Happy Walpurgisnacht!!! (pronounced Val-purr-gess-nakt) What? You didn’t put out your Walpurgisnacht decorations and didn’t have treats waiting at the door for all of the celebrants? Well, since it was last Tuesday. April 30th, and lasted throughout Wednesday, May 1st, you might still find some decorations and treats in the discount section of your local WalpurgisMart….
Category: Freaky Friday
Ghost Lights
Because of the COVID19 lockdown, theaters all across the world are now closed down. But the one thing that these theaters have in common is the ghost lights that are kept lit in an otherwise completely dark theater. Some would say that the ghost light is lit for practical purposes, so no one steps off…
Toms River Haunted House
Wednesday night I had the pleasure of chatting with the folks from “The Beer Latte Podcast,” a podcast originating from Toms River, New Jersey. On their side of the line was Steve Del Prete, his wife, Danielle, his brother, Nick, and their friend, Dani. On my side of the line was…just me (but I think…
Ghost Horses
Back in the mid-seventies, Michael Martin Murphey performed a song called “Wildfire.” It was a song about a horse that gets lost in a blizzard and its owner, a young woman, goes out searching for it. Both the woman and the horse die in the storm. (See, it’s one of those uplifting kinds of songs.)…
Dancing Plague
In Illinois, we have been ordered to stay-at-home, not that it’s unusual for me, because I work at home. But it’s unusual because I have company now, there are three other adults who are sharing my normally isolated space. As I look through Facebook, I’m finding quite a few reports of people who suddenly are…
Doctors and Nurses – Our Heroes
A few years ago, while at dinner with my friends the Juliens and the Lights, Ophelia told me about a hospital-sponsored program that she thought I would have loved, about medicine and spirituality. The guest speaker was Scott J. Kolbaba, MD and he is the author of “Physicians’ Untold Stories.” After hearing some of the…
Can Dogs Sense Death?
I was reading a thread in a forum today and someone brought up the Grim Reaper, as a joke. But the responses to that post had me wondering, so I thought I’d share this with you. The first response was: “Reminds me of an incident from a long time ago. I had two dogs, an…
Oklahoma – Ghost Hollow and Satan’s House
For the past few weeks, we’ve explored some of the creepy places and creatures that come from Ohio. Today, we’re going to go cross-country and visit another great state in our Union – Oklahoma. (Admit it, you just sang the song in your head when you read that word.) I’m not sure if Ghost Hollow…
The Gallipolis Ohio Mothman
If you’ve heard of The Mothman, you’ve probably heard of him connected to the town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, right? If not, you might have heard about the 2002 movie called “The Mothman Prophecies” starring Richard Gere. The movie was based on a book by John Keel also called “The Mothman Prophecies.” There’s even…
Ohio Monsters – The Loveland Frogman
Why is it whenever I hear the word “monsters” anymore, the voice in my head is the Gingerbread Man from Shrek? “You’re a monster!” Sorry, I digress. Here we are, back in Ohio, and today we are going to be exploring one of Ohio’s favorite monsters. My starting off website is Akron Ohio Moms website,…