Canada, the Somme, and Gettysburg Fortean tales from Canada, the Somme, and Gettysburg, all celebrated on July 1. Choose your own Fortean adventure!
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
July 1, 2017
in Animal Tales , Death , Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , News , Occultism/Magic , Poltergeists , religion , Social History , Spiritualism , Strange Lives , Victorian , War , Witches , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged and Gettysburg , Battle of Gettysburg , Battle of the Somme , Canada , Canadian forteana , Canadian ghosts , Canadian witchcraft , exorcism , Gettysburg prophecy , Great War , horse ghost , poltergeists , possession , Prince Edward Island , Quaker prophetess , the Somme , Thiepval
Charlie Dove: Ghost Eradicator An Englishman claims to be able to get rid of spooks, but how he does it is a trade secret.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
June 14, 2016
in Ephemera , Ghosts , News , Psychic Research , Social History , Victorian
and tagged Charlie Dove: Ghost Eradicator , exorcism , ghost bearder , ghost chaser , ghost hunter , house cleansing
Beelzebub in New York Devil panics in New York’s East End.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
May 19, 2016
in Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Fortean Mysteries , News , Panics , religion , Social History
and tagged Beelzebub in New York , demon-possession , devil , devil panic , devil possession , exorcism , Houston street , mass hysteria , New York , New York tenements , New York's east side , Satanic panic
The narrative of a clergyman of the Church of England who exorcised a man haunted by an unearthly creature; what he believed to be an “unclean spirit.”
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
March 21, 2015
in Fortean Mysteries , Grim and Grewsome , News , Occultism/Magic , religion , Social History , Strange Lives , Victorian
and tagged Church of England , demonic possession , exorcism , Oxford Movement , possession
Polt or Possessed on Prince Edward Island?A young Canadian girl is followed by mysterious rappings and fires. No, it’s not Mary Ellen of Antigonish–the case occurs a decade earlier and her family swore they saw her levitate.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
April 24, 2014
in Fortean Mysteries , Grim and Grewsome , medical oddities , News , Panics , Poltergeists , Psychic Research , religion , Strange Lives , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Canadian forteana , Canadian paranormal , exorcism , incendiary poltergeists , levitation , mysterious fires , Polt or Possessed on Prince Edward Island? , poltergeists , possession , Prince Edward Island
John Wesley, founder of Methodism, gives an account of the exorcism of a young woman physically tormented by the devil.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
January 9, 2014
in Fortean Mysteries , Grim and Grewsome , News , Poltergeists , Poltergeists , religion , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged convulsions , demon-possession , exorcism , John Wesley , Methodists , obsession , poltergeists , possession
Hickman Whittington: Amateur Exorcist Coal miner and farmer Hickman Whittington took out classified ads stating that he could rid any house of any ghost with a single, secret Bible verse. It was guaranteed and absolutely free except for expenses.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
November 7, 2013
in Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Interesting People , News , religion , Spiritualism , Strange Lives
and tagged Crenshaw House , exorcism , Hickman Whittington , Hickman Whittington: Amateur Exorcist , Old Slave House
