Greek Fire at the Parthenon A visitor to the Parthenon is shown a mysterious fire or light.
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Chris Woodyard
on
November 28, 2017
in Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , religion , Social History , Spook Lights , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Greek Fire at the Parthenon , Greek forteana , mysterious lights at the Parthenon , mystery lights , Parthenon , spook lights
Christopher Crellius and the Savior of the Swamp Trapped in a swamp, the Polish theologian Christopher Crellius finds an unlikely savior in a mysterious small man.
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Chris Woodyard
on
November 14, 2017
in Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , religion , Social History
and tagged Arian theology , Christopher Crellius , Christopher Crellius and the Savior of the Swamp , fairies , forest spirits , gnomes , Krzysztof Crell-Spinowski , Samuel Crellius , Unitarian expulsion from Poland , Unitarians
Here, Mr Hotfoot The Devil is hotfooting it around the Black Country, searing footprints into the soil.
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Chris Woodyard
on
November 4, 2017
in Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , Panics , religion , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Black Country , devil's foot prints , devil's foot-marks , Devil's Hoofmarks , Eagle Colliery , Great Devon Mystery of 1855 , Here Mr Hotfoot , Mike Dash , Mr Hotfoot , mysterious footprints , Rosley Regis , Satan's Spoor , Spring-heel-Jack , the devil
The Pirate-Wrecker and the Death Ship An ex-pirate turned wrecker is summoned by a dark death ship.
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Chris Woodyard
on
September 19, 2017
in Crime , Death , Folklore , Grim and Grewsome , News , religion , Sky Mysteries , Strange Deaths
and tagged Cape Cornwall , Caraglose , devil , Lands-End , pirates , Priest's Cove , The Pirate-Wrecker and the Death Ship , Tregaseal , Whitesand Bay , wreckers
Eating Holy Clay A disturbing ritual from Ireland where clay from graves is eaten to protect against disease and sin. Unfortunately more was ingested than just clay.
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Chris Woodyard
on
September 9, 2017
in Animal Tales , Death , Ephemera , Folklore , Grim and Grewsome , medical oddities , Mourning Customs and History , News , Occultism/Magic , religion , Social History , Strange Lives , Victorian
and tagged Carolina clay-eaters , clay , eating clay , eating grave dirt , Eating Holy Clay , geophagy , grave dirt , holy clay , Ireland , magic charms , pica
Astral Angels of the Living The astral bodies of the living work as guardian angels.
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Chris Woodyard
on
August 22, 2017
in Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , Psychic Research , religion , Spiritualism , Victorian
and tagged angelic intercession , Astral Angels of the Living , astral plane , astral projection , C.W. Leadbeater , guardian angels , materialization , Theosophy , W T Stead
The Voluntary Lunatic A Spiritualist tells lady mediums how to avoid involuntary commitment to lunatic asylums.
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Chris Woodyard
on
July 29, 2017
in medical oddities , News , Psychic Research , religion , Social History , Spiritualism , Victorian
and tagged George Boole , involuntary committal , Mary Everest Boole , Mrs George Boole , Spiritualism and lunacy laws , The Voluntary Lunatic , Victorian insane asylums , Victorian spiritualism
Canada, the Somme, and Gettysburg Fortean tales from Canada, the Somme, and Gettysburg, all celebrated on July 1. Choose your own Fortean adventure!
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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
Silas Told and the Devil-Fish A giant devil-fish ominously follows a sailing ship as a token of death for the Captain.
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Chris Woodyard
on
June 24, 2017
in Animal Tales , Cryptozoology , Death , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Grim and Grewsome , News , Prophecies , religion , Strange Deaths
and tagged cryptozoology , deateh omens , giant manta , giant ray , manta ray , poisoning , psychopomp , sailors' superstitions , Silas Told , Silas Told and the Devil-Fish , slave trade
Joan of Arc Returns And she’s brought her friends…. Children in a small French village see visions of Joan of Arc and the Virgin Mary.
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Chris Woodyard
on
May 30, 2017
in Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , Panics , Prophecies , religion , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Alzonne , apparition of Joan of Arc , Cecile Lamillot , First World War , Henriette Jambert , Jeanne d'Arc , Jeanne Marie Claret , Joan of Arc , Joan of Arc Returns , La Pucelle , Maid of Orleans , Marian apparitions , Marie Louise Flouret , religious apparitions , The Maid of France Returns