The Little Man with the Soiled Handkerchief A little man haunts a sick woman, taunting her with his soiled handkerchief.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
January 24, 2017
in Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Grim and Grewsome , medical oddities , News , Spiritualism , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged carpenter of doom , elementals , fairies , fever hallucinations , hallucinations , little people , sickness , The Little Man with the Soiled Handkerchief
Queen Victoria’s Funeral Foreseen Queen Victoria’s funeral procession, seen in a vision by a medium four months before her death.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
January 21, 2017
in Death , Ephemera , Folklore , Mourning Customs and History , News , Prophecies , Social History , Spiritualism
and tagged J.J. Vango , prophecy , Queen Victoria , Queen Victoria's funeral , Queen Victoria's Funeral Foreseen , Spiritualist medium
Death Angel in Lancashire The Death Angel visits medium Ellen Green to warn of her other’s impending death.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
January 17, 2017
in Death , Ephemera , Fortean Mysteries , Mourning Customs and History , News , Prophecies , Spiritualism , Victorian
and tagged angel of death , death angel , Death Angel in Lancashire , medium , Mrs Ellen Green , spirit photography , Spiritualism
Ghosts for Christmas Presents. A shamelessly commercial plug for my books.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
December 9, 2016
in Christmas , Ghosts , News , Spiritualism , Victorian
and tagged books for sale , Chris Woodyard , ghosts for Christmas presents , Ghosts of the Past series , Haunted Ohio 25th anniversary , Haunted Ohio series
Occult Dentistry Spirit guides perform tooth extractions and provide anesthetizing trances for mediums.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
November 19, 2016
in Fortean Mysteries , Grim and Grewsome , medical oddities , News , Spiritualism , Victorian
and tagged dental miracles , magnetic anesthesia , occult dentistry , pulling teeth , spiritual dentistry , Spiritualism , tooth extraction
The Laughing Jack-o’-Lantern A hopping jack-o-lantern terrifies a young man, and adds insult to injury by laughing at him.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 22, 2016
in Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , Spiritualism , Spook Lights , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Halloween , Jack-o-Lantern , spook lights , The Laughing Jack-o'-Lantern , will-o-the-wisp
Astral Bells and Bicycles Astral Bells heard by Reginald Span at Bournemouth and by “Radium” on a bicycle.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 13, 2016
in Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Fortean Mysteries , News , Occultism/Magic , Psychic Research , Spiritualism , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged astral bells , Astral Bells and Bicycles , aural hauntings , bicycling spirits , fairy bells , ghostly noises , Madame Blavatsky , mysterious sounds , phantom bells
A Spot of Bother: Blood Materializations A gentleman tells of a mysterious rain of blood that drenched his writing-table.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 11, 2016
in Fortean Mysteries , Grim and Grewsome , News , Spiritualism , vampires , Victorian
and tagged A Spot of Bother: Blood Materializations , J. Sholto , materialization of blood , mysterious blood , plague of blood , rain of blood
The Psychic Howler: Vintage Ghost-Hunting Tools In honor of National Ghost Hunting Day, a look back at some of the tools of psychic researchers of the past.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 1, 2016
in Ephemera , Ghosts , News , Psychic Research , Social History , Spiritualism , Victorian
and tagged American Psychical Institute , ghost hunting , ghost-hunting tools , ghosts , Hereward Carrington , National Ghost Hunting Day , paranormal research , psychic howler , psychic research , The Psychic Howler: Vintage Ghost-Hunting Tools , ululometer
Ordering Special Effects for the Séance Room A dealer in séance room effects and apparatus offers his wares to a materialization medium.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
September 27, 2016
in Ephemera , News , Psychic Research , Social History , Spiritualism , Victorian
and tagged fake mediums , Frederick Craddock , Frederick George Foster Craddock , materialization mediums , Ordering Special Effects for the Séance Room , seance apparatus , Spiritualism , spiritualist fraud