A Bit of the Old Ultra Violet Violet and purple ghosts, spook lights, and visions.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 28, 2017
in Death , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , medical oddities , News , Occultism/Magic , Strange Deaths , Victorian
and tagged A Bit of the Old Ultra Violet , Carl Carmer , color therapy , half mourning , heliotrope , King Edward VII , lavender , mauveine , mourning , purple ghosts , purple spook light , Spontaneous Human Combustion , spook lights , The Lavender Evening Dress , violet , violet ghosts , violet visions
A purple flame which rose from the casket:” Spontaneous Human Combustion in Brooklyn A case of spontaneous human combustion hushed up in Brooklyn, plus two other historic cases, including one where the victim survived a few days to tell his story.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
April 3, 2014
in Fortean Mysteries , Grim and Grewsome , medical oddities , News , Scientific Oddities , Strange Bodies , Strange Deaths , Victorian
and tagged A purple flame which rose from the casket:" Spontaneous Human Combustion in Brooklyn , Father Bertoli , hysteria , mysterious fires , Nicole Millet , SHC , Spontaneous Human Combustion
Profiles of four Virginia witches in the late nineteenth century.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
March 8, 2014
in Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , Interesting People , News , Occultism/Magic , Prophecies , religion , Social History , Spiritualism , Strange Lives , Witches
and tagged 19th century witches , Spontaneous Human Combustion , VIrginia witchcraft , Virginia witches , witch belief , witchcraft
A small collection of possible cases of Spontaneous Human Combustion (SHC) from 1829-1884.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
January 24, 2013
in Death , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Grim and Grewsome , medical oddities , News , Poltergeists , Scientific Oddities , Sky Mysteries , Strange Deaths
and tagged forteana , incendiary poltergeists , Minnie Markle , mysterious fires , SHC , Spontaneous Human Combustion
