The Quick and the Red. Ghostly visions of old women in red cloaks–what do they mean?
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Chris Woodyard
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October 10, 2017
in Death , Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , medical oddities , News , Prophecies , Psychic Research , Scientific Oddities , Victorian
and tagged banshee , epilepsy , ghost in red cloak , haunted jails , illusions , Irish banshee , Irish ghosts , Margaret Kearney , New Orleans ghost , The Quick and the Red
The Little Skeleton A strange story of a ghostly woman, a phantom fire, and a little skeleton.
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Chris Woodyard
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October 3, 2017
in Death , Folklore , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , News , Victorian
and tagged baby skeleton , ghostly baby , ghostly woman , London ghost , London ghost story , phantom fire , screaming ghost , The Little Skeleton
National Ghost Hunting Day Celebrating National Ghost Hunting Day with profiles of famous ghost hunters and stories of spook seekers, amateur or professional.
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Chris Woodyard
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September 30, 2017
in Crime , Ephemera , Folklore , Ghosts , Interesting People , News , Panics , Psychic Research , Spiritualism , Victorian
and tagged Charlie Dove , coughing ghost , Elliott O'Donnell , ghost hunting , ghost panics , Hereward Carrington , hunting ghosts , Jack the Stripper , National Ghost Hunting Day , professional ghost , psychic howler
Review: Central Ohio Legends & Lore Ohio legends from James A. Willis of The Ghosts of Ohio.
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Chris Woodyard
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September 16, 2017
in Crime , Cryptozoology , Death , Folklore , Ghosts , News , Panics , Social History , Strange Deaths , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Annie Aokley , bigfoot , Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery , Dr. Snook , Fort Amanda , Frankenstein's Castle , Gates of Hell , Grassman , Hatchet Man , Johnny Appleseed , Love Rollercoaster , Ohio folklore , Ohio ghosts , Ohio legends , Ohio Players , Ohio urban legends , Review: Central Ohio Legends & Lore , Stonewall Cemetery , Stuart Pierson , The Night The Ghost Got In , Thurber House , urban legends , William Quantrill , Witches' Tower , Woolyburger Cemetery
The Old Lady with the Nails An old lady with a hammer and nails menaces a dormitory of schoolboys in a nightmarish vision.
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Chris Woodyard
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September 12, 2017
in Death , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , medical oddities , News , Prophecies , Strange Deaths , Victorian , Witches
and tagged Augustus Hare , banshee , murder by nail , old woman spirit , omen of death , phantom carpenter , spectral carpenter , Stewart Mackenzie , The Old Lady with the Nails , token of death , witchcraft
The Doll’s Ghost When you smash a doll, does it die? The ghost of a doll named Nina.
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Chris Woodyard
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August 29, 2017
in Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Ghosts , News , Occultism/Magic , Short Story , Victorian
and tagged Annabelle , ghost of a doll , ghostly dolls , haunted doll , haunted dolls , Marion Crawford , possessed doll , The Doll's Ghost
Curious Little People A Welsh house is haunted by curious little people who might be fairies or might be the ghosts of previous inhabitants.
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Chris Woodyard
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August 15, 2017
in Death , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Victorian
and tagged Curious Little People , fairies of Wales , miniature ghosts , Pembrokeshire , Tuatha Dé Danann , Tyhir , Wales , Welsh fairies , Welsh ghosts
Phantom Coaches at the Door Phantom coaches pull up to the door, bringing death or mystery.
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Chris Woodyard
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August 8, 2017
in Death , Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , News , Strange Deaths , Victorian
and tagged Augustus Hare , Brentford , Carham , dead coach , death coach , death omens , Ealing Park , family ghosts , Irish ghosts , Lady Victoria Kirwan , Limerick Ireland , Marquis of Hastings , Mount Coote , phantom coach , Phantom Coaches at the Door , tokens of death
Damned Images – Happy Birthday, Charles Fort! A selection of damned images for Charles Fort’s birthday celebration
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Chris Woodyard
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August 5, 2017
in Death , Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Panics , Psychic Research , Social History , Spiritualism , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Berlin Heights Ohio , Bourbon Indiana , Charles Fort , Charles Hoy Fort , Damned Images , Damned Images - Happy Birthday , Dr Machette , face in the window , face in the window ghost , forteana , Hardin A Tucker , Hudson Tuttle , images not made with hands , lightning daguerreotype , Milton Laughlin , mysterious images , Pareidolia , Sydney Australia , The Face in the Window , window pane ghost , window pane specters
Cholera Curiosities Fortean curiosities of cholera including blue fog, sulfurous stenches, vanishing birds. and Women in Black.
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Chris Woodyard
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August 1, 2017
in Animal Tales , Death , Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , medical oddities , News , Panics , Prophecies , Scientific Oddities , Sky Mysteries , Spook Lights , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged avian cholera , Carbondale Pennsylvania , Cholera Curiosities , cholera epidemic , Cholera Forteana , cholera in India , cholera in Italy , cholera in Russia , death omens , disappearing birds , fortean mysteries , Queen Theresa of Bavaria , strange cholera phenomenon , The Woman in Black , The Women in Black
