A Fourth of July Ghost The ghosts of those killed on the Fourth of July compare injuries and mutilations. Three cheers for the red, white, and boo!
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
July 4, 2018
in Ephemera , Grim and Grewsome , News , Social History , Strange Deaths , Victorian
and tagged A Fourth of July Ghost , fireworks deaths , fireworks injuries , Fourth of July , Fourth of July casualties , Fourth of July fatalities , Independence Day , Independence Day fatalities
Playing a Spirit A girl who played a spirit for a famous Spiritualist medium tells All.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
June 30, 2018
in Crime , Interesting People , News , Psychic Research , Social History , Spiritualism , Strange Lives
and tagged Amanda M. Cowan , mediums , Playing a Spirit , seance room fraud , Spiritualism , Spiritualist confederate , Spiritualist confessions , spiritualist exposure , spiritualist fraud , spiritualist mediums , The Girl Who Played a Spirit , Victorian spiritualism
The Elf-Shot Spaniel A curious dog is elf-shot by grotesque Irish fairies after straying into their territory.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
June 23, 2018
in Animal Tales , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , News , Social History , Victorian
and tagged dog elf-shot by fairies , dog shot by the elves , elf bolts , elf darts , elf-shot , elf-stone , elfin arrows , evil fairies , injured by the fairies , Irish fairies , Irish water spaniel , mad dog , malevolent fairies , Shot by the Elves , The Elf-Shot Spaniel
The Devonshire Death Fire A fire set as a prank by a Devonshire farmer is seen as an omen of death.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
June 2, 2018
in Death , Ephemera , Folklore , News , Panics , Prophecies , Social History , Spook Lights , Victorian
and tagged corpse candles , Death Light , death omens , Devonshire death fire , Devonshire death omens , Devonshire folklore , Scotland folklore , spook lights , Tanwe , The Devonshire Death Fire , tokens of death , Welsh folklore
Vampire Varieties A variety of vampire posts for World Dracula Day.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
May 26, 2018
in Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , News , Occultism/Magic , Social History , Strange Lives , vampires
and tagged blood drinkers , blood-suckers , Croglin Grange Vampire , haunted furniture , New York vampire , vampire furniture , vampire superstitions , Vampire Varieties , vampires , Welsh ghosts , white death
Fairy Crowns of Scandinavia Stories of fairy crowns taken from the huldre-folk of Scandinavia.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
May 18, 2018
in Costume History , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , News , religion , Social History , Strange Lives , Victorian
and tagged brudekrone , brudekroner , Fairy Crowns of Scandinavia , fairy gifts , hulder , hulder-folk , huldre-folk , huldrekall , Melbostad , Norway , Norwegian wedding crowns , Numedal , Royal Wedding , Scandinavian wedding crowns , Swedish wedding crowns , wedding crowns
May Queen Crowned in Coffin A May Queen dies, but May Day still goes on and she is crowned in her coffin.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
May 1, 2018
in Death , Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Mourning Customs and History , News , Social History , Strange Deaths , Victorian
and tagged Alfred Lord Tennyson , dead May Queen , May Day , May Queen , May Queen Crowned in Coffin
Pickled to Death Deaths from embalming fluid poisoning, often mistaken for alcohol.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
April 28, 2018
in Death , Grim and Grewsome , medical oddities , Mourning Customs and History , News , Social History , Strange Deaths , Victorian
and tagged drinking embalming fluid , embalmer , embalming , embalming fluid accidents , embalming fluid poisonings , embalming fluid suicide , Pickled to Death , poisoned by embalming fluid , undertaker suicide , undertakers , wakes
The Road to Perdition – Hell Located Various Hell locations around the world; New Jersey leads the pack.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
April 25, 2018
in Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Grim and Grewsome , News , religion , Social History , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged damnation , Darvasa Gas Crater , devil , geography , Hell , Mount Etna , Mount Heckla , New Jersey , Perdition , purgatory , St Patrick's Purgatory , The Rev. Caesar Andrew Augustus Taylor , The Road to Perdition: Hell Located , William Whiston
Predicting Lincoln’s Death by Horoscope, Trance, and Manual Alphabet Lincoln’s death predicted by a variety of seers including an astrologer who cast a horoscope, a trance medium, and a student using the manual alphabet
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
April 14, 2018
in Crime , Death , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Prophecies , Psychic Research , Social History , Spiritualism , Strange Deaths , Victorian
and tagged Abraham Lincoln , D D Home , Lincoln's assassination , omens of death , predicting Lincoln's assassination , Predicting Lincoln's Death by Horoscope Trance and Manual Alphabet , Profssor Thomas Lister , prophecy , prophetic dreams , tokens of death , trance
