The Flame Game A flaming phantom throws balls of fire and belches flames at ghost hunters.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
June 19, 2018
in Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , Spook Lights , Victorian
and tagged fiery apparitions , fire ghosts , fire spooks , Pennsylvania forteana , Pennsylvania ghosts , rolling boggarts , rolling bogies , shape-shifters , shape-shifting spook lights , Solstice , spook lights , St John's Eve , The Flame Game
The Jealous Mother’s Ghost The jealous ghost of a dead mother returns to warn her successor to treat her children kindly.
Posted by
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
And Down Will Come Baby, Basket and All… Travelers in the Welsh Mountains of Pennsylvania were startled by the sound of a baby crying and the apparition of a baby in a basket in a treetop.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
April 12, 2016
in Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged And Down Will Come Baby , Baby , baby ghost , Basket and All... , child ghost , criminal gangs , disappearing baby , In the Tree Top , Pennsylvania ghosts , Rock-a-bye , ventriloquism , Welsh Mountain Gang , Welsh Mountains Pennsylvania