Lore is a podcast created by Aaron Mahnke.[1] Mahnke uploaded the first episode of the podcast in early 2015. Each episode is a retelling of urban legends, myths, and documented tragic events.
Explores the folklore and legends surrounding werewolves, including the murders perpetrated by Peter Stumpp in Bedburg, Germany, between the years of 1582 and 1589.
Explores the folklore and legends surrounding the Jersey Devil of the New Jersey Pine Barrens in South Jersey, including the string of sightings that allegedly occurred throughout the region in 1909.
Explores some of the ghost stories and legends of a selection of cemeteries, including the story of Ruth Blay, who was hanged and buried in South Cemetery in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1768, for the crime of "concealment" (i.e., the infanticide of one's illegitimate child).
The story of the incident involving Thomas Howell and Thomas Griffith, which occurred at the Smalls Lighthouse – located on the Smalls off the coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales – in 1801.
Discusses stories and legends involving entities that reward and/or punish people during the Christmas and holiday season for their good or bad behavior. Also describes the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin that allegedly visited Hamelin, Germany, in 1284.
The stories and legends surrounding the Warlock of Chiloé, a mafia-like cult of alleged warlocks on the island of Chiloé Island off the coast of Chile, including the story of the imbunche, a deformed human that the cult supposedly creates to guard their caves.
Explores stories and legends involving zombies, including the story of Clairvius Narcisse, who was allegedly turned into a zombie after he seemingly died in Haiti in 1962.
Explores the circumstances surrounding the Hinterkaifeck murders, in which an unknown assailant murdered Andreas Gruber and his family on their isolated farmstead near Waidhofen, Bavaria, Germany, in 1922.
Explores a selection of stories and legends from the Outer Banks of North Carolina, including the story of the witch-trial of a woman named Cora and her infant in the town of Frisco on Hatteras Island.
Explores the origins of modern-day notions about vampires, including the story of Arnold Paole, which occurred near the town of Paraćin, Serbia, in 1726 and 1732.
A selection of alleged accounts of gremlins, including a sighting reported by a former Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft pilot from Jonesboro, Arkansas, as well as an incident that supposedly occurred at an air base in San Diego, California, in 1939.
The history of Clipperton Island, including the story of the rebellion led by Alicia Arnaud and Tirza Rendon against lighthouse keeper Victoriano Álvarez in 1917.
The story of the Greenbrier Ghost, which occurred in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, in 1897. According to the story, Edward Shue was convicted for the murder of his wife, Elva Zona Heaster. In court, Elva's mother testified that her daughter's ghost had visited her in the night, and had told her that Edward had murdered her after enduring months of physical abuse.
A selection of stories and legends from New Orleans, Louisiana, including the story of the Louisiana Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau, as well as the story of the alleged sultan who was murdered at the mansion on the corner of Dauphine Street and Orleans Avenue.
Explores the circumstances surrounding the Burke and Hare murders, in which two body snatchers (also known as "resurrectionists") sold their victims’ bodies as cadavers in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1828.
Explores the circumstances surrounding the hoax perpetrated by Mary Toft in Godalming, England, in 1726, in which Toft convinced several physicians that she was giving birth to rabbits.
Explores a selection of examples of monster hunters of various sorts throughout history, including David Farrant and Seán Manchester, who hunted for occultists and the Highgate Vampire in the Highgate Cemetery of London, England, between the years of 1969 and 1974.
Explores a selection of alleged sightings of the Mothman in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and other surrounding areas near the Ohio River between the years of 1966 and 1967. Also discusses the supposed connection between these sightings and the collapse of the Silver Bridge in Point Pleasant in 1967.
A selection of stories and legends about cities and towns that are said to be cursed, including the town of Kaskaskia, Illinois, on the Mississippi River. In 1844 and 1888, the river flooded and devastated the town, allegedly due to a curse placed on the town.
Explores a selection of alleged sightings of the Beast of Bray Road, which has been reported by multiple eyewitnesses driving down Bray Road near Elkhorn, Wisconsin.
A selection of stories and legends involving doppelgängers, including the story of Émilie Sagée, a teacher at the Pensionat Neuwelcke – a finishing school for girls – in Valmiera, Latvia, whose doppelgänger was allegedly sighted by many of her students in 1845.
Explores the legend of the Bell Witch. According to the legend, beginning in 1817, an unknown spirit haunted the Bell family's farm near the Red River in Tennessee, and even managed to kill the head of the family, John Bell, in 1820.
Explores the story of the Drummer of Tedworth, in which the family of a former military officer, John Mompesson, allegedly experienced poltergeist-like phenomena in their house in Tidworth, England, beginning in 1662.
Explores the circumstances surrounding the murder of pow-wow practitioner Nelson Rehmeyer in Rehmeyer's Hollow, about 12 miles south of York, Pennsylvania, in 1928. Rehmeyer was killed by John Blymire, John Curry, and Wilbert Hess, because they believed that Rehmeyer had placed a hex on Blymire and Hess.
Explores the exploits and schemes of H. H. Holmes after he abandoned his "castle" property in Chicago, Illinois, including the murder of his partner Benjamin Pitezel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as well as that of three of Pitezel's five children in Toronto, Ontario, and Indianapolis, Indiana.
A selection of stories and legends of New York City, including the story of Loyalist William Axtell, his mistress Isabelle, and his slave Miranda in his Melrose Hall, in Flatbush, Brooklyn. According to the legend, in 1777, Axtell returned to Melrose Hall after serving in the Battle of Long Island, and encountered the ghost of Isabelle, who had been trapped in a secret chamber for a full year during Axtell's service in the battle.
An exploration of tricksters in folklore and mythology, including the Nain Rouge, and the curse it supposedly placed upon the city of Detroit, Michigan, as well as upon the city's founder, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, in 1707.
Explores the circumstances surrounding the Great Amherst Mystery, in which a woman named Esther Cox was supposedly haunted by a poltergeist-like entity in Amherst, Nova Scotia, between the years of 1878–79. Throughout that time, the entity allegedly threatened to burn Cox alive.
A selection of stories and legends from the island of Ireland, including the stories associated with Leap Castle in County Offaly. One of the stories associated with the castle is novelist Mildred Darby's alleged encounter with a monster at her bedroom door; she published a written account of her experience in the journal The Occult Review in 1908.
An exploration of stories and legends involving flying monsters, including the Van Meter Visitor, a creature that was allegedly spotted by a number of eyewitnesses in Van Meter, Iowa, in 1903.
Describes some of the measures people employed to prevent premature burial. Also relates the story of Mary Howe, a spiritualist woman living in Damariscotta, Maine: In 1882, Howe either died or slipped into a sleep-like trance, and was later buried, possibly alive.
The story of the life of serial killer Jane Toppan, a nurse who poisoned most of her victims with morphine. In 1901, Kelley gradually murdered the entire Davis family in Cambridge and Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Explores a selection of cases of unexplained weather phenomena, including the Kentucky meat shower, an incident that occurred in 1876 in Olympia State Forest in Kentucky, in which chunks of meat fell from the sky.
Explores the circumstances surrounding the events that occurred in Sullivan, Maine, in 1799–1800, in which a "specter" claiming to be the late Eleanor Butler – who had died in childbirth – had come back to deliver messages and sermons to the town.
The story of William H. Mumler, a spirit photographer working in Boston, Massachusetts, and New York City. Mumler was eventually charged with fraud; he was held in the Tombs in New York City while awaiting his trial in 1869.
The history of Savannah, Georgia, as well as several ghost stories from the city, including the story of the ghost of Alice Riley, who was hanged from a tree in Wright Square in 1735.
Explores the histories of a selection of ghost towns, including the specific reason each town declined, as well as the particular ghost stories associated with those towns. One such town is Avilla, Missouri, which contains the story of Rotten Johnny Reb, the ghost of a Confederate States Army soldier who was killed and decapitated in the town.
Explores the significance of curses in the folklore of the Romani people (also known derogatorily as "Gypsies"). Also explores the supposed link between a Romani curse and the circumstances surrounding the death of actor Charles Coghlan. According to the story, when he was a young man, Coghlan visited a Romani fortune-teller who told him that he would "be famous...but at the height of that fame, it would all come to an end with his tragic death. After that, his soul would wander until it could return home." In 1899, Coghlan died in Galveston, Texas, and his body was placed in a coffin in a temporary vault. The next year, the Great Galveston hurricane swept Coghlan's coffin out to sea. Eight years later, in 1908, his coffin was found on the coast of Prince Edward Island, Canada, where Coghlan had felt most at home during his life.
Explores a selection of historical instances in which people have attempted to artificially create living beings, or to bring the dead back to life, and also discusses the unusual methods people have used to seek companionship. One such story involves Carl Tanzler, a German-born radiographer living in Key West, Florida. In 1933, Tanzler stole the body of a deceased woman named Elena, and attempted to keep her corpse preserved in his bed. He managed to keep the body in his home for seven years, until Elena's sister discovered it in Tanzler's bed in 1940.
Explores various cultures’ legends of lake monsters, including the creature dubbed "Champ" that allegedly lives in Lake Champlain, on the borders of New York State, Vermont, and Quebec.
The story of the life of Mollie Fancher, a so-called "fasting girl" living in Brooklyn, New York, who supposedly developed the ability of "second sight" after suffering several accidents that rendered her bedridden. Also discusses physician William A. Hammond's attempts to expose Fancher as a fraud.
Explores the circumstances surrounding the murders committed by the Bloody Benders. Many of the Benders’ murder victims were discovered on their abandoned farm along the Great Osage Trail in Labette County, Kansas, in 1873.
An exploration of the Lithobolia, an account written by Richard Chamberlayne – the royal secretary of the Province of New Hampshire – and published in London in 1698. Chamberlayne's account describes the property dispute between George Walton and Hannah Jones – who Walton accused of witchcraft – on Great Island (modern-day New Castle, New Hampshire) in 1682.
Explores a selection of cases in which people have gone missing, including a case in which a captain and his valet disappeared. According to the story, the captain and valet looked very similar. One night in 1812, in the city of Danzig, Poland, the captain was found dead in his room after a night of heavy drinking. The valet swapped clothes with the dead captain, and assumed the captain's identity. Two years later, in 1814, the valet (disguised as the captain) was charged with theft, and sentenced to prison in western France, where he later went missing.
The story of the life, travels, and performances of spiritualist Daniel Dunglas Home, who could allegedly predict the future, speak with the dead, and was capable of levitation.
Describes the circumstances surrounding the trial of Stephen and Jesse Boorn, which occurred in Manchester, Vermont, in 1819. The two brothers were convicted of murdering their sibling-in-law, Russell Colvin, seven years prior; Jesse was sentenced to life imprisonment, while Stephen was sentenced to death by hanging. Before Stephen's execution could be carried out, a man claiming to be the murdered Russell Colvin was found living in Dover, New Jersey; he was brought to Manchester, and the brothers were cleared of their charges and freed.
The history, stories, and legends of Seattle, Washington, including the ghost stories surrounding the Peter Gessner mansion (also known as the "Castle"), located in Pioneer Square within the Georgetown neighborhood.
A selection of stories and legends about vampire-like creatures that feed on blood, including the chupacabra. Also describes the string of cattle mutilations attributed to the chupacabra, which occurred throughout Puerto Rico (beginning in Lajas) in 1998.
Explores the circumstances surrounding the supposed haunting of a house in the village of Hydesville (now part of Arcadia, New York) in 1848. According to the legend, the house was allegedly haunted by the ghost of a murdered peddler. The house was owned by John and Margaret Fox, the parents of the Fox Sisters. According to the episode, the reports of the haunting within this house played an important role in the founding of Spiritualism.
A selection of stories and legends involving the entity from Navajo folklore known as the skin-walker, including the sightings reported by Tom Gorman and his family, which occurred in 1994 on their ranch (known as Skinwalker Ranch) in the Uintah Basin in Utah.
The story of Walburga Oesterreich, who was charged with the shooting death of her husband Fred in Los Angeles, California, in 1922. Fred had actually been shot by Otto Sanhuber, one of Dolly's many extramarital sex partners, who had been living in the attic of the Oesterreich home for nearly a decade.
The stories and legends of the Dash, a ghost ship that allegedly haunts Casco Bay in Maine, including the sighting reported by Homer Grimm and his mistress in 1942.
The story of Florence Cook, a medium in London, England, who claimed to be able to materialize spirits; also tells of her eventual exposure as a fraud in 1875.
The story of Herman Billik, a Czechcharmer and fortune-teller living in Pilsen, Chicago, Illinois, including his trial for the arsenic poisoning of the Vrzal family in 1905–1906.
A selection of stories and legends involving sea monsters, including the alleged sighting of a sea serpent reported by Arthur Rostron – Chief mate of the RMS Campania – in 1907, as well as the additional sightings that seemed to corroborate Rostron's descriptions of the creature.
The story of the murder of Captain Joseph White, which occurred in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1830. Also discusses the events following the arrest of the primary suspects: Richard and George Crowninshield, as well as Frank and Joseph Knapp, Jr., who had hired the Crowninshield brothers to murder White.
The history and legends of Washington, D.C., including the legends surrounding the White House. One of those legends involves the attempts by Mary Todd Lincoln – wife of President Abraham Lincoln – to contact her deceased son William Wallace Lincoln, who had died of typhoid fever in 1862.
The life of Lucy Ainsworth Cooke (also known as "Sleeping Lucy"), an alleged clairvoyant in rural Vermont who claimed to be able to use her dreams to heal people, to help people find missing objects, and to aid the police in locating missing people, until her death in 1895.
Explores various cases of medicinal human cannibalism throughout history, including an incident witnessed and recorded by writer John Ross Browne in Hanau, Germany, in 1861. According to Browne, immediately after the public decapitation of a local farmer, several onlookers gathered to his corpse to drink the blood, due to the belief that ingesting executed criminals’ blood could treat epilepsy and other ailments.
An account of the Gloucester Spectres, a group of seemingly immortal strangers who supposedly harassed a garrison of soldiers in Gloucester, Massachusetts, in 1692.
The story of the life of Linda Hazzard, a con artist who operated a sanatorium in Olalla, Washington. Hazzard prescribed her patients with fasting treatments, and then took her patients’ money and possessions after they died of starvation. In 1912, Hazzard was convicted of manslaughter for the deaths of her patients.
The history and legends associated with a selection of castles in Japan, including Himeji Castle, also known as the White Heron. According to one of the legends of Himeji Castle, known as Banchō Sarayashiki, a woman named Okiku was falsely accused of breaking one of Lord Norimoto's ten priceless tableware, and was tortured, executed, and thrown into a well on the castle grounds. Okiku's ghost now supposedly haunts the well.
Explores a selection of stories and legends of beings that are associated with mining, such as knockers and kobolds. Also discusses the mining accident that occurred in the Milford Mine in Crosby, Minnesota, in 1924, and the ghost stories associated with the disaster.
An exploration of human parasites and the roles they have played in human history. As an example, the episode describes how Henry Morton Stanley contributed to the spread of African trypanosomiasis throughout Africa in the 1880s–1890s.
Explores the dynamics surrounding the custom of the sea, in which shipwrecked sailors needed to resort to cannibalism to survive while lost at sea. Also discusses the case of R v Dudley and Stephens, in which sailors Tom Dudley and Edwin Stephens were tried for the murder and cannibalism of cabin boy Richard Parker while lost at sea after a shipwreck.
Explores the lengths that people have undergone to achieve cultural standards of beauty. Also discusses the structure fire that killed nine ballet dancers at the Continental Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1861.
Explores the life of lonely hearts serial killer Johann Otto Hoch, who married and murdered an unknown number of women, including Caroline Hoch of Wheeling, West Virginia, in 1895. Johann was captured in New York City in 1905, and was hanged in Chicago, Illinois, in 1906.
Explores a selection of legends involving belief in the curse of the pharaohs, including the story of Walter Herbert Ingram, Sir Henry Bruce Meux, 3rd Baronet, and Valerie, Lady Meux. Ingram gifted an Ancient Egyptianmummy to the Meuxes in 1886. A couple of years later, Ingram was killed by elephants while hunting in Somalia, and Sir and Lady Meux failed to produce an heir, supposedly due to a curse from the mummy.
Explores a selection of examples of divination used throughout history, including the practice of trial by ordeal. One example of this practice was cruentation, also known as "trial by blood." The episode describes an incident in Ohio in 1818, in which cruentation was used to identify the murderer of a man named Louis Sartain.
An exploration of the history of bestiaries, and the legendary creatures featured in them, such as the basilisk. The episode also describes an incident that allegedly occurred in Warsaw, Poland, in 1587, in which a man named Johann Faurer was said to have captured a basilisk after it had killed several townspeople.
A discussion of stories of ghost ships throughout history, including the stories of the SS Baychimo, which was allegedly spotted numerous times off the coast of Alaska after it was abandoned in 1931.
The story of the Devil of Glenluce, which allegedly occurred in Glenluce, Scotland, in 1654, and which scientist George Sinclair recorded in his 1672 book Hydrostaticks.
An exploration of the practice of body snatching in the history of the United States. The episode also describes the circumstances surrounding the 1788 doctors' riot in New York City.
Humanity has grown over the millennia by passing on knowledge through teachings and guides. Even today, how-to books are best-sellers, and people are more hungry than ever to learn and grow. But some lessons aren’t worth passing on, and in a few cases, they’ve even been incredibly destructive.
A continuation of the exploration of witch-trials throughout history, including the execution of Janet Boyman in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1572.
A brief exploration of the history and legends of Paris, France, including the story of a barber and the owner of a pâtisserie who murdered and butchered a number of their customers until their crimes were discovered in 1430.
An exploration of legends and historical accounts involving twins, including Gillian and Jennifer Pollock, a pair of twins who developed a number of similarities to their deceased sisters Joanna and Jacqueline (also twins), who had been killed in a car accident in Hexham, England, in 1957.
An exploration of ghost stories from cultures around the world, including the story of the ghost of John, Lord Tyrone. According to the legend, John's ghost appeared to his adopted sister Nichola (also known as Lady Beresford) in Gill Hall, near Dromore, Northern Ireland, on the night of his death in 1693. The legend claims that John's ghost made a number of predictions to Nichola, which allegedly came true.
An exploration of the life of Matthias Schaumboch (died 1879), a tavern keeper and alleged serial killer who supposedly murdered a number of peddlers in Schaumboch's Tavern on Hawk Mountain in Pennsylvania.
An exploration of the life of Eliza Jumel, who was born in poverty, but who became one of the richest and most powerful women in the United States by the time she died in 1865. The episode also explores a few of the ghost stories and legends associated with her former home, the Morris–Jumel Mansion near Harlem, New York City.
An exploration of the folklore and legends associated with nightmares and sleep paralysis, including the alleged experiences of Catherine Bowen in Glamorgan, Wales, during the English Civil War, as recorded by theologian Richard Baxter.
Continues the exploration of the history and legends of New Orleans, Louisiana, including the life and crimes of Delphine LaLaurie, and the legends associated with her mansion on Royal Street.
An exploration of the history of grimoires, including the one supposedly used by mathematician Michael Scot, known as the Book of Might. The episode also describes the supposed circumstances of Scot's death in Toledo, Spain, in 1232.
An exploration of stories and legends depicting the Wild Hunt, including stories of alleged encounters with Herne the Hunter in Windsor Great Park in England, one of which is said to have occurred as recently as 1926.
An exploration of people throughout history who sought immortality, including a small number who supposedly succeeded, such as William Cragh, who allegedly came back to life after being hanged in Swansea, Wales, in 1290.
The history and legends of Victoria, British Columbia, and surrounding Vancouver Island, including the stories of Cadborosaurus, and the discovery of an alleged Cadborosaurus carcass in 1937.
A selection of stories, legends, and folklore associated with war and human conflict, including the story of the Angels of Mons, in which soldiers in the British Army reported seeing angels fight alongside them during the Battle of Mons in Belgium in 1914.
The history and legends of the Channel Islands, including the legend of the nightly screams heard on the beach known as Petit Port on the island of Guernsey.
An exploration of stories of the undead, including the story of the Vampire of Croglin Grange, which was recorded by Augustus Hare and allegedly occurred in Cumberland, England, in 1875.
The life of Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare, as well as the legends associated with him. According to legend, FitzGerald, also known as the “Wizard Earl,” did not actually die, but will return to rule as king of Ireland. The legends surrounding FitzGerald are an example of a story featuring a “king asleep in mountain.”
An exploration of the life of John Kincaid, a prominent witchfinder in the Great Scottish witch hunt of 1649-50, who used pricking as one of his primary means for detecting alleged witches.
An exploration of stories involving the wild man, including an incident that allegedly occurred in the Bitterroot Mountains south of Missoula, Montana, in the 1860s, in which a Bigfoot was reported to have killed a human being.
An exploration of the life of Edward Arthur Wilson, also known as Brother XII, and his cult known as the Aquarian Foundation, located south of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Also describes Brother XII’s court hearing in 1928, in which he allegedly incapacitated his opponents through the use of magical powers.
An exploration of the history, legends, and folklore surrounding lighthouses, including the Flannan Isles Lighthouse on Eilean Mòr, Scotland, whose keepers disappeared in 1900.
An exploration of stories, myths, and folklore involving supernatural beings that live in forests, including an incident that allegedly occurred in the Beverly Commons (also known as the Witch Woods) near Beverly, Massachusetts, in 1841.
An exploration of stories, legends, and folklore that involve a relationship between music and Satan, including the story of the life of Niccolò Paganini, a musician from Genoa, Italy, who was rumored to have made a deal with the Devil in exchange for his musical talents.
An exploration of the history and legends of Alaska, including the legend of the PS Eliza Anderson and its supposedly miraculous landing on the coast of Kodiak Island in 1897.
A retelling of an incident that allegedly occurred in 1662 in Driffield, England, in which Isabel Binnington claimed that the ghost of Robert Eliot appeared to her in her boarding house to describe how he had been murdered and buried there 14 years earlier.
The history and legends of Nevada, including the lynching of Adam Uber in the town of Genoa in 1897, and the curse that Uber allegedly uttered to his lynch mob.
An exploration of the circumstances surrounding witch trials in Sweden, including the Torsåker witch trials, in which 71 people were decapitated and burned in Torsåker Parish, Diocese of Härnösand, in 1675. Mahnke describes this witch trial as “the largest mass execution in Sweden’s history, and the largest execution on a single day for any recorded witch trial.”
An exploration of historical incidents in which humans have collected other humans’ body parts, including for human trophy collecting, relics, or for other purposes. One such instance described in the episode occurred in Drumcliff, Ireland, on Beltane in 1858, in which an unknown suspect exhumed the body of Ralph Westropp Brereton and removed his adipose tissue.
The story of the alleged Satanic possession of Clara Germana Cele, and the exorcism that was performed to expel Satan from her body in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, in 1906.
The story of the life of Leonarda Cianciulli, a serial killer who murdered three women in Correggio, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, between 1939-1941. Cianciulli claimed that she was a witch, and that she disposed of her victims’ bodies by making them into soap and teacakes.
The history of Christmas and its associated traditions and legends, including the Legend of the Mistletoe Bough, which allegedly occurred in Bramshill House in England on Christmas Day in the early 1600s.
The story of the life of John Darrell, a puritan and self-proclaimed exorcist from Mansfield, England, who was prosecuted and imprisoned for fraud in 1598.
A summary of legends and alleged encounters with the rougarou, including the legend of Jean Plante’s alleged encounter in Argentenay, France, in the 1600s.
The history, legends, and ghost stories of Nevada City, Montana, including the story of the ghost of George Ives, a member of the Innocents who was hanged in 1863.
A selection of stories, legends, and accounts involving fairies, including a story in which a schoolmaster named Dr. Moore was allegedly taken by fairies in County Wicklow, Ireland, in 1678.
A selection of Mahnke’s personal experiences with alleged paranormal phenomena, including an alleged encounter with a ghost in the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas.
A selection of European ghost stories from the 1600s to the 1800s, including an alleged experience reported by Huguenot minister François Perrault in Mâcon, France, in 1612.
An exploration of alleged prophets and seers throughout history and folklore, including the story of the Brahan Seer, who was allegedly executed by boiling on Chanonry Point in Scotland.
An exploration of stories from history, folklore, and mythology involving horses, including a selection of alleged encounters with the death coach in Sandford-on-Thames, England, as well as in County Clare, Ireland. The coach in the former story allegedly transports the ghost of Anne Boleyn to her home in Blickling Hall every year on the anniversary of her execution.
A summary of various means of transport supposedly used by witches in folklore, including an alleged case in which a group of witches teleported from Bakewell, England, to London in the early 1600s.
A summary of various talismans and amulets used to protect people from harm. One such object is the Bible carried by an American soldier named Donald during World War II.
An exploration of a selection of alleged celebrity mediums, including Henry Slade, a self-proclaimed automatic writer who was exposed as a fraud in London in 1876.
A selection of animals throughout history that were alleged to possess psychic powers, including an allegedly psychic horse from Virginia known as Lady Wonder.
A summary of locations throughout the United States that are associated with legends referring to Satan, including the Stull Cemetery in Stull, Kansas, which is rumored to be one of the alleged gates of hell.
A summary of the circumstances surrounding the unsolved murders of cult leader Benny Evangelist and his family in Detroit, Michigan, in 1929. Also discusses several of the leading theories on the identities and motives of the perpetrator(s).
A summary of alleged sightings of mystery airships, including an alleged account in Broadway, Ohio, in 1911, in which a woman named Idella claimed to have been attacked by unknown beings from up in the sky.
An exploration of the use of love potions throughout history, including the story of Mary Blandy of Oxfordshire, England, who accidentally poisoned her father with a love potion made of arsenic in 1751.
A summary of alleged encounters with Bigfoot-like cryptids throughout the Midwestern United States in the 1970s, including the encounter with the Minerva Monster in Minerva, Ohio, in 1978.
An exploration of the folklore and legends behind petrosomatoglyphs throughout the world, including the Devil’s Footprint in Ipswich, Massachusetts, which according to legend was created by Satan while wrestling with George Whitefield in 1740.
An exploration of the origins of various fairy tales, including the story of the life of Gilles de Rais, who may have been an inspiration for the story of Bluebeard.
The history of the use of sanctuaries throughout history, as well as a selection of stories and legends involving the use of a sanctuary, including the legend of the Princes in the Tower.
