Category: Folk Tales
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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.
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Anna Maria Von Stockhausen: The Undead Witch of Germany
The appeal of Anna Maria Von Stockhausen’s image is a curious, gruesome urge to look at the forbidden.
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It’s Raining Fish! Fish-falls and Other Curious Phenomena
You know the song ‘its raining men’? Well, you just wait until you hear ‘Quickly, get indoors, its raining fish.’
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The Drummer of Tedworth: Britain’s First Poltergeist
The Drummer of Tedworth was the first recorded poltergeist report in British history. The 17th century account tells the story of a magistrate, a drummer…
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The Lambton Worm: Here Be Dragons
Heard the one about the boy who skipped church and summoned the Devil?
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Mary Toft: The Woman Who Birthed Rabbits
In 1726, when the rest of the country were dealing with periodic harvest failures, Mary Toft sat at home and gave birth to rabbits.
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The Thief’s Arm of Prague
The 400 year old arm, impaled on a meat hook, serves as a warning to all future criminals considering robbing the church.
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The Smithfield Ghost
Not all ghosts are veiled ladies, shrieks in the night or headless horsemen. Some are undead lawyers, tormenting butcher’s stalls in the 17th century.
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Death Cheese: A Short History
In life, three things are for certain: Birth, Death and Cheese. The greatest of these is cheese.
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The Gloson: Demon Ghost Pig of Sweden
The Gloson is not just any normal common or garden ghost pig. The Gloson is special creature…
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St Swithin’s Day
The 15thof July, St Swithin’s Day. The day when we celebrate our favourite historical Bishop of Winchester and plan our umbrella usage for the next…
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The House of Faces
Over a period of seven days, the mysterious stain turned into the clear image of a face. A face that would not disappear, no matter…
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The Shrieking Pits of Norfolk
Framed by poppy fields and arable farming, these chocolate-box villages conceal an ancient evil, deep within their land.
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Francis Bacon’s Ghost Chicken
While spirit snowmen are a thing of horror fiction, it would seem that ghostly chickens have their claws firmly lodged in the niche echelons of…
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The Hand of Glory
When creating your mystical severed appendage, there were rules to be followed…
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A Short History of British Screaming Skulls
While sounding like a high-school punk band, screaming skulls are a not-uncommon element woven through the rich British tapestry of haunted body parts.
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The Curious Case of Edward Mordake’s Demon Face
You think you’re having a bad day? Well, imagine how bad you’d be feeling if you had a second face on the back of your…
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Invoking the Owlman
England in the 1970s; disco, flares, chilled bottles of blue nun… And a six-foot owl man.
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Satan Speaks: The Devil’s Handwriting
The Devil’s answers have never been deciphered as they follow no known, coherent languages…
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Born With a Veil: The Curious Talisman of the Caul
Like most twenty-somethings, I am in possession of a 100 year old amniotic sac. Thanks to this slice of dried-out tissue, I’ve never feared drowning…
Burials & Beyond 