Tucked Up A narrator is tucked up by an invisible humming horde.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
December 9, 2017
in Christmas , Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News
and tagged alien abduction , auditory hauntings , bedroom invaders , Christmas ghost stories , Christmas paranormal , fairies , fairy abduction , Tucked Up
The Singing None The Catholic family who visited Jumièges Abbey in the summer of 1913 were surprised and delighted at the plain chant they heard in the bare, ruined choir, sung by a chorus of — none.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
December 5, 2017
in Ephemera , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , religion
and tagged anglo-Catholic families , Benedictine monks , Divine Office , Edith Anne , Edward Anne , Ernest Anne , Ernestine Anne , ghostly music , Jumieges Abbey , plain chant , plainchant , recusants , The Singing None , Venerable John Anne
The Gobblers’ll Git You, If You Don’t Watch Out! Ghostly gobblers who tap at your windows and gobble in the garret…
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Chris Woodyard
on
November 21, 2017
in 18th century , Animal Tales , Cryptozoology , Death , Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Poltergeists , Victorian
and tagged Epworth Rectory , fairy turkey , ghostly gobblers , ghostly turkeys , headless turkey ghost , king of the fairies , poltergieists , Thanksgiving , The Gobblers'll Git You If You Don't Watch Out! , turkey as messenger of death , turkey as omen of death , turkey ghost , white turkey
The Beckoning Soldier A beckoning soldier is seen by soldiers and their officer. But who does he want?
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Chris Woodyard
on
November 11, 2017
in Death , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , News , Social History , War
and tagged First World War , First World War ghosts , General Mangin , ghosts of the First World War , Great War , Great War ghost story , Great War ghosts , The Beckoning Soldier , Verdun , Veterans' Day
Ghosts in Grave-clothes Ghosts who appear in Grave-clothes, usually archaic in style.
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Chris Woodyard
on
November 7, 2017
in Costume History , Death , Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , Mourning Customs and History , News , Panics , Social History , Victorian
and tagged ghosts in burial garments , Ghosts in Grave-clothes , ghosts in shrouds , omens of death , second sight , shrouded spooks , shrouds , tokens of death
A Bit of the Old Ultra Violet Violet and purple ghosts, spook lights, and visions.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 28, 2017
in Death , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , medical oddities , News , Occultism/Magic , Strange Deaths , Victorian
and tagged A Bit of the Old Ultra Violet , Carl Carmer , color therapy , half mourning , heliotrope , King Edward VII , lavender , mauveine , mourning , purple ghosts , purple spook light , Spontaneous Human Combustion , spook lights , The Lavender Evening Dress , violet , violet ghosts , violet visions
Shades of Blue Blue ghosts from Ohio and beyond.
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Chris Woodyard
on
October 24, 2017
in Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Poltergeists , Spook Lights , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Baldwin-Wallace College , blue ghosts , blue haze , blue spook lights , Bonnie Bonell , Dayton ghosts , Haunted Ohio , lightning daguerreotypes , Ohio ghosts , Olde Trail Tavern , Shades of Blue , spontaneous combustion , The Buxton Inn , window-pane ghosts , Yellow Springs Ohio
Green Jean Seen The legendary Green Jean of Wemyss Castle puts in an appearance.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 21, 2017
in Death , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Prophecies , Victorian
and tagged Countess of Munster , fae , fairies , green as a fairy color , green ghosts , Green Jean , Green Jean Seen , Green Ladies , Green Lady , Scottish ghosts , The Gentry , Wemyss Castle
Yellow, Kitty! Yellow kitties as ghosts and witches as well as superstitions about the color yellow.
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Chris Woodyard
on
October 17, 2017
in Animal Tales , Death , Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , News , Occultism/Magic , Social History , Victorian , Witches
and tagged cat ghosts , folklore , ghostly cats , superstitions about the color yellow , witchcraft , witches , Yellow , yellow cat , Yellow Kitty! , yellow superestition
Orange You Scared? The color orange as a rare paranormal color, usually found only in spook lights.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 14, 2017
in Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Panics , Sky Mysteries , Spook Lights , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged orange , orange ghost , orange phantom , orange spook lights , Orange You Scared? , spook lights , supernatural orange lights , the color orange