. Timothy Church
Down with Christmas Ghosts; Up with Christmas Fairies! An 1880s rant against unwholesome Christmas ghost story horrors with a surprising suggestion for a supernatural substitute.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
December 20, 2014
in Christmas , Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Ghosts , News , Spiritualism , Victorian
and tagged Christmas ghost stories , Down with Christmas Ghosts; Up with Christmas Fairies! , fairies , fantasy , Shakespeare , Spiritualism , superstition
