The Jealous Mother’s Ghost The jealous ghost of a dead mother returns to warn her successor to treat her children kindly.
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Chris Woodyard
on
May 13, 2017
in Death , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Mourning Customs and History , News , Social History , Victorian
and tagged Cornelius Boyle , ghostly mother , mother's day , mother's ghost , Pennsylvania ghosts , stepmother , The Jealous Mother's Ghost , wicked stepmother , Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania
Mummy and Child In 1885, G.F. Martindale and his party made an amazing discovery in a cave in the Yosemite Valley: the mummified body of a giant woman, still holding an infant.
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Chris Woodyard
on
May 7, 2016
in Death , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , Scientific Oddities , Strange Bodies , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Dr. Larry W. Cartmell , G.F. Martindale , giant mummy , Martindale Mummies , mother's day , Mummy and Child , Yosemite Valley
Ordering a Funeral for Mother A devoted son orders a lavish funeral for his mother–who is not dead and declines the festivities.
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Chris Woodyard
on
May 5, 2016
in Crime , Death , Grim and Grewsome , Mourning Customs and History , News , Social History , Victorian
and tagged funeral joke , funeral prank , funerals , John H. Coe , joke funeral , mother's day , Ordering a Funeral for Mother , orders a funeral for his mother , undertaker joke , Victorian funerals
The Ghost of a Dead Mother Visits Her Baby Mother’s Day is coming up, so I feel obligated to do something on the theme of maternal devotion, since last year I rather savaged Motherhood in a piece on Maternal Influence and Monsters. Prepare to be heart-warmed.
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Chris Woodyard
on
May 10, 2014
in Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Poltergeists , Scientific Oddities , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged ghostly mother , mother's day , mother's ghost , step-mother , telekinesis , The Ghost of a Dead Mother Visits Her Baby , victorian mother
