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  • GhostStories
    GhostStoriesGhostStoriesJan 26 at 1:57 PM
    • fiction

    "The Red Room" by H. G. Wells

    Today, a classic short story by H. G. Wells about a skeptic who spends the night in a supposedly haunted room... will he find more than he bargained for? (Most likely seeing as this is /GhostStories) [Project Gutenberg] | [Librivox]] “I can assure you,”...
  • GhostStories
    GhostStoriesGhostStoriesJan 23 at 4:19 PM
    • fiction

    "Afterward" by Edith Wharton

    I don’t want to have to drive ten miles to see somebody else’s ghost. I want one of my own on the premises. An American businessman and his wife come to England to retire amid gothic splendor, but find that the ghosts in their new home are not the quaint...
  • GhostStories
    GhostStoriesGhostStoriesJan 10 at 12:26 PM
    • fiction

    "The Specter of Strathannan" by W. E. Norris

    This is an amusing little ghost story set in a Scottish castle with a ghost. As the narrator notes, this is not particularly remarkable, "but what made the Strathannan specter so peculiarly awe-inspiring was that it was said only to manifest itself to tho...
  • GhostStories
    GhostStoriesGhostStoriesJan 09 at 2:44 PM
    • nonfiction

    Death and the afterlife: how dying affected the living in the Middle Ages

    There are lots of beautiful and creepy images in this collection of medieval depictions of the dead at the British Library: The Church taught that the fate of a person's soul was determined not only by his or her behaviour in life, but also by the manner ...
  • GhostStories
    GhostStoriesGhostStoriesJan 05 at 9:35 AM
    • news articles
    bbc.com

    Sweden's Queen Silvia says palace is haunted by ghosts - BBC News

    What's a palace without a few ghosts? "You sometimes feel that you're not completely alone," the queen told the filmmakers, insisting her alleged cohabitants are "all very friendly" Princess Christina, the king's sister, backed the queen's claims when she...
  • Tarot
    TarotTarotDec 09, 2016 at 8:57 AM
    • resources
    littleredtarot.com

    There is space in the magic: interview with Noel Arthur Heimpel, creator of The Numinous Tarot - Little Red Tarot

    Beyond healing myself and helping to heal others with tarot, my ultimate tarot quest is identifying and collecting tarot decks that center queer, trans, and people of color in their images. It's a task that should be much easier to accomplish than it is.
  • The Occult
    The OccultThe OccultDec 08, 2016 at 5:50 PM
    imzy.com

    Bibliomancy in an M.R. James story - Shared from /ghoststories

    Today's story on /GhostStories features the use of the bible for divination, aka Sortes Sanctorum: ...it came into my Thoughts, as at such moments of Helplessness we are prone to catch at any the least Glimmer that makes promise of Light, to make trial o...
  • GhostStories
    GhostStoriesGhostStoriesDec 08, 2016 at 9:35 AM
    • fiction
    mrjamespodcast.com

    A Podcast to the Curious - The M.R. James Podcast

    While I was preparing today's winter tale, I ran across this fun M.R. James podcast. He's one of my favorite authors and the podcast is well-worth a listen. Check out this early episode on The Ash-Tree..
  • GhostStories
    GhostStoriesGhostStoriesDec 08, 2016 at 9:32 AM
    • fiction

    Winter Tales: "The Ash-Tree" by M. R. James

    M. R. James wrote many of his frightening stories as entertainment to be "read to friends at Christmas-time at King's College, Cambridge," as he explains in the opening of Ghost Stories of an Antiquary. The following story from the same collection feature...
  • GhostStories
    GhostStoriesGhostStoriesDec 24, 2016 at 10:00 AM
    • fiction

    Winter Tales: "A Strange Christmas Game" by M.H. Riddell

    Today's story for Christmas Eve is by J.H. Riddell (aka Charlotte Riddell) and tells of two siblings who inherit an appropriately dreary old mansion complete with mysterious disappearances and rumored hauntings. Text available on The Haunted Library via W...
    • GhostStories
      GhostStoriesGhostStoriesDec 22, 2016 at 1:28 PM
      • fiction

      Winter Tales: "The Body Snatchers" by Robert Louis Stevenson

      According to Interesting Literature, "Robert Louis Stevenson‘s 1884 Christmas ghost story, ‘The Body Snatcher’ was advertised by six men who were paid to roam the streets of London wearing huge coffin-shaped sandwich boards and plaster skulls. These figur...
      • GhostStories
        GhostStoriesGhostStoriesDec 12, 2016 at 12:59 PM
        • fiction

        Winter Tales: "Between the Lights" by E. F. Benson

        In keeping with Yuletide tradition, /GhostStories will be featuring Christmas ghosts for the month of December. Available from Project Gutenberg Australia. The day had been one unceasing fall of snow from sunrise until the gradual withdrawal of the vagu...
      • GhostStories
        GhostStoriesGhostStoriesDec 16, 2016 at 12:42 PM
        • fiction

        Charles Dickens' *Other* Christmas Ghost Stories

        A Christmas Carol is only the most famous of Charles Dickens' annual ghost stories. As the NYPL blog explains, he wrote a number of other creepy Christmas stories. Has anyone ever read any of these? (the links go to Project Gutenberg): The Chimes: A Gobli...
      • GhostStories
        GhostStoriesGhostStoriesDec 25, 2016 at 12:21 PM
        • fiction

        Winter Tales: "All Alone on Christmas Day" by Hain Friswell

        In keeping with Yuletide tradition, /GhostStories will be featuring Christmas ghosts for the month of December. This is an amusing and rather sentimental introduction to Ghost Stories and Phantom Fancies by Hain Friswell, in which the author purports to ...
      • GhostStories
        GhostStoriesGhostStoriesDec 19, 2016 at 11:56 AM
        • nonfiction
        cafemom.com

        5 True Christmas Ghost Stories to Keep You Awake at Night Until Santa Comes

        Here are some spooky modern(!) ghost stories for Christmas: The Dickens classic A Christmas Carol is probably the only remaining tale of a haunting that most of us associate with the holidays. But why let the ghosts of Christmases Past, Present, and Yet t...
      • GhostStories
        GhostStoriesGhostStoriesNov 30, 2016 at 10:16 AM
        • fiction

        Winter Tales: "Ghosts I Have Met And Some Others" by John Kendrick Bangs

        In keeping with Yuletide tradition, /GhostStories will be featuring Christmas ghosts for the month of December. This short tale comes from the introduction to "Ghosts I Have Met And Some Others" by John Kendrick Bangs available on the Internet Archive an...
      • GhostStories
        GhostStoriesGhostStoriesDec 05, 2016 at 9:50 AM
        • fiction

        Winter Tales: "A Welsh Ghost Story" by Mary E. Hughes

        In keeping with Yuletide tradition, /GhostStories will be featuring Christmas ghosts for the month of December. This story comes from Red Dragon: The National Magazine of Wales, Vol 4 and is available on Google Books and the Internet Archive (audiobook)....
      • GhostStories
        GhostStoriesGhostStoriesNov 30, 2016 at 8:56 AM
        • nonfiction

        Christmas Ghost Stories

        The holiday season is upon us, but that doesn't mean it's the end of ghost stories. As Todd Atteberry explains, frightening "winter tales" and ghost stories at Christmas are a long English tradition: The story of Scrooge would be viewed differently if it ...
      • GhostStories
        GhostStoriesGhostStoriesNov 26, 2016 at 8:31 PM
        • nonfiction
        • news articles
        atavist.com

        The Ghosts of Pickering Trail

        A somewhat different kind of "ghost story," but a good one about the effects of living in a place haunted by past violence.
      • GhostStories
        GhostStoriesGhostStoriesNov 12, 2016 at 7:32 PM
        • fiction

        "Kerfol" by Edith Wharton

        This is an odd tale featuring an artfully rotting estate, a medieval story of vengence, and... dogs. [Project Gutenberg] I “You ought to buy it,” said my host; “its Just the place for a solitary-minded devil like you. And it would be rather worth while t...
      • Imzy Community Showcase
        Imzy Community ShowcaseImzy Community ShowcaseNov 03, 2016 at 7:29 PM
        • Spirituality
        • Books & Writing
        • Movies & TV
        imzy.com

        GhostStories

        Ghosts aren't just for Halloween! Join ghost stories for spooky tales all times of year. /GhostStories is a community for sharing your favorite paranormal fiction, stories of historical hauntings, and even real life personal experiences!
      • GhostStories
        GhostStoriesGhostStoriesNov 03, 2016 at 7:20 PM
        • nonfiction
        imzy.com

        The Unsolved Mystery of the Zaragoza Goblin - Shared from /interest_intrigue

        Via /Interest_Intrigue, the very weird story of the Zaragoza "goblin" The madness began on September 27th, 1934 in the second floor home of the Palazón family, who lived in an apartment building on what was then known as Gascón Gotor street. It was on th...
      • GhostStories
        GhostStoriesGhostStoriesNov 01, 2016 at 2:41 PM
        • nonfiction

        A Medieval English Revenant

        medievaldeathtrip.comOne of my favorite podcasts, Medieval Death Trip, did a halloween episode this week about English ghost legends of "revenants," aka medieval zombies. He reads a great story from William of Newburgh about a dead man who comes back to harrass his relatives....
      • GhostStories
        GhostStoriesGhostStoriesOct 31, 2016 at 9:57 AM
        • news articles
        co.uk

        Ghost Map of the U.K.

        Find your nearest haunted house! (Assuming you live in the U.K.)
      • GhostStories
        GhostStoriesGhostStoriesOct 31, 2016 at 7:49 AM
        • nonfiction
        ancientstandard.com

        An Ancient Roman Haunted House!

        How about a truly old-school ghost story? This one was recorded by Pliny the Younger: There was in Athens a house, large and spacious, which had a bad reputation as though it was filled with pestilence. In the dead of night, a noise was frequently heard ...
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