Black Box Specters Two black box specters haunt travelers in Arizona and Ireland.
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Chris Woodyard
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June 13, 2017
in Death , Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , News , Strange Deaths , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Alden R. Vining , black box phantoms , Black Box Specters , black box spectres , Black Coach , death coach , George W. Martin , hoaxes , Irish ghosts , Killeshandra , Mexico mines , mining schemes , Mrs. Burrell , phantom coach , San Francisco , scams
Painting in the Dark with Raphael Painting in the dark was only part of the artistic talents of Mr. Abel Taylor, psychic artist, who worked under the influence of the painter Raphael.
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Chris Woodyard
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June 6, 2017
in Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Interesting People , medical oddities , News , Psychic Research , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Abel Taylor , automatic painting , fairies , Good Neighbors , Good People , healing , miracles , Painting in the Dark with Raphael , psychic artist , Raphael , Scottish folklore
The Women on the Wall Three women are seen shrieking for help on the walls of an old Indian fort. The moon reveals them to be ghosts…
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Chris Woodyard
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June 3, 2017
in Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , News , Victorian
and tagged Chitradurga Fort , Churel , ghostly women , India ghosts , India hauntings , Indian ghosts , The Women on the Wall , vengeful ghosts
The Rolling Shot Ghost A strange spherical visitant makes a metallic noise like shot bumping down stairs and rolls around a military encampment.
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Chris Woodyard
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May 23, 2017
in Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Spook Lights , Victorian , War , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged 155th Illinois Infantry , boggart , Civil War ghosts , elemental , Murfreesboro Tennessee , Murfreesborough , rolling shot ghost , spook , Tennessee ghosts , The Rolling Shot Ghost , Tullahoma
The Fairy in the Box. A child, challenged by her skeptical sister to capture one of the little people she saw in her bedroom at night, catches a fairy in a box.
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Chris Woodyard
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May 20, 2017
in Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Interesting People , News , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged A Fairy in the Box , capturing a fairy , catching a fairy , catching a fairy in a box , fairies , Florence L. Barclay , The Fairy in the Box , The Little People
The Burbank Bat Light A fiery spook light with bat wings is seen near Burbank and San Fernando.
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Chris Woodyard
on
April 29, 2017
in Animal Tales , Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , Sky Mysteries , Spook Lights , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged ball lightning , bat winged entity , Burbank , California spook light , earthquake lights , San Fernando , spook light , The Burbank Bat Light
Lord of the Fliers Three stories of medieval flight aided by the Devil
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Chris Woodyard
on
April 25, 2017
in Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , religion , Sky Mysteries
and tagged aerial devil , Caesarius of Heisterbach , Compendium Maleficarum , flying devil , folklore , levitation , Lord of the Fliers , Montague Summers , Peter of Cluny , the Devil carries off his victims
Weeping Willow The life of the Weeping Willow went out with the life of its owner.
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Chris Woodyard
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April 22, 2017
in Death , Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , Prophecies , Scientific Oddities , Strange Deaths , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged prophecy , tree dies when owner does , trees as omens of death , Weeping Willow , willow tree death
Wild Men of North Wales On holiday in North Wales, a clairvoyant sees a vision of wild men.
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Chris Woodyard
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April 4, 2017
in Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Psychic Research , Spiritualism , Victorian
and tagged ape men , bigfoot , hairy men , missing link , North Wales , spirit guides , Wales , Welsh elementals , Welsh fairies , Welsh folklore , wild men , Wild Men of North Wales , woodwose
Some Irish Elementals A look at some half-human half-animal Irish elementals. Ape-like or sheep-like–they’re terrifying and malign.
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Chris Woodyard
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March 14, 2017
in Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Victorian
and tagged elementals , haunted Irish castle , horrors , Irish elementals , Irish ghosts , Kilman Castle , Leap Castle , monsters Irish monsters , Rev. Frederick T. Bennett , Some Irish Elementals