My wonderful mother-in-law was from Scotland and every New Year’s she would remind us that the first person to enter her house on New Year’s Day needed to be a tall, dark, and handsome man bearing a small gift. Luckily for her, she had two dark-haired, handsome sons. The superstition is called “first footing” and…
Category: Freaky Friday
Pukwudgies
Pukwudgies – one of those words that freak out my spellcheck and also sound suspiciously like a type of candy. I had never heard of them until the Astonishing Legends podcast included them in one of their episodes. The Algonquin Indian tribe believes them to be a North American version of a gnome or fairy….
Halloween and A Blue Moon
Because tomorrow is Halloween and, on top of that, we are going to have a full, blue moon, I thought we needed some good old-fashioned ghost stories today. Let me start by explaining that scary things have been happening in my house. I wake up in the morning and things that had been on tables…
House Hunting
When I’ve gone house-hunting, I generally look for a couple of things – closets and places to put “stuff”, a nice kitchen with lots of lights, and a place for the Christmas tree. Everything beyond that is kind of secondary. Of course, I haven’t been house-hunting for about thirty years, so maybe my expectations will…
Guardian Ghosts
Well, maybe the title ought to be Guardian Angels. Problem is, I’m not too sure these ghosts were angels, but they sure acted like them. I’m writing about this particular subject because a lot of stories have recently come my way that seems to indicate that some of the ghosts around us are here to…
DePaul Hospital
This is an experience that Dave Young, founder of the paranormal investigation group called Paladin Paranormal. He’s located in Abita Springs, Louisiana, and loves to share all kinds of interesting experiences. Thank you so much, Dave, for letting me share your experience! I am a self-employed biomedical technician by trade. My job includes going to…
The Blue Nun
The other night, as I was cooking dinner, my husband turned on a new show on Netflix called “Warrior Nun.” I watched it as I cooked, so I probably missed about a third of the show, but the plotline was intriguing, and we’ll probably go back and watch some more. Nuns have always been a…
The Stockwell Poltergeist
Several forums I follow about the paranormal have had discussions about the increase of activity since the lockdown. Is it because we’re home that we’re just seeing paranormal activity that just goes on when we’re not there? Is it because the ghosts are getting tired of us hanging around the house all day? Or is…
Ghost Trains
On Tuesday afternoon, toward the end of my live feed telling ghost stories, we started chatting about ghost trains. Terrie S. asked, “Do you think there could be haunted trains or just a ghost driving them? A few years ago, just as we went to bed, there was a train that roared right outside our…
Kids Say the Darndest Things 2
Last November, I wrote a Freaky Friday about some of the creepy and unexplained things children say. I thought it was time to find some more creepy things – you know, before we are all out of lockdown and can’t be as freaked out as well. Here are some from Reddit: I was playing with…