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
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
Ghostina the Haunted Car The haunted car, dubbed “Ghostina,” baffled crowds of curious investigators in Geneva, New York.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
November 27, 2018
in Ephemera , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Burgess Tabernacle , Geneva Auto Company , Geneva New York , Ghostina the Haunted Car , haunted automobile , haunted car , New York ghosts , Rochester New York , Scotty Cummings , William J. Cummings
The Haunted Cab The London cab haunted by the bloody, cut-throat ghost of a suicide.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 23, 2018
in Death , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , News , Social History , Strange Deaths , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged growler , hackney carriage , haunted cab , London cabby , London ghost story , The Haunted Cab
A Cabinet of Cursed Curiosities A Cabinet of Cursed Curiosities such as Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s death-car, a deadly opal ring, and a drunkard’s chair.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 20, 2018
in Crime , Death , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Grim and Grewsome , lethal clothing , News , Social History , Strange Deaths , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged A Cabinet of Cursed Curiosities , Archduke Franz Ferdinand , cursed car of Sarajevo , cursed cars , cursed objects , cursed ring , haunted chair , haunted objects , hoodoo gems , hoodoo objects , Hope Diamond , Prince Henry of Prussia , unlucky objects
The Wild Cat’s Portrait The eyes of a life-sized wild cat portrait brought destruction to the drawing’s owners. A tale of a haunted drawing.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 13, 2018
in Death , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , Strange Deaths , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Dr. Franz Hartmann , elementals , German occultism , haunted art , haunted drawing , haunted painting , Justinus Kerner , Objects of the Damned , The Wild Cat's Portrait , Theobald Kerner , wild cat drawing
Tick-Tock – A Medium Clock A mediumistic clock communicated accurate information by ticks and tocks.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 6, 2018
in Ephemera , Fortean Mysteries , News , Prophecies , Psychic Research , Spiritualism , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged clocks as death omens , clocks as tokens of death , death omens , Durham England , E.T. Nisbet , John Lord , Objects of the Damned , premonitions , prophecies , prophetic clock , Society for Psychic Research , spirit guide , Spiritualism , Spiritualist communications , talking clock , Tick-Tock - A Medium Clock
The Haunted Rocking Chair Stories of haunted rocking chairs in our October series of “Objects of the Damned.”
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 2, 2018
in Ephemera , Folklore , Ghosts , News , Psychic Research , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Halloween , haunted furniture , haunted museum , haunted objects , haunted rocking chair , Objects of the Damned , possessed possessions , The Haunted Rocking Chair , tokens of death