Some pics from Nottingham Justice Museum's Dead Man Walking night (which was much fun but absolutely terrifying, btw) #photography #justicemuseum #Nottingham

I dunno about you but I'm pretty fucking excited for Osgood Perkins' latest dark trip... #Horrorsky #Filmsky #MutantFam youtu.be/WKP0usWNpfE?...

Excellent article here. Our students are our greatest advocates. Counter proposals will be put forward, and we are supporting colleagues in Music, Modern Languages, Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies at Nottingham with their campaigns www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nottingham's Newstead Abbey is best known as the ancestral home of Lord Byron, but romantic poetry isn’t the only legacy the famous author left behind. It's said the ghost of Byron’s beloved dog, Boatswain, still roams the estate, searching endlessly for his master... #PhantomsFriday

Nottingham's Newstead Abbey is best known as the ancestral home of Lord Byron, but romantic poetry isn’t the only legacy the famous author left behind. It's said the ghost of Byron’s beloved dog, Boatswain, still roams the estate, searching endlessly for his master... #PhantomsFriday

"Ten minutes more of suspense. Then, again, loud, sudden, violent, the bell rang! We burst into the room. There he was, standing in the middle of the floor, rigid, petrified. He groaned in in a terrible, husky voice, 'Oh my God, I have seen it!' and fell down dead." - Rhoda Broughton #PhantomsFriday

Few new brown mushrooms in the park this morning. #FungiFriday 🍄

The famous 'Girl in The Flames' photo from 1995, showing Wem Town Hall on fire and a mysterious little girl stood in the blaze, seemingly unbothered. The girl in question was actually lifted from a postcard from 1922. #WyrdWednesday

"Taking the fear out", an old Cypriot ritual: * A pan face-down over a fire. * Think of what you fear, the ritualist's hand on your head. * Two caged birds close by. * Water poured onto the pan so it hisses. * Leap over that and the fire. * The birds will absorb your fear. #WyrdWednesday

'Darkness' by Lord Byron depicts the world ending as the Sun dies out. The humankind burns fires in desperate fight against the dark, only to accelerate the destruction. Assumably written in Villa Diodati during 'The Year Without a Summer' 1816. #WyrdWednesday #poetry #books #booksky #gothic

The famous 'Girl in The Flames' photo from 1995, showing Wem Town Hall on fire and a mysterious little girl stood in the blaze, seemingly unbothered. The girl in question was actually lifted from a postcard from 1922. #WyrdWednesday

Happy November 5th - a.k.a. Bonfire Night! 🖤 Marked with fires and fireworks for over 400 years, on this day in 1605 Guido Fawkes was arrested attempting to blow up the Houses of Parliament - though he was but one member of the broader Catholic conspiracy... #WyrdWednesday

In the 16th and 17th centuries (and perhaps the 18th C) a weird 'Fiery Exhalation' would sometimes rise from the sea at Harlech. In 1692, it 'set Fire to the Ricks of Hay, Corn & Barns [...] & to infect the Grass, but it was not mischievous to Men though they were in the midst of it". #WyrdWednesday

'Gigantis the Fire Monster' (Warner Bros., 1959), also known as 'Godzilla Raids Again'. After the great success of 'Gojira' (1954), released in the United States as 'Godzilla, King of the Monsters', Toho Studios immediately set about producing this sequel. #WyrdWednesday #Film

Good morning, wyrdlings 👻 @cwreeve.bsky.social here, ready to get the fire started for this week's #WyrdWednesday topic - “Burn, Baby, Burn!” BRING ON THE WYRD!! 🔥🔥

Creepy Hotel Corridors, Part 7 in an occasional series. This one is from a hostel in New York that I stayed at for a week or so, which was run by nuns. I didn't see a single nun while I was there.

Creepy Hotel Corridors, Part 7 in an occasional series. This one is from a hostel in New York that I stayed at for a week or so, which was run by nuns. I didn't see a single nun while I was there.

Penny for the guy, you Wydlings? With Bonfire Night falling on #WyrdWednesday, we go one better and give you: “Burn, Baby, Burn!” As this week’s topic. Let’s hear some fiery stories from lore, myth, lit and history!

My boi Herbie, aka Herbs, aka Herbington Bear, aka The Herbalizer. I routinely sing Herbaliscous at him. #Caturday

My boi Herbie, aka Herbs, aka Herbington Bear, aka The Herbalizer. I routinely sing Herbaliscous at him. #Caturday

According to a Flemish folktale, there was a woman who claimed she was afraid of nothing. One night, she went to a graveyard for she preferred to collect bones rather than pick flowers. As she reached for them, a voice suddenly spoke 'Don't touch me. Those are my bones.' #PhantomsFriday

Happy Halloween to all the wyrdlings out there! If you fancy some spooky posts today, check out our friends over at #PhantomsFriday - they've got you covered! Have a good ol' wyrd weekend everyone!👻 👻👻

The famous 'Tulip Staircase' photo, taken by Rev. Ralph Hardy, a retired clergyman from White Rock, British Columbia in 1966. He intended merely to photograph the elegant spiral staircase, instead he got some unexpected spooky monk action #PhantomsFriday

Thanks to @cwreeve.bsky.social for the last terrifying round! Stalk the night with @prairiebones.bsky.social now during our extra scary #WyrdWednesday festival! Monsters, ghouls, ghosts, goblins...let's see them all!

The will-o’-the-wisp is known by many names: ignis fatuus, jack-o’-lantern, corpse candle. In every language, it means the same thing: follow it, and you’ll never find your way home. #WyrdWednesday Art: Hermann Hendrich

#WyrdWednesday After the bodies of two crewmen from the SS Watertown were buried at sea off the coast of Mexico, several other crewmen reported seeing the men in the water at the stern of the boat. A contemporary photo taken was reputed to be a forgery ....

Edwin Landseer's allegedly haunted painting Man Proposes, God Disposes hangs in the exam hall at the University of London. According to myth, a student once committed suicide during exams by stabbing a pencil into their eye, writing "The polar bears made me do it" on their exam paper. #WyrdWednesday

In #JapaneseFolklore nando baba is the storeroom hag who lurks inside closets. Appearing as a ragged old woman this #yokai is fairly harmless but is known to leap out screaming and chase you. It seems the best defence is to hit her over the head with a... #WyrdWednesday 🎨Matthew Meyer @yokai.com 1/2

Good morning, Wyrdlings! Welcome to our annual #WyrdWednesday Halloween Spooktacular 👻 @cwreeve.bsky.social here, and this topic is where I live - you got some spooky content, I wanna see it!

Happy #BlackCatDay #BlackCatAppreciationDay all!🐈‍⬛ "A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere" ~ Groucho Marx

The catacombs underneath the Basilica of St Patrick's Old Cathedral, New York #liminalspace

The catacombs underneath the Basilica of St Patrick's Old Cathedral, New York #liminalspace

Wyrdlings! With Halloween looming large over us this week, it's time for our annual #WyrdWednesday Spooky Spectacular! Bring us ghosts, goblins, and ghouls; witches, werewolves, and will-o'-the-wisps!👻🧙‍♀️🧟‍♂️👿

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BY THE WAY If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2. There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security. Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation." TURN IT OFF.

Remember, UK and parts of Europe, the Time Thief returns tonight! She'll be sneaking back in and giving back our hour, now that she's had her fun with it...

Remember, UK and parts of Europe, the Time Thief returns tonight! She'll be sneaking back in and giving back our hour, now that she's had her fun with it...

As I get older I see my dad's face looking back at me in the mirror. The same wrinkles and laughter lines. I also hear his voice screaming "son, for the love of god solve the puzzle box and free me from this hell dimension" which is odd because he was more a crossword kind of guy than puzzle boxes

"...a pair of hands gripped the driving wheel & I had to fight for control." The tales of the Hairy Hands date back to the early 20th century. Victims report a sudden loss of control over their vehicles, and the sensation of a pair of large, hairy hands gripping the steering wheel #PhantomsFriday

A Flemish tale says a man felt something very heavy crawling on his shoulders while he was at a graveyard. He was accompanied by a rat-like ghost creature that became as large as a horse. It disappeared into a stream. 🎨Gustave Doré #PhantomsFriday

#PhantomsFriday A couple of fine cover artworks for editions of 'The Ghost Hunter's Road Book' by John Harries (L: 1968, R: 1974 revised edition). The hardback has a very effective bleak and chilly vibe, but the paperback with it's figure with menacing glowing red eyes is an all-time favourite.

One of the weirdest examples of poltergeist behaviour occurred during the classic case from Tidworth, #Wiltshire, in 1662-3 An unfortunate horse was found in a stable grotesquely contorted, with one of its rear hooves stuck in its mouth. It otherwise unharmed. #PhantomsFriday #folklore #poltergeists

"...a pair of hands gripped the driving wheel & I had to fight for control." The tales of the Hairy Hands date back to the early 20th century. Victims report a sudden loss of control over their vehicles, and the sensation of a pair of large, hairy hands gripping the steering wheel #PhantomsFriday

My copy of 'Ghosts Of Today' (1980) by Andrew Green. The cover may show an actual ghost. The photo was taken in St Mary's, Eastry, in the 1950s; one of a series of #Kent churches. The amateur photographer said the priest in the pew was not visible to the naked eye. #PhantomsFriday #31DaysOfHalloween

Pontocho Alley in Kyoto, Japan

Parents, please check your kids’ candy this Halloween. I’ve just found an ancient metal whistle with the inscription “QUIS EST ISTE QUI VENIT" inside a Snickers bar. I blew it and heard a note of infinite distance, and now I’m haunted by a figure in pale, fluttering draperies. Be safe.

In ancient Greece, masks were sacred. Actors wore them to let gods speak through them. Dionysus himself was said to hide behind the smiling face of comedy and the weeping face of tragedy. #WyrdWednesday

Thanks to @cwreeve.bsky.social for the last round! Keep your masks on for @prairiebones.bsky.social and please continue to show her your folklore, stories, and art of disguises!

First edition dust jacket art for Agatha's Christie's 1922 novel 'The Secret Adversary'. I enjoy Christie's thrillers: she wrote very few of them once she got known for detective fiction (and Poirot). Needless to say, this not a book I own. #WyrdWednesday #AgathaChristie #detection #BookChatWeekly