GILPIN HORNER
[The fairy lore of the British Isles may be the liveliest such tradition recorded. Some of its numberless, colorful supernatural beings are portrayed as solitary. Others live in communities, even […]
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SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED
For Sir Thomas Sean Connery (August 25, 1930-October 31, 2020) Every age needs its signature hero. It’s often hard to say who invents the style. It’s not always the […]
Portals
I was going through some old files recently and came across a report about The Roycroft Inn in East Aurora that I have never published. An example of a type […]
Ring of Honor
[Folklorists are accustomed to the idea that supernatural legend – and even contemporary paranormal experience –surrounds the ancient monuments of Europe. Stonehenge. Silbury Hill. Carnac. The Rollrights. So common is it […]
AFTERWORD (to The Paranormal Almanac of Western New York)
I don’t believe in ghosts, although I’ve seen my share.Sean Connery as Allan Quatermain in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen One of the unforgettable memories of my teaching career is of […]
CAPPY
[I think more people than you would expect have a supernatural story or two like this one floating around in family tradition. A recent book, The Rose Witch (2018), […]
Sir Antonius
I bid good night to one of the great actors of our age. Born Carl Adolph von Sydow in Lund, Sweden, Max von Sydow (1929-2020) started out among the […]
Two Hunters and the Skinwalker
[To the Celtic peoples of Europe a “dust devil” – a moving mini-cyclone of dirt and detritus – announced the passage of an invisible supernatural being, usually one of […]
Haunted Objects
One of my best friends in college went on to become a Celtic specialist. Like me, he had a fondness for out-of-the-way lore. On one of his trips to the […]
“Come away, O human child!” (Part 1)
Children’s psychic experiences can be both the most poetic and the most frightening. According to the reports I get, the average ghost sighting is a completely visual experience. Other sensory […]