Tag: Myths

  • 5 ‘Real’ Christmas Ghost Stories

    5 ‘Real’ Christmas Ghost Stories

    Read on for 5 ‘real’ ghost stories from the festive season. From ghost pigs to undead highwayman, local legends cover it all…

  • The Yew: Tree of the Dead

    The Yew: Tree of the Dead

    While flora and fauna in cemeteries is a fascinating topic of its own, today’s post will just be focusing on one. The granddaddy of all…

  • St Swithin’s Day

    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…

  • Invoking the Owlman

    Invoking the Owlman

    England in the 1970s; disco, flares, chilled bottles of blue nun… And a six-foot owl man.

  • Satan Speaks: The Devil’s Handwriting

    Satan Speaks: The Devil’s Handwriting

    The Devil’s answers have never been deciphered as they follow no known, coherent languages…

  • Born With a Veil: The Curious Talisman of the Caul

    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…