The Black Creek Who-dat
The common term for a significant period of hysteria about some kind of typically paranormal subject is flap. I’ve seen flaps about upstate New York involving UFOs, Men-in-Black, cases of […]
Folklore
Bacchus at Halloween
People can talk to you all they want about the old meanings – the spiritual significance – of Halloween/Samhain/the Celtic Day of the Dead. Intellectual understanding is a lot different […]
Thirteen Ghosts of the Western Door: The Niagara All-Stars
The Halloween season is here, and for most of a month the imagery of things and beings supernatural and paranormal will besiege us in every medium. It shows us that […]
The Hill of Dead Witches
To some extent we English speakers are raised on Aristotelian – Greek – thinking. Our whole conceptual system is based on absolutes and zero-sum games. (“Indeed, you have persuaded me, […]
Magnus and the Hidden People
Traditions about races of magical, more-or-less human beings – fairies, leprechauns, Little People – exist in the folklore of many parts of the world. If the average person has an […]
“A Night on Witches’ Walk”: A Seneca Supernatural Tale
[The grandmothers were the ultimate keepers of much of the supernatural tradition, it seems, among the Allegany Seneca. In his childhood the late author and storyteller DuWayne “Duce” Bowen (1946-2006) […]
Goodleberg Strikes Again: The Damning of Goodleberg, Part 5
[Author’s Note: The small country burying-ground in the Town of Wales, Erie County, NY, known as Goodleberg is one of New York State’s most mythologized “haunted” cemeteries. It is also […]
The Damning of Goodleberg, Part 3: The Dreaded Doctor Speaker
Yes, it’s that time of year again. The summer months are on us and here come the ghost-hunters. It’s sure to get hot at the top of that hill holding […]
The Damning of Goodleberg, Part 2: Dogs in Black and Ladies in White
Yes, it’s that time of year again. The summer months are on us and here come the ghost-hunters. It’s sure to get hot at the top of that hill holding […]
The Damning of Goodleberg, Part 1
Yes, it’s that time of year again. The summer months are on us and it’s sure to get hot at the top of that hill holding the most prominent outdoor […]