A Flap of Angels – More Seraphic Sightings A flap over angels sightings in heaven and on earth.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
December 21, 2018
in Christmas , Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , religion , Sky Mysteries , Social History , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged A Flap of Angels: More Seraphic Sightings , angel visions , angelic visitation , angels , apparitions , aurora borealis , Christmas angels , Greensburg Kansas , heavenly hosts , Ripley Ohio , seraphic sightings , seraphs , thunderbird
The Twelve Deaths of Christmas Twelve Christmas-themed deaths because it’s the hap-hapless-est time of the year!
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
December 18, 2018
in Christmas , Death , Grim and Grewsome , lethal clothing , News , Social History , Strange Deaths , Victorian
and tagged Christmas deaths , dangerous Christmas gifts , dangerous Christmas toys , dreadful deaths , Father Christmas , poisoned fruitcake , poisoned stockings , Santa Claus , shoot your eye out , The Twelve Deaths of Christmas
A Christmas Tree on the Chimney A Christmas tree mysteriously appears on a glass lamp chimney and cannot be washed off.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
December 11, 2018
in Christmas , Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , Spiritualism , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged A Christmas Tree Mind Photograph , A Christmas Tree on the Chimney , Christmas , figures on glass , lightning daguerreotypes , Mrs. Charles H. Bender , mysterious Christmas tree picture , mysterious picture on glass , psychic phenomena
The Erdspiegel The Erdspiegel or “earth mirror,” created by burying magically inscribed glass and paper on Christmas.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
December 8, 2018
in Christmas , Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , Occultism/Magic , Prophecies , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Christmas folklore , Erdspiegel , folk magic , John Keagy , magic mirror , Pennsylvania folk magic , pow wow , prophetic glass , prophetic mirror , scrying , The Erdspiegel
The Hairwork Bracelet A hairwork bracelet is materialized from the spirit world at Christmas.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
December 4, 2018
in Death , Ephemera , Ghosts , Mourning Customs and History , News , Psychic Research , Spiritualism , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged apports , Christmas , Christmas presents , hair jewellery , hairwork bracelet , memorial hairwork , memorial jewellery , mourning jewellery , Spiritualism , Strange Christmas presents , The Hairwork Bracelet , wreath of flowers
The Rector’s Ghost The ghost of a long-serving rector appears in his old church at Christmas.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
December 1, 2018
in Christmas , Ephemera , Ghosts , News , religion , Victorian
and tagged Ambrose Hunt , Christmas ghost stories , Christmastide ghosts , Dorset ghosts , English ghost stories , ghostly clergyman , Rectors of St Peter's Church , St Peter's Church Dorchester , The Rector's Ghost , The Rev. Henry John Richman , The Rev. Nathaniel Templeman , Thomas Hardy
The Groaning Thanksgiving Board. There is much to groan about in this collection of toxic Thanksgiving foodstuffs.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
November 20, 2018
in Animal Tales , Death , Ephemera , Grim and Grewsome , medical oddities , News , Social History , Strange Deaths , Victorian
and tagged poisoned cranberries , poisoned gravy , poisoned holiday foods , poisoned potatoes , poisoned pumpkin pie , poisoned turkey , Thanksgiving , Thanksgiving poisonings , The Groaning Thanksgiving Board
The Spiritual Telegraph Stories of spirits speaking through the medium of the telegraph.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
November 13, 2018
in Death , Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Spiritualism , Victorian
and tagged EVP , ghostly messages , ghostly telegraphy , ghosts in the machine , ghosts on the phone , haunted telegraph , telegraphy , The Spiritual Telegraph
Cremated Alive We fire up the retort as we look at the third of a terrifying triumvirate of Victorian death-fears: being embalmed alive, dissected alive, and cremated alive.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
November 3, 2018
in Death , Grim and Grewsome , Mourning Customs and History , News , Social History , Spiritualism , Victorian
and tagged 19th-century cremation , cremated alive , cremation , premature burial , premature cremation , Victorian cremation