In the 1970s, Diane Berthelot and her family visited the village of Worstead in the North Norfolk District for a summer holiday. Diane had recently had surgery, was taking antibiotics, and was feeling unwell, so the family decided to duck out of the summer heat and visit St. Mary Church. Diane decided to sit in…
Category: Freaky Friday
In Search of…Haunted UP
In the middle of June, I will be traveling up to the UP of Michigan to vacation with some friends who are also authors who write paranormal stories. (I was going to type paranormal authors, but I thought that might be divulging too much about the kind of people who let me be their friend….
Stones River National Battlefield
A couple of weeks ago, I went on a trip to visit my daughter and her family near Atlanta. One of the places we stopped on the way was Stones River National Battlefield in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This is from their website: “The Battle of Stones River began on the last day of 1862 and became…
The Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter
Earlier this year, I received an email from another author asking about a photo I’d used for one of my Freaky Friday posts. She was writing a book about the same topic and was interested in the photo I’d used. After a couple of emails back and forth, I discovered that she was Geraldine Sutton…
Greyfriars Kirkyard
My husband is a great fan of podcasts, and one of his favorites is Mr. Ballen. In real life, Mr. Ballen is Jonathan Bartlett Allen, a former United States Navy SEAL and an amazing podcaster who focuses on “Strange, Dark, and Mysterious Stories.” Who wouldn’t love that? So, this week, my husband told me about…
Which Came First? Chittyville Hauntings.
This is kind of a chicken or egg situation – which came first, the haunting or the ghost-seekers? If you run a Google search on “Haunted Houses in Illinois,” one of the responses will be the Chittyville School located near Herrin, Illinois. The website for the school explains its history: “Over a century ago, in…
Back Across the Rainbow Bridge
For the past couple of weeks, I’ve noticed that once I’ve snuggled underneath the covers and turned off the lamp, I feel pressure on the end of my bed. It’s a not-unfamiliar feeling—like the cat has jumped onto the end of the bed to curl up for the night. The only problem is – there…
Ringdocus
Shakespeare once wrote, “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” But does a cryptid by any other name seem as scary? Whether it’s known as Ringdocus, Shunka Warak’in, or the Madison Monster, this wolf-like creature has a history in the Eastern Montana area that dates back 139 years. It all starts back…
The Ghost’s Summons
It’s the most wonderful time of the year… There’ll be scary ghost stories and tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago. Christmas ghost stories were a big part of the Victorian Christmas tradition. With that in mind, I thought that for this week’s Freaky Friday, I would share a Victorian ghost story that…
Ghost Stories
It’s officially the day after Halloween – but I think every day is a good day to hear a ghost story. These first few are from Moneymade.com. “I got called to persistent fire alarms being set off in a block that used to be a poor house in the 1800s. The alarms would go off…