Haunted Ice The people of Port Clinton, Pennsylvania, refused to use the haunted ice, fearing it harbored the spirit of a suicide.
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Chris Woodyard
on
February 20, 2018
in Crime , Death , Ephemera , Folklore , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , News , Panics , Strange Deaths
and tagged cutting ice , ghost frozen in ice , Haunted Ice , ice houses , Port Clinton Pennsylvania , suicide frozen in ice , suicides , William Glassmier
The Convict’s Kiss of Death A convict is given the kiss of death through the bars of his cell by a mysterious young woman.
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Chris Woodyard
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February 13, 2018
in Crime , Death , Grim and Grewsome , News , Social History , Strange Deaths
and tagged drug rings in prison , kiss of death , Marie Kessler , Moyamensing Prison , Nathan Kessler , poison passed via a kiss , poisoned kiss , The Convict's Kiss of Death
Ashes a la carte Ashes of the dead eaten by the living.
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Chris Woodyard
on
January 6, 2018
in Crime , Death , Ephemera , Folklore , Grim and Grewsome , Interesting People , Mourning Customs and History , News , Strange Lives , vampires , Victorian
and tagged Ashes à la carte , brushing teeth with human ashes , cremains , cremation , eating human ashes , human ashes , Mark Twain , Matilda Francefort , mistakes with human ashes
National Ghost Hunting Day Celebrating National Ghost Hunting Day with profiles of famous ghost hunters and stories of spook seekers, amateur or professional.
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Chris Woodyard
on
September 30, 2017
in Crime , Ephemera , Folklore , Ghosts , Interesting People , News , Panics , Psychic Research , Spiritualism , Victorian
and tagged Charlie Dove , coughing ghost , Elliott O'Donnell , ghost hunting , ghost panics , Hereward Carrington , hunting ghosts , Jack the Stripper , National Ghost Hunting Day , professional ghost , psychic howler
Pinched Ashes Human ashes lost, strayed, or pinched.
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Chris Woodyard
on
September 26, 2017
in Body Snatching , Death , Folklore , Grim and Grewsome , Mourning Customs and History , News , Social History , Victorian
and tagged ashes for cash , cremains , holding human ashes for ransom , human ashes stolen , Pinched Ashes , stolen ashes , stolen human ashes
A Spot of Bother: Jack the Ink-Slinger Jack the Ink-Slinger had a fetish for spraying purple ink on ladies’ dresses.
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Chris Woodyard
on
September 23, 2017
in Crime , Ephemera , medical oddities , News , Panics , Social History , Strange Lives , Victorian
and tagged A Spot of Bother: Jack the Ink-Slinger , Jack the Ripper , New York , panics , salirophilia , sexual fetishes , spoiling women's dresses with ink , Victorian crime
The Pirate-Wrecker and the Death Ship An ex-pirate turned wrecker is summoned by a dark death ship.
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Chris Woodyard
on
September 19, 2017
in Crime , Death , Folklore , Grim and Grewsome , News , religion , Sky Mysteries , Strange Deaths
and tagged Cape Cornwall , Caraglose , devil , Lands-End , pirates , Priest's Cove , The Pirate-Wrecker and the Death Ship , Tregaseal , Whitesand Bay , wreckers
Review: Central Ohio Legends & Lore Ohio legends from James A. Willis of The Ghosts of Ohio.
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Chris Woodyard
on
September 16, 2017
in Crime , Cryptozoology , Death , Folklore , Ghosts , News , Panics , Social History , Strange Deaths , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Annie Aokley , bigfoot , Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery , Dr. Snook , Fort Amanda , Frankenstein's Castle , Gates of Hell , Grassman , Hatchet Man , Johnny Appleseed , Love Rollercoaster , Ohio folklore , Ohio ghosts , Ohio legends , Ohio Players , Ohio urban legends , Review: Central Ohio Legends & Lore , Stonewall Cemetery , Stuart Pierson , The Night The Ghost Got In , Thurber House , urban legends , William Quantrill , Witches' Tower , Woolyburger Cemetery
The Hound of Evanston The Hound of the Baskervilles came to life in 1904, throwing the Illinois suburb of Evanston into convulsions of terror.
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Chris Woodyard
on
August 26, 2017
in Animal Tales , Crime , Cryptozoology , Death , Ephemera , Folklore , News , Panics
and tagged Arthur Conan Doyle , Evanston Illinois , fake ghosts , George P. Macklin , ghost dog , ghost hoaxes , ghostly dog , mastiff , National Dog Day , phosphorescent paste , pranks , rat poison , Sherlock Holmes , The Hound of Evanston , The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Sand-walker Who, or what is the Sand-walker that stalks the beaches of Gartholm?
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Chris Woodyard
on
July 8, 2017
in Crime , Death , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , News , Strange Deaths , Victorian
and tagged Edwardian ghost stories , ghost stories , quicksand , seaside ghost stories , The Sand-walker , Victorian ghost stories