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…
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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…
Warning Signs
The idea for this Freaky Friday came this morning as I was watching a Facebook reel about two young girls who were trick-or-treating on their own. They were probably about ten years old, and they knocked on the door of a nice house in a nice neighborhood. A friendly man came to the door and…
The Nisse/Tomte
A friend of mine is walking (virtually) from the Freeport area to Disneyland in California. She posts her updates regularly and includes fun facts about the towns she is virtually walking through. The other day, while she was “in” Iowa, she was walking through an area that had strong Danish roots. Part of the Danish…
The Haunting of Park Jr. High School
Since it’s the beginning of the new school year, I thought, what better things to write about than haunted schools? That’ll start the new semester off with a bang…or maybe a boo! Also, I love it when people challenge ghosts, and then the ghosts respond, and the people freak out. I mean, you asked for…