The good doctor shares with us the story of an upright hairy beast with cloven hooves, terrorizing the shores and forests of the Dominion of Labrador in the early 1900s. While much of what was reported at that time sounded like Sasquatch, the footprints just didn’t add up. As always, the local authorities could be […]
Unlike children, mining spirits known as knockers are heard but never seen. By their famous knocking, hard-working men have made their fortunes by trusting these deep-dwelling fae. Just like it says on the tin, Dr. Beachcombing’s found a snippet from the 17th century regarding these beings. Less-benign entities haunt the Ocean State, evinced by Brent […]
The good doctor regales us with a tale very suitable for around the campfire. When there is only one path home, and that path is through darkened woods witness to murder, it is better to wait it out ’til morning, hoping for a glimpse of Foxfire: Tracing the Mythic History of ‘Animal Weddings’ and Ghost […]
When we last left Dr. Beachcombing, he was pondering the legends and lore behind a phantom army haunting the southern part of the Scottish border. Rather than looking at physical explanations, Beach investigates the origins of the name “Souther Fell” and its possible connection to fairy traditions. One must be wary when investigating tales like […]
Tucked away in an 18th century gentleman’s magazine, Dr. Beachcombing found a most interesting account of a ghostly army haunting a hill near the Scottish border. Curiously the event’s chronicled by a legal proceeding too. In The 1747 Account, an anonymous eyewitness relates how several people spied a vast phantom army ’round this hill one […]
An extensive system of caverns lay ‘neath the Twin Cities, perhaps leading to the Hollow Earth with its fountains of vril. Upon their discovery there was much hubbub over the surface giving way with suggestions this midwestern metropolis being swallowed up. Dr. Beachcombing ponders the origins of this hysteria without any acknowledgement of Swedish-American C.H.U.D.s. […]
The good Doctor offers us his take on fairies, as originating from a time when our hunter-gatherer ancestors settled down and started growing their own food. Like the Neolithic peoples, fairies were part of the locale in which humans found themselves, and were appealed to in order to seemingly wield control over an uncontrollable environment. […]
The good Doctor shares a tale of what he terms Ghost Fakery, reminding us that the counterfeit researchers out there are nothing new. They are only a current incarnation of an old and very tired pastime. They are not unlike Ghost Towns: Tales of ‘Hidden’ Towns and Cities That Never Were. We would like to […]
Would you be interested in the story of a 15th century woman who was possessed by a demonic spirit, molded into a human hoop and rolled about the room by a headless bruin, and finally saved from her ordeal by the appearance of a ghostly child? We thought you would. Glasgow Boy restores order to […]
Was Lawrence Billinge a nutter, a fairy-seer, or clever enough to wager the courts would buy his tale to help a real estate transaction? Dr. Beachcombing is intrigued by the invocation of the magic number seven with the fae. Claiming the Good Folk as your roomies, rather than living on an ancient vampire burial ground, […]