We Are Family The idea of family ghosts, or ghosts that attach themselves to people and are “inherited” from generation to generation can perhaps be traced back to a time when families remained in one place for longer periods of time. Were these “inherited” ghosts simply ghosts of a place, a castle for example, where all …
The Poltergeist Within: An Excerpt from Paranormal Parlor Read More »
Amy and Isaac Post were a pretty radical couple for the 1840s. As outspoken abolitionists it isn’t surprising that their open-minded attitude meant that not only were they Quakers, free-thinkers, anti-slavery, and women’s rights advocates, they were also believers in the Spiritualist movement. They held regular abolitionists meetings in their home and hosted the likes …
Try to Keep an Open Mind: From Frederick Douglass to the Fox Sisters Read More »
After all that trick-or-treating, I’ll be WIDE AWAKE and ready to join the great Jim Harold as his guest for the last half-hour of his annual Facebook Live Halloween show! The party starts at 8pm and there’s a lineup of awesome guests and giveaways. I’ll be joining in at 11:30 EST, until midnight. (Obviously on …
Happy Halloween week, you lovers of the bizarre and starlings of the strange. Tonight join me on Beyond The Strange Radio for a live video interview with the one and only Dave Cruz. We’ll try and scare one another as we traverse the world of ghosts, vampires and other creatures of the night. Join us …
Tonight! Sunday! Live! Video! with Dave Cruz & Beyond The Strange Radio Read More »
If you are a fan of the paranormal, then you have no doubt spent time on Ghostvillage.com, Jeff Belanger’s website dedicated to ghost research and evidence. If not, for shame! Get thee on over and join the community of thousands—ghost encounters, curious and skeptics alike. It’s been around since 1999 and I’ve been a fan …
Jeff Belanger Interviewed Me on GhostVillage (Life Goal, Achieved!!!) Read More »
Creatures of mist, half credited; Our faint form flings No shadow in moonlight on the bed We visit; noiseless is our tread, Who come from deserts of the dead, Where no bird sings. —Anon, 1887 (from Ghost Stories and Presentiments) Here There Be Ghosts I have never met a ghost story I didn’t like. Whether …
Here There Be Ghouls: A Teaser from Paranormal Parlor Read More »
Happy 2018 you delightful devils! Let’s hope your celebrations (and libations) didn’t take you too far off the path. We all know how those Pookas can appear when you least expect them… 2017 was a big year for me personally: it saw the publication of my latest book, Fairies, Pookas, and Changelings: A Complet Guide …
Join me and the lovely hosts of Ghost Chronicles, Ron Kolek and Anne Kerrigan, as we gather round the radio-machine to discuss all manner of creatures real and imagined. Tune in live tonight, Wednesday, March 22nd at 7 p.m. EST to talk about my new book, Fairies, Pookas and Changelings: A Complete Guide to the Wild …
Wild Thoughts of the Fairy King: Ghost Chronicles, Tonight! Read More »
Good evening. Since my new book is about to get inked, I simply cannot sit still and have already begun working on another! The next one is focused on ghosts, paranormal parlor games, tricks and history, seances and forgotten lore. And I’d love to hear from you! Do you have a ghostly encounter you’d want …
Happy Holidays, you weirdos! I’ve got a little present for you. I recently got together with my esteemed publisher for Weiser Books Radio Hour, to read to you from a little tale from Charles Dickens’ A Haunted House. Charles Dickens’ Christmas ghosts were rampant in his 1894 pamphlet Christmas Stories, a holiday supplement to Âll …
