#uncanny #uncannycommunity #uncannytour #ghosts #hauntings #Nottingham Tonight's Uncanny Show: The ghosts of the Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham. @dannyrobins.bsky.social

I enjoyed this vintage movie last night #MichaelCaine #PatriciaRoutledge

Oh, sorry, just while I think of it, could a bunch of you buy one or both of these? And if you're a bit famous can you say they're a tour de force, a bravura performance, &c.? Ta.

#TheVictorianBookoftheDead Undertaker's occupational shaving mug, Danbury Connecticut. The initials "A.H." stand for Abel Hawley, listed as an undertaker in the 1886 city directory. www.cowanauctions.com/lot/exceptio...

RT @ghostlytales.bsky.social #Japan #yokai

GHOST APPLES The uncanny name for when freezing rain settles on the fruit & ices over creating a frozen coating. The apple defrosts before the ice does & the rotting apple falls out of the bottom leaving its gothic icy 'ghost' behind! #FolkyFriday

At the top of Dollar Glen in the Ochils is Maiden Castle, a fairy hill. A piper was taken inside the hill to play to the gathered assembly. They welcome him, he plays all night, then finds himself alone by the dark silent hill. He returns home a stranger- 100 years have passed. #PhantomsFriday

Why are there so many #ghost Cavaliers in #folklore, I ask myself? The Civil War was one of the most violent and psychologically damaging periods in British history but where are the Parliamentarian #ghosts? Are Cavaliers just more romantic or is it some sort of #folktale snobbery? #PhantomsFriday

A cute ghost for #PhantomsFriday

The 15th C Hall-i-the-Wood, #Lancashire, was taken off the Royalist family who'd owned it for generations and given to a Parliamentarian instead. One ancestor is still so angry over this that he has a habit of riding his horse noisily up and down the staircase (invisibly). #PhantomsFriday #folklore

Many of the books acquired by the monarch were banned by the Inquisition and were turned upside down so that their titles could not be read. Felipe also slept with mummies of different saints because he firmly believed that they helped him heal from the various ailments he suffered from. (4/4)

Near the famous chair of Felipe II, the spot from which, according to some, the king watched the progress of the monastery's construction, traces have been found of a stone that in prehistoric times was a sacrificial altar used by the local inhabitants, the Vettones tribe. (3/4)

Among the nocturnal apparitions are the four wives of King Felipe II: Maria of Portugal, Mary Tudor, Elizabeth of Valois, and Anne of Austria, who occasionally stroll quietly through the monastery courtyard, holding candles in their hands. (2/4)

El Escorial Monastery (Madrid, Spain) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. According to the legends, the spot on which the monastery stands is the location of one of the gates of Hell. The place is steeped in supernatural legends, including ghost stories. (1/4) #PhantomsFriday

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), was a hit show for Lew Grade’s ITC in 1969-1970. As a team of private investigators, Jeff Randall (Mike Pratt) and Marty Hopkirk (Kenneth Cope) had a unique advantage: Hopkirk was dead, and only Randall could see and talk to his ghost colleague. #PhantomsFriday

The soul of bad Sir John Wynne, who oppressed his tenants in the 16th C, was trapped in the pool beneath the Swallow Falls (Rhaeadr y Wennol) in Betws-y-Coed, #Conwy, 'there to be punished, purged, and purified of the foul deeds' he'd done. If you can't get at an aristo in life... #PhantomsFriday

In 1892, newspapers began circulating a story about a dying spiritualist who planned to have himself enclosed in a large glass cylinder, connected to telegraph equipment, so his entrapped ghost could communicate definitive proof of life after death. #PhantomsFriday braegrosz.com/2025/09/12/g...

Rumours that Arkwright haunts his 1788 Greyhound hotel are unfounded! landlords in situ between 1978 and 1986 never witnessed any thing but declared there is a secret passage where the clock winding mechanism is located which always had a chilling feeling whenever they wound it up! #phantomsFriday

RT@Skionar #PhantomsFriday

A favourite of mine is a story from an ordinary 1930s semi near #Wolverhampton. Following glimpses of a ghostly woman, a blue eye was spotted peering up from a knot in the floorboards. Moving from side to side, it watched Mrs Nicholls and her son for about 10 minutes, then vanished. #PhantomsFriday

"The ghost of a sad old lady?" Bexhill Observer 5.2.1987. #PhantomsFriday

Police Gazette, July 14, 1894. Despite seeing a spirit grow from child to adult at a Buffalo NY seance, Mrs. J.P. Lyle became sceptical of the proceedings and attempted to seize the supposed spirit. Chaos ensued among the 40 paying attendees, as the fraud was exposed. #phantomsfriday

RT @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social #FolkyFriday

The Roti Pani restaurant in Willenhall, W. Midlands, is said to be haunted by a ghostly knocking at 9pm every evening, on the door on an upstairs landing. #PhantomsFriday #FolkyFriday #ghosts #hauntings

The Bull's Head pub in Meriden (Coventry) is said to be #haunted by "Fred", a waiter who committed suicide. Also a man is seen in an upstairs bar wearing a tight coat & his hair in a pigtail accompanied by an intense cold sensation.The #ghostly sound of coach wheels is also heard. #PhantomsFriday

In 1960 the owner of Meriden Hall, Warwickshire, a Mrs. Boucher, told a reporter that one day when she was alone in a certain part of the building, she felt someone 'pass close by' her and smelled the scent of a perfume that she didn't recognise. #PhantomsFriday #paranormal #hauntings

I've been working my way through these for the last few days; I read them in the past but by now have forgotten everything. So intriguing and #spooky! #PhantomsFriday #paranormal #ghosts #hauntings #ForteanTimes #unexplained

From The Springfield News Sun, August 22, 199: #PhantomsFriday #FolkyFriday #ghosts

The Cellar Bar at the Arts Centre in Stamford is a peculiarity. Its either one of the most haunted locations ever - or it's just a mundane beer and events venue. Who do we believe? #phantomsfriday #ghosts #hauntings

Mrs Tulliver and her pet cat Seamus are among the ghosts that haunt the Snickleway Inn in York. Mrs Tulliver is sometimes seen sitting quietly at the bar and Seamus the cat is felt rubbing his way among the legs of unsuspecting customers. #BookologyThursday #PhantomsFriday 📸 Kenneth Barker

Two phantom black dogs were reported to wander Pill Lane in Little Compton. They are believed to be the ghost of a Mrs Pardington. No information in my sources about who Mrs P. was but nearby there is a field called Pardington’s Close. #PhantomsFriday #SpectralHounds

Final post for #WyrdWednesday: something barmy from Boris Dolgov. (No idea where it comes from, I'm afraid, it's just one of the very many weird pics I've harvested from numerous forgotten sources over the years. Perhaps someone can tell me?). #weird #weirdart #illustration #fantasyart #insects

'Woman and Child Catching Fireflies' - Eishosai Choki, ca. 1793. #WyrdWednesday #JapaneseArt

In Celtic lore, butterflies are associated with fire: The Irish word for butterfly, dealan-dhe', also refers to the "fire of the gods" or a magical flame. This associates the insect with the bonfires of ancient festivals like Beltane. Art my own. #WyrdWednesday #Folklore

#WyrdWednesday Skrzyńsko Parish Church, Poland, was said to be home to a giant spider that lived in the attic above the dining room. It's venom dripped down onto the priests food & poisoned several of them, so the townsfolk investigated the attic & discovered & killed it. 🖼️ Fritz Schwimbeck (1920)

One old cure for rheumatism involved letting bees sting the affected areas. Folklore collector JH Bloom was told how a Stratford beekeeper lost 2 hives through disturbing the bees to aid rheumaticky friends #WyrdWednesday #FolkMedicine

#WyrdWednesday During a 1578 plague outbreak in Norwich, one of the dead victims boarded up in a house was actually still alive. Forced by hunger to eat the flesh of her dead family, the little girl choked to death & was found by shocked neighbours. Her sad, ghostly figure still wanders Tombland ...

Watching this now #Yugoslavfilms #DusanMakavejev

Enjoyed these #vintagemovies yesterday. Too many stars to list here!

My reading for today and at least some of tomorrow (from Archive) #ghosts #paranormal #hauntings

I watched this movie last night; not bad at all! #vintagehorror #70shorror #Eurotrash #Eurohorror #DevilsNightmare

Today's reading #ghosts #hauntings #paranormal #Australia #Brisbane

Something creepy in the woods for #PhantomsFriday and #FolkyFriday by Artur Grottger. #gothic #artsky

...others that she was buried in the garden after being drowned. This tragedy explains the cries that, according to legend, can still be heard in the current Casa de América to this day. (3/3)

...so they requested a papalbull to be able to live together in chastity. But they already had a daughter. The girl, therefore, had to disappear. There are different versions of her death. Some say she was walled up inside the palace... (2/3)

The Linares Palace in Madrid (Spain) is currently home to Casa América, but its history is quite tragic. The palace was the residence of José and Raimunda, the Marquises of Linares. After they married, they discovered that they were siblings... (1/3) #PhantomsFriday #ghost #haunted

One or two of my relatives haunt ancient St Osyth's Priory, #Essex, with its magnificent gatehouse. The most commonly seen ghost monk is dressed in a brown habit and wanders through a bricked-up doorway. Another monkish figure in white has also been seen by a nearby lake. #PhantomsFriday #folklore

Windsor Great Forest is famously haunted by Herne The Hunter, a ranger during the reign of Henry VIII who, #legend has it, practised strange (pagan?) rituals under an oak tree, from which he was later found hanged. The tree sometimes appeared as a ghost, too. #PhantomsFriday #FolkyFriday #folklore

Spook sightings uncovered in Freedom Of Information requests? Hmm... #PhantomsFriday.