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
Death Masks Death and injury caused by Halloween masks and false-face pranks.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 31, 2017
in Death , Ephemera , Grim and Grewsome , lethal clothing , medical oddities , News , Social History , Strange Deaths , Victorian
and tagged death by mask , death masks , Edwardian Halloween , false faces , Halloween , Halloween deaths , Halloween masks , Halloween pranks , lethal masks , poisonous masks , Victorian Halloween
Uncanny Hallowe’en Guests. Phantom horses and shrieking men and women are heard outside a Cincinnati house. Then uncanny Hallowe’en guests arrive to wreak havoc.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 25, 2016
in Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , News , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged brownies , fairies , ghosts , Halloween , Halloween party , monsters , supernatural tales , Uncanny Hallowe'en Guests
The Laughing Jack-o’-Lantern A hopping jack-o-lantern terrifies a young man, and adds insult to injury by laughing at him.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 22, 2016
in Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , Spiritualism , Spook Lights , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Halloween , Jack-o-Lantern , spook lights , The Laughing Jack-o'-Lantern , will-o-the-wisp
What huge horned creature was terrifying residents near Lake Vermillion?
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
November 8, 2014
in Animal Tales , Cryptozoology , Ephemera , Folklore , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged devil costume , Halloween , lake monster , Lake Vermillion , masquerade costume , Minnesota , muskellunge , muskie , sea serpent
Ghost Fires and Melting Masks: The Macabre Mirth of the Vintage Hallowe’en A boy is crushed during a Halloween out-house tipping; blinded by a Halloween mask, a girl drives into the path of a train; a child is killed by a falling pumpkin. Halloween has always been an inherently dark, dangerous, and unwholesome holiday. Let’s look at some vintage Halloween horrors involving ghost fires, poisoned cats, and lethal masks.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 30, 2012
in Ephemera , Grim and Grewsome , News , Social History , Strange Deaths
and tagged ghost fire , Ghost Fires and Melting Masks: The Macabre Mirth of the Vintage Hallowe'en , ghosts , Halloween , strange deaths , vintage Halloween