Category: Superstition
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1000-Year Old Boulder Demon Released!
The boulder imprisoned an ancient demon that was released as soon as the stone broke. To add insult to injury, anyone who touches the rock…
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Jacques Cazotte and the Dinner Party of Terror
In 1788, one year before the Reign of Terror began, a writer and would-be mystic was at a dinner party. Jacques Cazotte was a man…
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The Hexham Heads
In 1971, two young boys were digging in the back garden of their family home in Hexham. Deep in the soil, they unearthed two small…
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Corpse Candles
Originating in Wales in the 18th and 19th centuries, corpse candles are an omen of death.
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Telling the Bees!
Following a death, the list of duties seem endless. From booking the undertaker to choosing the coffin, plot or crematorium, the list of necessities seems…
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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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Timothy Clark Smith: The Grave With a Window
Instead of considering glass coffins and mausoleums, physician Timothy Clark Smith had rather more practical ideas…
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Hidden Curses and Witch-Graffiti at Norwich Cathedral
Norwich Cathedral, for all its kagools and bored schoolchildren, has some truly fascinating memorials and hidden stories. Trust me.
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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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Buried Alive! A short history of premature burial and safety coffins
Taphophobia. The fear of being buried alive. The subject of nightmares since time immemorial. With today’s modern medicine, there’s little chance of these fears becoming…
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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 Brown Lady of Raynham Hall
The photo of The Brown Lady of Raynham hall is not just one of Britain’s most famous spectral photographs, but world-renowned. Since its development in…
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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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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 