black and white image of the Brooklyn Theater Fire, showing police and top-hatted men standing by why others carry a litter with a dead person out of a mass of twisted metal and burned timbers. Off in the distance, arches are visible in a wall above searchers for victims and it is obvious that the roof has been burned off.

For a #ForteanFriday that falls on #WorldTheatreDay, the story of the horrific Brooklyn Theatre fire and the ghosts that haunted the site both before and after the disaster.
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#PhantomsFriday

A group of people and some children come out of their house at night to see a transparent carriage, drawn by two plumed horses, with a coachman in a top hat, carrying a whip, and a woman seated in the carriage.

#PhantomsFriday #ForteanFriday The Phantom Carriage at the Eddy House. The Spiritualist Eddy Brothers and their family see a lady in a phantom carriage, sent as an omen of a death in the family. "As all eyes were fixed upon her, she and her equipage began to fade."
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Berkeley Square Bunk Early on in my esoteric research, many moons before I first heard the Barghest Wyrd howl, I imagined myself as something of an adventurer. Spurred on by a love of Hellblazer and the unusual exploit…

Yes, both #PhantomsFriday and #ForteanFriday are tomorrow, but I just finished the rewrite of my original Berkeley Square Bunk article, tidying the narrative as well as bringing it in line with the new Barghest Wyrd #Hypersigil content. Worth a look if you like the spooky.

A greyscale illustration of a Jacobean-style house with leaded glass windows, pediments, oriels, crenellations, and multiple chimney stacks. Meant to represent a haunted house.

For #ForteanFriday on #Fridaythe13th, Unlucky Houses: Stories of the houses where nothing thrives: cursed houses, fatal houses, hoodoo houses.
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So it's #ForteanFriday again. I have a soft spot for researchers who actually road trip to the places they are covering, and Northern Introvert definitely gets his boots muddy when chasing a tale. The channel is mostly local history, though when he goes folkloric, he goes all in.

stuffed cloth puppet shaped like a tooth with large eyes, a nose, and mouth, dressed in a boy's suit with a white collar and bow tie.

For a #ForteanFriday that falls on #NationalDentistsDay, a post on occult dentistry. Considerate spirit guides perform tooth extractions and provide anesthetizing trances for mediums. The photo shows the nightmarish dental health puppet "Jimmy Chew."
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OK, early #ForteanFriday entry then. Michael Talbot's extended Holographic Universe discussion on the Thoughts Allowed show way back when, plus an extra hour originally available on the accompanying VHS. Why #Fortean I hear you ask? Well he covers a bunch of weird experiences as well as the science.

Black and white photograph from a newspaper showing an old-fashioned car with a canvas top. It is captioned "The 'Haunted Car'" "Scotty" Cummings and two children are shown in the machine where chauffeur first saw shadowy forms in drive from Rochester.

For #ForteanFriday and #PhantomsFriday, the story of Ghostina, the Haunted Car, which baffled crowds of curious investigators in Geneva, New York in 1917.
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A yellow background, grey image of Old Man Winter or Jack Frost dripping with ice, above children sliding on an icy pond with a church and houses in the background.

For a chill #ForteanFriday, Haunted Ice: The people of Port Clinton, Pennsylvania, refused to use the haunted ice, fearing it harbored the spirit of a suicide.
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Fear The Reaper To the outside observer, ghost hunting can appear to be a dangerous pastime. While the majority of discussions in this regard seem to revolve around the possibility of something nasty following you…

One of my older professionally published articles for both #ForteanFriday and #PhantomsFriday today then. Because sometimes, #ParanormalSky, the thing that goes bump in the night is no ghost. Hunt carefully out there, Gravehounds, and stay safe.

Yellow background illustration of a pointy-eared dog with a long muzzle, looking directly at the viewer.

#PhantomFriday #ForteanFriday In the early 1900s, the Hoodoo Dog of Louisville, Kentucky, a small yellow mongrel, terrorized the town. Any man he befriended would quickly die by violence. The dog died in 1911, with 13 victims, but his ghost continued to haunt.
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An almost deer shaped head, long and thin. Slits for nowtrals. But fleshy knobs on top of his head. Very large black eyes. He's anthropomorphic with his long-fingered hands reaching around a wall

A rather tall guy I sketched while I saw him peaking around the corner. He was curious to see what I was doing (sweeping).

#ForteanFriday

Black and white illustration of the cover of Grigor's Ghost; or, The Constant Lovers, showing a shrouded corpse holding a torch.

For #ForteanFriday stories of ghosts who appear in grave-clothes, usually archaic in style.
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#TheVictorianBookoftheDead
#PhantomsFriday

A painting of King Charles I wearing an undress cap trimmed with lace and a silvery satin shirt or jerkin, also trimmed with lace. His hands are upraised and a hand comes out of a cloud holding a crown, which spews light/fire upon his head.

Executed #OnThisDay in 1649, King Charles I. Telling sad stories of the death of kings on this #ForteanFriday with three tales of portents of the King's death.
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A black and white image of the Grim Reaper with scythe, silhouetted against the moon, with black birds circling. Its hand drops an hourglass and the word "Finis" is at the bottom of the page.

#ForteanFriday #TheVictorianBookoftheDead
Fearing the Reaper
“I felt certain if that shade came on and touched me, I was a dead man.” A fight to the death–with Death and other stories of Grim Reaper encounters.
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International Association for the Preservation of Spiritualist and Occult Periodicals: Main

OK, this #ForteanFriday entry goes out to #ParanormalSky, #ForteanSky and #OccultSky then. Found a very interesting collection of original scans from a variety of occult, spiritualist and paranormal newspapers, part of a wider preservation project. Useful research materials for sure.
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A black and white illustration of a very long-tailed dragon climbing out of water onto some rocks.

#AppreciateaDragonDay (one of those whimsical holidays that nobody gets off work) falls on #ForteanFriday, so I'll share an archival post of some notes on American dragons. hauntedohiobooks.com/news/10962/

Cover of The Face in the Window: Haunting Ohio Tales, with a smoky grey background out of which emerges a ghostly face and hand.

For #ForteanFriday, The Faces in the Window
In 1871 mysterious faces and images began appearing in the windows of Sandusky and other Ohio towns. Were they spirit photographs, pareidolia, or just a delusion?
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Beyond Reality No 19 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Beyond Reality No 19

OK, #ForteanFriday then, #ForteanSky. Been hanging out on the Internet Archive again, and found this excellent little magazine from March 1976 that I will admit I had never heard of. Borley Rectory, psychic twins, black magicians losing sanity points, it's all in here.
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OK #ForteanSky, know I should wait for #ForteanFriday, or at least #WeirdWednesday, but I just couldn't. Stumbled on the original BBC2 three hour marathon version of the Weird Night today, something that's always been a half remembered fever dream for me up until now. #Epic.
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Wax mask said to be Mary, Queen of Scots death mask, with a white bandage wrapped around it, seen in front and profile views, one in a mirror.

#ForteanFriday #PhantomsFriday
The Ghost of Mary, Queen of Scots Wails of Death on Christmas Eve
A Christmas ghost story from the Tower of London with an omen of death for Queen Victoria.
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Black & white illustration of a remote farmhouse on a hill, with a dark figure climbing towards it, and the text "Doarlish Cashen...is an ancient, bleak and remote farmhouse...". Artist: Felix Kelly.

"Doarlish Cashen...is an ancient, bleak and remote farmhouse..."

Felix Kelly's atmospheric illustration of the home of Gef the Talking Mongoose, from 'Haunted Houses' by Joseph Braddock (1956, Batsford).

#PhantomsFriday #ForteanFriday

Ghost Voices in the Pantry: A Token of Death - Haunted Ohio Books Ghost voices in the pantry foretold death

#PhantomsFriday #ForteanFriday An auditory haunting: when the ghosts of two old brothers are heard muttering in the pantry, it means death for their relatives.
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#ForteanFriday

A man in a nightgown swirls up into the air as a man and a domestic servant look on, startled. The caption reads: 'To my surprise, I did not stop there, but passed imperceptibly right through the ceiling.'

'Jenkins' by Paul Glanville (Pearson's Magazine, 1907), is a humorous out-of-body experience tale in which the titular character temporarily turns into a ghost. The illustration is by the then-well-known comic artist H M Bateman.
#PhantomsFriday #ghost #ghosts #Fortean #ForteanFriday #BookChatWeekly

It's #ForteanFriday then. This BBC report from 1964 should be of interest to both #WitchSky and #PaganSky, as well as #ForteanSky too. And weirdly, it's more old school twee than #SatanicPanic in its core narrative. Which feels rather strange to be honest.
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The latest issue of Fortean Times magazine sits at an angle on my bookshelf. Surrounded by occult and paranormal books. The title font is in orange.

Super simple #ForteanFriday today then, #ForteanSky. My copy of Fortean Times arrived yesterday and I've been giving it a look. Great stuff as always, just wish my postman wouldn't curl the thing up to post it through my door. Could be worse though. At least it actually survived the rain this time.

Black and white illustration of a turkey skeleton, labeled with different parts of the bones.

For a pre- #Thanksgiving #ForteanFriday The Gobblers’ll Git You, If You Don’t Watch Out!
Ghostly gobblers who tap at your windows and gobble in the garret…
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Joke bottle of whiskey labeled as "Old Croak" embalming fluid with a dead black bird lying on its back.

For #ForteanFriday on #NationalPickleDay, I stretch the definition of "pickled" in "Pickled to Death": gruesome stories of deaths from embalming fluid poisoning, often mistaken for alcohol.
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#TheVictorianBookoftheDead

Lost In Stagnation By far the most important obituary of the last decade, at least from the point of view of the Fortean community, was that of Art Bell. A true giant of the industry with as many fans as detractors, …

#Forteans have a reputation for being a little on the sour side, and this post of mine from last year is no exception. That said, it is the damned facts that led me to wonder why we are stuck in a time loop. One for #ForteanFriday and #ForteanSky for sure.
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