On this day in 1843, Charles Dickens published his famous book A Christmas Carol. For those of you who are not familiar with the plot, Dickens tells the tale of a greedy and miserly banker Ebenezer Scrooge who is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve all conspiring to make him a better person. AContinue reading “A ghost story for Christmas”
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Urban Legends- The tale of the Babysitter
When a Stranger Calls, movie, 2006 To celebrate Halloween this week, here is an urban legend horror story that is sure to give you the chills. Urban legends are a form of modern-day fairy tales that are passed along from person to person. They often have cautionary warnings attached to them that serve to remindContinue reading “Urban Legends- The tale of the Babysitter”
Haunted
Hi everyone, I am coming in with another short blog about one of my favorite topics- folklore. This post is about ghost stories as told by college students in the U.S. Apparently there are a lot of haunted college campuses and dorms in this country, places where strange and unexplained things have happened. Some peopleContinue reading “Haunted”
The Snow Maiden
A bit of background…. The Snow Maiden is an old Russian Folktale. In Russian it is referred to as Snegurochka, which roughly translates to snow girl, or girl made of snow. The Story There are several variations of this story, but in the main one the story goes that there was once an old coupleContinue reading “The Snow Maiden”
In the depths of winter…
Hello to everyone! I hope you are doing well after the Christmas and New Year’s holiday. I am back with another blog. It is now the middle of winter, and I don’t know what it’s like where you are, but over here it has been icy cold, with blustering winds and some glittery white snow.Continue reading “In the depths of winter…”
More Christmas Folklore
This week, I will be sharing with you some curious old tales that were collected by a folklorist in Pennsylvania in the 1950’s concerning the Christmas superstitions of the Scotch-Irish, Pennsylvania Dutch, and Quakers of the 19th century in that area. Some of these traditions are a type of ritual that people performed as partContinue reading “More Christmas Folklore”
A little Christmas folklore…
In the spirit of the season, this month I will be relaying some interesting legends about the origins of old Nativity customs and symbols. For this blog post, I will discuss the history (very brief) of the Christmas tree. In our modern world, we take evergreen trees along with their various decorations seemingly for granted.Continue reading “A little Christmas folklore…”
The Lady in White Continued…
Here is the story of the lady in white aboard the Eliza White ship as adapted from Frederick Stonehouse’s Haunted Lakes II. For more information, on this story and other occurrences of the ghostly lady in white, please see my previous blog post. The Ghostly Lady One night after the old double masted schooner knownContinue reading “The Lady in White Continued…”
The Lady in White
Since we are still recovering from Halloween, I have one more scary story for you adapted from Frederick Stonehouse’s book of the Haunted Great Lakes. This one is taken from his second book, Haunted Lakes II, and it was printed in 2000. It is about a ghostly woman in white (sometimes called a white ladyContinue reading “The Lady in White”
The Ghostly Light
Continuing on with my scary stories theme for the blog, I am including here another tale adapted from Frederick Stonehouse’s first book Haunted Lakes, (reprint, 2023). This one is about a mysterious green light that seems to come out of nowhere, and disappears just as suddenly. You decide for yourself what it could have been.Continue reading “The Ghostly Light”
A Winter's Dream 