Possibly True Tales of Ghosts and the SupernaturalTumblr (3.0; @strangetastic)http://strangetastic.com/<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llfzyyKQVz1qzr1sc.png"/></p> <p>from <em><a target="_blank" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=ht1AAAAAYAAJ&dq=ghosts&pg=PA21#v=onepage&q&f=false">The Ghosts: and Other Lectures</a></em> by Robert Green Ingersoll</p>http://strangetastic.com/post/5635997060http://strangetastic.com/post/5635997060Thu, 19 May 2011 07:30:08 -0500witcheswitchcraftwitch huntpossessiondemon possession<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llaedeJi4d1qzr1sc.png"/></p> <p>from <em><a target="_blank" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=XW4UAAAAYAAJ&dq=pirate%20ghost&pg=PA2#v=onepage&q&f=false">Captain John Crane, 1800-1815</a></em> by Thomas Wallace Knox</p>http://strangetastic.com/post/5542373807http://strangetastic.com/post/5542373807Mon, 16 May 2011 06:55:56 -0500ghost storiesghostspirates<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkkiagKxHo1qzr1sc.png"/></p> <p>from <a target="_blank" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=oSsVAAAAYAAJ&dq=new%20york%20ghosts&pg=PA236#v=onepage&q=new%20york&f=false">Hours With The ghosts: or, Nineteenth Century Witchcraft. Illustrated</a> (1897) by Henry Ridgely Evans</p>http://strangetastic.com/post/5161579130http://strangetastic.com/post/5161579130Tue, 03 May 2011 10:00:06 -0500spirit photographyghost photograph<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkki55bMDM1qzr1sc.png"/>from <a target="_blank" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=oSsVAAAAYAAJ&dq=new%20york%20ghosts&pg=PA236#v=onepage&q=new%20york&f=false">Hours With The ghosts: or, Nineteenth Century Witchcraft. Illustrated</a> (1897) by Henry Ridgely Evans</p>http://strangetastic.com/post/5130460535http://strangetastic.com/post/5130460535Mon, 02 May 2011 07:18:12 -0500spiritualismghostsghost storiesséances<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkdhnhGNxT1qzr1sc.png"/></p> <p>from <em><a target="_blank" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=naZLAAAAYAAJ&dq=ghost%20ship&pg=PP11#v=onepage&q&f=false">Army and Navy Chronicle, and Scientific Repository, Volume 2</a></em> (1836) by William Quereau Force</p>http://strangetastic.com/post/5040025314http://strangetastic.com/post/5040025314Fri, 29 Apr 2011 08:00:06 -0500haunted shipghost storiesghost<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkd5i4aqPT1qzr1sc.png"/></p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=gamfAAAAMAAJ&dq=ghost%20ships&pg=PA124#v=onepage&q&f=false">Tales of the Great War</a> by Sir Henry John Newbolt</p>http://strangetastic.com/post/5011286121http://strangetastic.com/post/5011286121Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:05:24 -0500ghost shipsghost storiesbritish navyworld war ithe great war<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lka19qQgPJ1qzr1sc.png"/></p> <p>from <em><a target="_blank" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=PkIKAAAAIAAJ&dq=ocean%20ghost&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false">Legends and Superstitions of the Sea and of Sailors in All Lands and at All  Times</a> </em>(1885) by Fletcher S. Bassett</p>http://strangetastic.com/post/4981572204http://strangetastic.com/post/4981572204Wed, 27 Apr 2011 05:26:09 -0500ghost storieshaunted oceanssea ghostsdevilsatan<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lka10l3R2O1qzr1sc.png"/></p> <p>from <em><a target="_blank" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=PkIKAAAAIAAJ&dq=ocean%20ghost&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false">Legends and Superstitions of the Sea and of Sailors in All Lands and at All  Times</a> </em>(1885) by Fletcher S. Bassett</p>http://strangetastic.com/post/4964096601http://strangetastic.com/post/4964096601Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:34:00 -0500flying dutchmanghost shiphaunted shipsghostsghost stories<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk7jxkGhKI1qzr1sc.png"/></p> <p>from <em><a target="_blank" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=VFo2AQAAIAAJ&dq=ghost%20ships&pg=PA228#v=onepage&q&f=false">The National Magazine: Devoted to Literature, Art and Religion, Volume 11</a> </em>(1857)</p>http://strangetastic.com/post/4925216919http://strangetastic.com/post/4925216919Mon, 25 Apr 2011 07:30:54 -0500ghost shipghostsghost stories<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk20baCXN11qzr1sc.png"/></p> <p>from <em><a target="_blank" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=J3MPAQAAIAAJ&dq=fairies%20houdini&pg=PA96#v=onepage&q&f=false">The Annals of Psychical Science, vol. 7</a> (1908)</em></p>http://strangetastic.com/post/4834164913http://strangetastic.com/post/4834164913Fri, 22 Apr 2011 07:37:20 -0500goblinsfairiessupernatural powers<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk05cz2nvO1qzr1sc.png"/></p> <p>from <em><a target="_blank" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=ZVtNAAAAYAAJ&dq=fairies%20conan%20doyle&pg=PA80-IA2#v=onepage&q&f=false">The Coming of the Fairies</a> </em>by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle</p>http://strangetastic.com/post/4804171523http://strangetastic.com/post/4804171523Thu, 21 Apr 2011 07:31:20 -0500arhtur conan doylefairiesfaeriesfaeriefairy photographscottingley fairies<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljybkwKdts1qzr1sc.png"/></p> <p>from <em><a target="_blank" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=nN9ZAAAAMAAJ&dq=fairies&pg=PR3#v=onepage&q&f=false">The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns & Fairies: a Study in Folk-lore and Psychical Research</a> (1893)</em> by Robert Kirk</p>http://strangetastic.com/post/4775229034http://strangetastic.com/post/4775229034Wed, 20 Apr 2011 07:53:35 -0500pictsfairiesfaeriesfairy hills<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljwnsmlF3v1qzr1sc.png"/></p> <p><em><a target="_blank" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=zg8wAAAAIAAJ&dq=fairy%20forts&pg=PA141#v=onepage&q&f=false">Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Volume 24 </a> (1887)</em></p>http://strangetastic.com/post/4748290797http://strangetastic.com/post/4748290797Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:19:57 -0500fairiesfairyfaeriesfolkloreirelandirish<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljuk3pu4rd1qzr1sc.png"/></p> <p>from <em><a target="_blank" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=5NpZAAAAMAAJ&dq=fairies&pg=PR3#v=onepage&q&f=false">Tales of the Fairies and of the Ghost World</a> </em>(1895) by Jeremiah Curtin</p>http://strangetastic.com/post/4716700817http://strangetastic.com/post/4716700817Mon, 18 Apr 2011 07:08:20 -0500fairiesfolkloreirelandfairy storiestradition<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljp12f9QUT1qzr1sc.png"/></p> <p>from <em><a target="_blank" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=B8vYAAAAMAAJ&dq=burial%20superstitions&pg=PR4#v=onepage&q&f=false">Current Superstitions</a> (1896) </em><span>edited by Fanny Dickerson Bergen</span></p>http://strangetastic.com/post/4631655741http://strangetastic.com/post/4631655741Fri, 15 Apr 2011 07:24:40 -0500omensdeathsuperstitionfolklore<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljn93si3YK1qzr1sc.png"/></p> <p>from <em>The Natives of British Central Africa </em>(1906) By Alice Werner</p>http://strangetastic.com/post/4606378991http://strangetastic.com/post/4606378991Thu, 14 Apr 2011 08:25:31 -0500were-hyenalycanthropywizardsafricaafrican superstitionfolklorecolonialism<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljlbouawW21qzr1sc.png"/></p> <p>fr<span>om <em><a target="_blank" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=CuUNAAAAYAAJ&dq=spirit%20rapping&pg=PP8#v=onepage&q&f=false">Spirit Slate Writing and Kindred Phenomena</a> </em>by Chung Ling Soo</span></p>http://strangetastic.com/post/4578715019http://strangetastic.com/post/4578715019Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:39:41 -0500chung ling soomagiciansspiritualismfraudghostsséance<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljjgdwm8wS1qzr1sc.png"/></p> <p>from <em><a target="_blank" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=v2AZAAAAYAAJ&dq=ghostly%20child&pg=PR5#v=onepage&q&f=false">The Dublin University Magazine, Vol. 72</a>  (</em>1868)</p>http://strangetastic.com/post/4551436670http://strangetastic.com/post/4551436670Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:13:14 -0500ghostsghost stories<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljhqy6FLT41qzr1sc.png"/></p> <p>from <em><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=ut6OA2um1pcC&lpg=PP1&dq=ozark%20superstitions&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false">Ozark Superstitions</a> </em>by Vance Randolph</p>http://strangetastic.com/post/4526097965http://strangetastic.com/post/4526097965Mon, 11 Apr 2011 09:02:36 -0500ozark superstitionsvance randolphghost storiesghosts<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljc8qv5xLW1qzr1sc.png"/></p> <p>from <a target="_blank" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=vsAKAAAAYAAJ&dq=ouija%20board&pg=PR3#v=onepage&q&f=false">The Federal Report: Volume 273</a> (1921) </p>http://strangetastic.com/post/4441404692http://strangetastic.com/post/4441404692Fri, 08 Apr 2011 09:42:00 -0500spiritsouijagovernmenttaxesghosts