Black Swine at Gyb Farm A family at Gyb Farm is haunted by visions of shrieking black swine.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
February 5, 2019
in Animal Tales , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , News , Victorian
and tagged aural hauntings , Black Swine at Gyb Farm , gallows , ghostly hogs , ghostly noises , ghostly pigs , ghostly shrieks , ghostly swine , gibbet , phantom swine
Black Swine at Gyb Farm A family sees an unearthly vision of shrieking black swine.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 27, 2016
in Animal Tales , Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , News , Victorian
and tagged aural hauntings , Black Swine at Gyb Farm , gallows , ghostly hogs , ghostly noises , ghostly pigs , ghostly shrieks , ghostly swine , gibbet , phantom swine
Enough Rope: The Hangman’s Rope in the Press The hangman’s rope was a subject of absorbing interest to the 19th century reading public, judging by the loving details about material, quality, and pedigree of rope as reported in the papers.
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Chris Woodyard
on
June 28, 2016
in Crime , Death , Ephemera , Folklore , Grim and Grewsome , Mourning Customs and History , News , Social History , Strange Deaths , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Alonzo Walling , Enough Rope: The Hangman's Rope in the Press , executions , gallows , gibbet , hangings , hangman's noose , hangman's rope , noose , Pearl Bryan , Scott Jackson
Enough Rope: The Hangman’s Rope in the Press The material, quality, and pedigree of the hangman’s rope was a subject of absorbing interest to the 19th century reading public, judging by the loving detail with which these items were reported in the papers.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
January 19, 2013
in Crime , Death , Ephemera , Folklore , Grim and Grewsome , News , Social History , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Alonzo Walling , Enough Rope: The Hangman's Rope in the Press , executions , gallows , gibbet , hangings , hangman's noose , hangman's rope , noose , Pearl Bryan , Scott Jackson