What exactly is a fairy tree? Dr. Beachcombing has an idea, based on several accounts buried in history, but he has yet to see one. One thing to consider is the tradition may have persisted into the 20th century as Bing Crosby sung I’ll Be Home For Christmas, wistfully remembering “presents on the tree”. Of […]

This terrifying demonstration shows just how quickly a Christmas tree fire sparked by fairy lights could ravage your home in a video shared by London Fire Brigade.

I can’t get rid of a little voice at the back of my mind whispering Meghan has come to our shores with a purpose, which is the greater glory of Meghan Markle, writes STEPHEN GLOVER.

On the anniversary of the Cottingly Fairies photographs, the good Doctor Beach shares with us a well worn but still clever method to keep the media guessing and the newspapers selling. Then, he both regales and repulses with a tale of Eating Mermaids. Dating back to 1827 this story makes one wonder just how bad […]

On the Emerald Isle they know a thing or two about fairies, and Danny Healey-Rae reckons that road repairs on the N22 have disturbed a “fairy fort,” resulting in subsidence. Mind you, considering that such tampering is said to sometimes result in “early death,” a dip in the tarmac isn’t too bad. Back in 1950 […]

Chris Woodyard presents a tale that is at the same time sweet and a little bit creepy. Perhaps it’s the similarity to modern day circumstances, but when a home renovation encroaches on old Gentry land the fairy folk living there have to go somewhere. Did something just tug on the bedclothes? A more aggressive style […]

Chris Woodyard takes a look back to Edwardian lady novelist Florence L Barclay whose talents included interaction with charming “Little People” who, in an almost Disney-esque fashion, would nightly float around her bedroom ceiling. But to her dismay, none of these fairy-folk could be captured. Chris wants to hear more of similar stories. And what […]

Clip ‘n save this handy-dandy reference since you never know when you’ll stumble upon another ring of mushrooms. Behavior, personality, and quirks are deftly, yet briefly, outlined by the evergreen A Man Called Da-da. Omitted out of concern for your sanity is the Shape-Shifting Creature Reportedly Captured In Ghana. Please remember Africa’s tokoloshe are nothing […]

We think Beach must be compiling a how-to-survive-anything-paranormal manual. First lesson, how to rescue yourself from a fairy wind, involves waiting for a twisting wind (the fae’s preferred mode of travel) to pass. Then, kick up the dirt from the ground into the wind, whilst blessing oneself like one learned in school (if one was […]

The good Doctor, together with Chris Woodward from Haunted Ohio, has gone on an obsessive journey to discover precisely when fairies were first depicted with wings. More importantly, WHY were they depicted with wings when everything we know about fairies would indicate their actual physical appearance to be the exact opposite of Tinkerbell. Questions aside […]