The Ghost of Mary, Queen of Scots Wails of Death on Christmas Eve A Christmas ghost story from the Tower of London with an omen of death for Queen Victoria.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
December 22, 2016
in Christmas , Death , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Prophecies , Social History , Strange Deaths , Victorian
and tagged banshee , Christmas ghost stories , Christmas ghosts , death omen , Queen of Scots Wails of Death on Christmas Eve , Queen Victoria , The Ghost of Mary , Tower of London , Victorian Christmas , Victorian Christmas ghost stories
Four Thanksgiving Geese A woman’s prophetic dream of four Thanksgiving geese
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
November 23, 2016
in Ephemera , Fortean Mysteries , News , Prophecies , Psychic Research , Victorian
and tagged American Society for Psychical Research , dreams , Four Thanksgiving Geese , geese , goose breastbone , James H. Hyslop , preminatory dreams , premonitions , prophecy , prophetic dreams , prophetic geese , Thanksgiving
Cheiro and Mata Hari Society Palmist Cheiro tells of his encounters with dancer and alleged spy, Mata Hari.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 15, 2016
in Death , Ephemera , Interesting People , News , Prophecies , Social History , Strange Deaths , Victorian , War
and tagged Cheiro , espionage , Great War , Louis Harmon , Mata Hari , palm reading , predictions of death , prophecy , spy
Broad Stripes and Bright Stars The American flag is not an easy subject for simulacra, yet it has frequently been seen flying as a vision in the sky.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
September 13, 2016
in Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , Prophecies , Sky Mysteries , Social History , Victorian , War , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged a flap of flags , aerial phenomenon , Broad Stripes and Bright Stars , flag apparitions , Francis Scott Keys , luminous aerial phenomena , lunar rainbow , national anthem , Old Glory , sky mysteries , Star Spangled Banner , things seen in the sky
Dreams of a Spotted Stone A young lady is led in a dream to find a spotted stone of healing.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
August 23, 2016
in Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , medical oddities , News , Prophecies , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Battle of Wyoming , Dreams of a Spotted Stone , healing stone , Ireland , Irish healing stones , Relig healing stone , The Spotted Stone , Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania , Wyoming Massacre , Wyoming Monument
Dermographia on Face and Knee Today we peer into the face of Mrs. Marcil of St. Jean Baptiste, Manitoba, Canada, and onto the–well, knee–of a French schoolgirl for some mysterious markings.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
August 16, 2016
in Fortean Mysteries , Interesting People , medical oddities , News , Prophecies , Scientific Oddities , Strange Bodies , Strange Lives , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Abbeville , Bussus-Bussuel , Canadian forteana , derm , dermatographia , dermographia , Dermographia on Face and Knee , French forteana , Mother Shipton , pictures on the skin , prophecy , skin writing , stigmata
Dreaming of Death for the Romanovs A lady has a series of prophetic dreams: first, that an heir will be born to the Tsar; and also that his family faces death and destruction if he goes to war.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
July 16, 2016
in Death , Ephemera , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Prophecies , Social History , War
and tagged A Romanov Death Prophecy , Dreaming of Death for the Romanovs , Madame Nita O’Sullivan Beare , prediction of birth of Alexei , prophecy , Romanov murders , Russian Revolution
The Lying Ghost. A dead man gives a warning about reindeer in peril, but is ignored, due to his reputation as a liar.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
July 12, 2016
in Animal Tales , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Occultism/Magic , Prophecies , Psychic Research , Spiritualism , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Lapland , Lapps , lying ghost , Sami , second sight , spiritualistm , The Lying Ghost
Mantismancy A spirited defense of a pet praying mantis and its amazing ability to tell the future.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
July 5, 2016
in Animal Tales , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , Prophecies , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged entomancy , insects , Mantismancy , Mantismantia , praying mantis , prediction by insect , prophecy
Dr. Sinclair and the Fourth Dimension A respectable physician terrifies himself with his esoteric studies –and receives some visitors from the Fourth Dimension with a plan to end the First World War.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
June 21, 2016
in Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Fortean Mysteries , Interesting People , News , Prophecies , Scientific Oddities , Sky Mysteries , Social History , War
and tagged alien visitation , Carl Ramus , Dr. A.N. Sinclair , Dr. Sinclair and the Fourth Dimension , fourth dimension , Great War , Hawai'i , people from space , people from the fourth dimension , prophecy , Tesseract