Fortean Mysteries

Something Baleful on the Bridge Something invisible and baleful on the bridge evokes awful feeling of horror, sickness, and impending death in the witnesses.

A Charm from Cheltenham A charm from Cheltenham is given to a young RAF flier who immediately recovers his lost nerve and, despite many crashes, lives a charmed life

A Photograph of Uncle William A photograph of long-dead Uncle William appears in a snap-shot taken of a little girl by her mother.

The Elf-Shot Spaniel A curious dog is elf-shot by grotesque Irish fairies after straying into their territory.

The Flame Game A flaming phantom throws balls of fire and belches flames at ghost hunters.

Harold the Goblin Boss Young Harold bosses a group of goblins at the bottom of the garden.

The Spectral Well of Virginia It began playfully, with a fortune-telling game: hold a mirror over a well and you will see the face of your future husband. But the young woman on her father’s Virginia plantation never dreamed of the ghostly sights and strange visions that would arise from those waters

Haunted by a Death-bed Promise Some spouses asked for death-bed promises that their husband or wife would not remarry. And some returned from beyond the grave to enforce that promise.

The Devonshire Death Fire A fire set as a prank by a Devonshire farmer is seen as an omen of death.