Rainbow Orbs for Luncheon
Rainbow Orbs for Luncheon As a Victorian family gathered around the dinner table, the room was filled with colored balls of light, which turned into the likeness of dead relatives.
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‘fairies’
Conjuring Up Singing Devils
Thomas Perks raised spirits in 18th century Gloucestershire. At first they seemed like benign fairies who sang to him; but then came the terrifying and uncontrollable shape-shifting entities…He was “acquainted with spirits to his own destruction.”
Little Men with Axes: Fairies or Clever Conjuring?
Two “rustics” create extraordinary effects in 18th century Gloucestershire: a tree growing from a solid mahogany table and little men with axes to chop it down. Tree spirits, Knockers, or a clever conjuring trick?
A Banshee in Indiana
It was just a long, low human wail that seemed to contain the bitterest sorrow. A banshee in Indiana.