These four weird ghost stories come directly from my own experience. I can’t say if they happened, or I just imagined them, but listen with an open mind… Happy Halloween! Find the images and references on the blog post: https://www.icysedgwick.com/weird-ghost-stories Read ‘The Foundling’ short story: https://www.icysedgwick.com/fridayflash-foundling/ Get your free guide to home protection the folklore…

In this eighth episode of Fabulous Folklore Presents, I chat with Mario Góngora, professional voiceover talent and host of the podcast, “Yes, This Happened,” a paranormal show detailing supernatural accounts from real people who swear that what they experienced really happened.  These stories originate and are collected from the Caribbean, Mexico, and all of Latin…

The severed head is a common motif in horror films. But aside from the obvious examples, like Perseus and Medusa, or the head of Bran in Welsh legend, how does the severed head—and indeed the Headless Horseman—appear in folklore? Let’s find out in this week’s episode of Fabulous Folklore! CW: Discussion of execution. Find the…

The gallows loom large in the historical imagination. Indeed, it’s quite the staple in many Hammer horror films, emerging from the mist as a crow caws off-screen. But how does it appear in the popular imagination of medicinal cures and folk magic? Let’s explore the folklore of the English gallows in this week’s episode of…

In this seventh episode of Fabulous Folklore Presents, I chat with Helen Nde, Cameroonian-born researcher, writer and artist and curator of the Mythological Africans platform! In this interview, we chat about African folklore, the importance of mythology and storytelling, and Helen’s new Kickstarter! Find Mythological Africans on Twitter here: https://www.twitter.com/MythicAfricans Support the Kickstarter for The…

Death superstitions provide a common theme throughout folklore. It’s hardly surprising. Before the advent of modern medicine and health and safety, communities may have felt more at the mercy of life’s whims. Following superstitions gives an element of control. Indeed, many of them also have mundane roots. Hanging a dish cloth over a door knob…