With Halloween just around the corner, come and explore three of the most famous paranormal games and parlour tricks to play with your friends – if you’re brave enough. Don’t blame me if it all goes wrong though. Apple Divination Games Apples are surprisingly magical fruits, featuring in folklore and mythology from the Bible to…
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4 Freaky Halloween Rituals and Superstitions
To quote the wonderful Tim Curry as The Grand Wizard, “anything can happen on Halloween”. It’s a time synonymous with fortunetelling, magic, death and renewal, and as such, is filled with all manner of superstitions and rituals. Let’s discuss some of the most well known Halloween superstitions and rituals to honour the most magical time…
Halloween: Origins and Folklore
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! With Halloween less than a week away, now is the perfect time to explore the frightening folklore and terrifying traditions that makes this wonderfully weird night the best one of the year. So grab hold of my October kite and call me Mr Moundshroud, we’re going on…
Around The World In Eighty Ghosts: Part Three
The end is in sight so let’s buckle up and continue our whistle-stop tour of the weird world we live in. Read Part’s One and Two 41. Highland Towers – Selangor, Malaysia On December 11th 1993, a 12 storey tower block in Selangor, Malaysia collapsed, resulting in the death of 48 people. As is often…
Around The World In 80 Ghosts: Part One
Given the current state of the global pandemic, worldwide travel is still a distant memory for most us. So, thought I, why don’t we take a moment to appreciate the wonderful world of weird via the relative safety of the internet, and explore some of the ghastliest global ghouls we can find! So before I…
The Hawthorn Files 