The Phantom Hog Train A phantom train filled with shrieking phantom hogs unnerved Ohio trainmen at Christmas.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
December 16, 2017
in Animal Tales , Christmas , Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Strange Deaths , Victorian
and tagged Big Four , Linndale Roundhouse , Peter Carson , Phantom Hog Train , railroad ghosts , railway ghosts , The Phantom Hog Train
Tucked Up A narrator is tucked up by an invisible humming horde.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
December 9, 2017
in Christmas , Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News
and tagged alien abduction , auditory hauntings , bedroom invaders , Christmas ghost stories , Christmas paranormal , fairies , fairy abduction , Tucked Up
The Ghost of Mary, Queen of Scots Wails of Death on Christmas Eve A Christmas ghost story from the Tower of London with an omen of death for Queen Victoria.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
December 22, 2016
in Christmas , Death , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Prophecies , Social History , Strange Deaths , Victorian
and tagged banshee , Christmas ghost stories , Christmas ghosts , death omen , Queen of Scots Wails of Death on Christmas Eve , Queen Victoria , The Ghost of Mary , Tower of London , Victorian Christmas , Victorian Christmas ghost stories
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