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Burials and Beyond is a blog about ‘life, death, and the weird bits in-between.’ Here you will find my interests and adventures in cemeteries, churches, folklore and the supernatural.

Kate C.
  • The Mowing Devil
    The Mowing-Devil, also known as ‘Strange News out of Hartford-shire’ is an English woodcut pamphlet from 1678, telling the moralistic tale of a farmer and his reticence to pay his worker.
  • Will You Be My Vinegar Valentine?
    No declarations of love this year? It could be worse, you could be receiving a pile of vinegar valentines.
  • The Big Grave of Little John in Hathersage
    While Little John’s existence is disputed, his presence in folklore and in the landscape of Nottingham and Derbyshire is inescapable.
  • The Curious Phenomena of Spirit Blush-Writing
    When Victorian mediums weren’t delivering messages from the dead and manifesting spirits, some claimed to produce words on their bodies. Introducing, blush-writing.
  • The Curious History of Bin Men at Christmas
    Tipping your refuse collectors is a long-established festive tradition, and one that used to involve a lot more poo…
  • Dancing Around the Druid’s Stone in Bungay
    Known as ‘the Devil’s Stone’, ‘the Druid’s Stone’, or even ‘the Giant’s Grave’, this hefty old stone has existed in Bungay for millennia.
  • Sacrifice and Skeletons at Clophill Church
    In 1963, two teenagers were seen playing with a human skull in the middle of the street…
  • The Bealings Phantom Bell Ringer
    Now regarded as the work of a poltergeist – or a perturbed servant – the incidents in Suffolk made newspaper headlines, and eventually became the basis of an entire book…

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