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A Christmas Ghost Story – The Crown Derby Plate Revive the tradition of the Christmas ghost story with “The Crown Derby Plate,” by Marjorie Bowen.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
December 15, 2018
in Christmas , Death , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , News , Short Story
and tagged A Christmas Ghost Story - The Crown Derby Plate , Christmas ghost stories , Christmas ghosts , Marjorie Bowen , olfactory hauntings , The Crown Derby Plate
The Hairwork Bracelet A hairwork bracelet is materialized from the spirit world at Christmas.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
December 4, 2018
in Death , Ephemera , Ghosts , Mourning Customs and History , News , Psychic Research , Spiritualism , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged apports , Christmas , Christmas presents , hair jewellery , hairwork bracelet , memorial hairwork , memorial jewellery , mourning jewellery , Spiritualism , Strange Christmas presents , The Hairwork Bracelet , wreath of flowers
The Rector’s Ghost The ghost of a long-serving rector appears in his old church at Christmas.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
December 1, 2018
in Christmas , Ephemera , Ghosts , News , religion , Victorian
and tagged Ambrose Hunt , Christmas ghost stories , Christmastide ghosts , Dorset ghosts , English ghost stories , ghostly clergyman , Rectors of St Peter's Church , St Peter's Church Dorchester , The Rector's Ghost , The Rev. Henry John Richman , The Rev. Nathaniel Templeman , Thomas Hardy
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
Ghosts Counting Oranges In 1908 The Metropolitan Psychical Society offered $5,000 to any medium who could get the ghosts to count the oranges spilled behind him.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
November 17, 2018
in Death , Ghosts , News , Psychic Research , Spiritualism
and tagged Dr. Isaac Funk , Dutch ghost , Dutch ghost photograph , Ghosts Counting Oranges , James H. Hyslop , James L. Kellogg , Metropolitan Psychical Society , Spiritism , Spiritualism , spiritualist fraud , Spiritualist tests , telepathy , W.S. Davis
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 Glitter and the Ghoul The glittering Cheapside Hoard of jewels was haunted by a tall Elizabethan ghost.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 30, 2018
in Costume History , Crime , Ephemera , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Interesting People , News , Social History
and tagged Cheapside Hoard , Elizabethan ghosts , English ghosts , ghost haunts jewels , haunted gems , haunted jewels , Museum of London , Stoney Jack , The Glitter and the Ghoul
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