The Jersey City Devil After asking the devil on Halloween to show her the face of her future husband, Miss Hennessey finds herself visited by a diabolically handsome young man with horns and cloven hoofs.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 29, 2016
in Death , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Grim and Grewsome , News , Panics , religion , Strange Deaths , Victorian
and tagged devil claiming soul , devil claims his own , devil folklore , devil story , folklore , Halloween customs , Jersey City NJ , St Mary's Catholic Church Jersey City New Jersey , superstition , The Jersey City Devil
Rictus Mortis: Killer Clowns In these dark days of clown panics, can we identify the possible visual origins of Killer Clowns?
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Chris Woodyard
on
October 18, 2016
in Crime , Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Grim and Grewsome , News , Panics , Social History , Strange Lives
and tagged court fools , court jesters , death dressed as jester , depictions of death , Evil Clowns , jesters , Killer Clowns , medieval jesters , Phantom Clowns , renaissance jesters , Rictus Mortis: Killer Clowns
The Republican River Monster, a Kansas sea serpent.
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Chris Woodyard
on
August 2, 2016
in Animal Tales , Cryptozoology , Ephemera , News , Panics , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Kansas monster , Republican River , sea serpent , sea serpent scare , silly season , The Republican River Monster
Horses That Scent Death Can horses smell death? Do they shy from suicides? Can they see ghosts?
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
July 21, 2016
in Animal Tales , Death , Folklore , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , News , Panics , Victorian
and tagged animals see ghosts , fear , ghosts , horses see ghosts , horses shy from suicides , Horses That Scent Death , panics , scent of death , suicides
Poisoned by a Blotter A young woman is nearly killed by a blotter soaked in poisonous perfume.
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Chris Woodyard
on
June 25, 2016
in Crime , Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , medical oddities , News , Panics , Scientific Oddities , Strange Deaths , Victorian
and tagged Camden New Jersey , chloroform panic , Cooper Hospital , mysterious odor , mysterious poison , mysterious poisons , Poisoned by a Blotter , Victorian poisoning
The Night-Walker causes a ghost-panic in Newbury, Massachusetts.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
June 16, 2016
in Ephemera , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , News , Panics , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged apparitions , ghost in a pea coat , ghosts , Massachusetts ghosts , New England ghosts , Newbury Massachusetts , road ghosts , The Night-Walker
Beelzebub in New York Devil panics in New York’s East End.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
May 19, 2016
in Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Fortean Mysteries , News , Panics , religion , Social History
and tagged Beelzebub in New York , demon-possession , devil , devil panic , devil possession , exorcism , Houston street , mass hysteria , New York , New York tenements , New York's east side , Satanic panic
Weekend Compendium: 20 February 2016 brings you the week’s posts: the Witch of Leadville, eye-lash history, the ghost of a living woman, a discontented and destructive daemon, as well as creepy crawlies in hair and jungle.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
February 20, 2016
in Animal Tales , Costume History , Crime , Death , Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Grim and Grewsome , lethal clothing , medical oddities , News , Occultism/Magic , Panics , religion , Scientific Oddities , Social History , Victorian , Weekend Compendium , Witches
and tagged astral projection , Colorado , demons , false eyelashes , false hair , ghosts of the living , giant spiders , gregarines , Leadville , M.R. James , poltergeists , Spiritualism , Valentines , Victorian hairpieces , Victorian humor , Weekend Compendium: 20 February 2016 , witchcraft , witchcraft trials
Aping the Devil. The unfortunate Mr Cocks found himself assaulted by a dark demon dragging a chain.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
February 9, 2016
in Animal Tales , Crime , Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Grim and Grewsome , News , Panics , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged A demon on the road , Aping the Devil , baboons , Chinese New Year , Cornish folklore , Cornish road ghost , ghostly monkey , St Columb , Year of the Monkey
The Devil crashes an ice-skating party in 19th-century Ohio.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
December 17, 2015
in Cryptozoology , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , Panics , religion , Strange Bodies , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Dante's Inferno , Dayton Ohio , devil , devil entity , devil goes skating , devil in Ohio , Devil on ice , horned entity