A Flap of Angels – More Seraphic Sightings A flap over angels sightings in heaven and on earth.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
December 21, 2018
in Christmas , Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , religion , Sky Mysteries , Social History , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged A Flap of Angels: More Seraphic Sightings , angel visions , angelic visitation , angels , apparitions , aurora borealis , Christmas angels , Greensburg Kansas , heavenly hosts , Ripley Ohio , seraphic sightings , seraphs , thunderbird
A Christmas Tree on the Chimney A Christmas tree mysteriously appears on a glass lamp chimney and cannot be washed off.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
December 11, 2018
in Christmas , Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , Spiritualism , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged A Christmas Tree Mind Photograph , A Christmas Tree on the Chimney , Christmas , figures on glass , lightning daguerreotypes , Mrs. Charles H. Bender , mysterious Christmas tree picture , mysterious picture on glass , psychic phenomena
The Erdspiegel The Erdspiegel or “earth mirror,” created by burying magically inscribed glass and paper on Christmas.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
December 8, 2018
in Christmas , Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , Occultism/Magic , Prophecies , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Christmas folklore , Erdspiegel , folk magic , John Keagy , magic mirror , Pennsylvania folk magic , pow wow , prophetic glass , prophetic mirror , scrying , The Erdspiegel
Ghostina the Haunted Car The haunted car, dubbed “Ghostina,” baffled crowds of curious investigators in Geneva, New York.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
November 27, 2018
in Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Burgess Tabernacle , Geneva Auto Company , Geneva New York , Ghostina the Haunted Car , haunted automobile , haunted car , New York ghosts , Rochester New York , Scotty Cummings , William J. Cummings
The Spiritual Telegraph Stories of spirits speaking through the medium of the telegraph.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
November 13, 2018
in Death , Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Spiritualism , Victorian
and tagged EVP , ghostly messages , ghostly telegraphy , ghosts in the machine , ghosts on the phone , haunted telegraph , telegraphy , The Spiritual Telegraph
The Death of the Queen of Bohemia Writer Zoe Anderson Norris, the Queen of Bohemia, is warned by the ghost of her mother that she is next to follow her in death.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
November 6, 2018
in Death , Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Interesting People , News , Prophecies , Spiritualism , Strange Deaths
and tagged death omens , death tokens , Land of the White Lilies , mother returns to warn of death , omens of death , prophetic dreams , The Death of the Queen of Bohemia , The Land of White Lilies , tokens of death , Zoe Anderson Norris
Bouncing Beds Reports of beds that vibrate, rock, and bounce by themselves.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 27, 2018
in Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Poltergeists , Victorian
and tagged Bouncing Beds , haunted bed , haunted house , poltergeists , psychokinesis , renting a haunted house , rocking bed , Society for Psychical Research , Texas ghosts , Waco ghosts , Waco haunted house
A Cabinet of Cursed Curiosities A Cabinet of Cursed Curiosities such as Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s death-car, a deadly opal ring, and a drunkard’s chair.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 20, 2018
in Crime , Death , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Grim and Grewsome , lethal clothing , News , Social History , Strange Deaths , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged A Cabinet of Cursed Curiosities , Archduke Franz Ferdinand , cursed car of Sarajevo , cursed cars , cursed objects , cursed ring , haunted chair , haunted objects , hoodoo gems , hoodoo objects , Hope Diamond , Prince Henry of Prussia , unlucky objects
The Waxen Effigy of a Child The horribly realistic waxen effigy of a child, created to commemorate a murder.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 16, 2018
in Death , Folklore , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , News
and tagged cursed object , family curses , haunted effigy , haunted object , haunted statue , Isle of Wight , Objects of the Damned , Priory Bay Hotel , screaming skulls , The Waxen Effigy of a Child , wax effigy , wicked stepmother