The Spooklight
Menu Close
  • About The Spooklight

haunted

3

Have you seen this Sioux Lookout spook?

Posted on August 23, 2016 by KK

A co-worker shared this tale of a spooky roadside encounter in Sioux Lookout. He lived in Sioux Lookout for a time, and was driving home after a pretty terrible day when he noticed a figure walking on the side of the… Continue Reading →






haunted ghost, haunted, weird
0

A Ghost at the Battery

Posted on June 1, 2016 by KK

This interesting – and brief – little encounter comes courtesy of the Dec. 2, 1892 edition of the New York Times. A police officer patrolling the Battery – located along Manhattan’s southern shore – was at the centre of this one.… Continue Reading →






haunted, history ghost, haunted, history, weird
0

Cape Horn ghost ship not so ghostly

Posted on May 30, 2016 by KK

This one’s from the April 3, 1907 edition of Anadarko, Oklahoma’s Daily Democrat, and it starts out with a doozy of a lead: “Another blow against time-honoured traditions has been struck by the iconoclasts of science.” In this case, that time-honoured… Continue Reading →






haunted, history, legends ghost ship, haunted, history, lake superior, legends, true crime
0

The Demon Cat of Washington

Posted on May 30, 2016 by KK

This has been touched on here at the Spooklight before, but it’s a good one, and there can never be enough good ones, right? The July 20, 1912 edition of Franklin, Louisiana’s St. Mary Banner included an article titled Ghosts of… Continue Reading →






haunted, history, legends demon cat, haunted, history, legends
0

Lament for the old ghosts

Posted on May 30, 2016 by KK

I’ve been reading Karl Bell’s excellent book The Legend of Spring-Heeled Jack: Victorian Urban Folklore and Popular Culture, and while I’m not particularly far yet, one passage has piqued my interest. Bell writes about an edition of the Illustrated Police… Continue Reading →






history, Spring-Heeled Jack ghost, haunted, history, true crime, weird
0

Ghosts Get Dehydrated Too

Posted on October 9, 2015 by KK

Remember that excellent Ghostbusters video game from a few years back? Specifically, the part where the Ghostbusters go back to the public library in search of the Grey Lady (she’s the big spook that kicks off the movie, scaring the… Continue Reading →






haunted, history, legends, pop culture ghost, haunted, lovecraft, weird

Post navigation

Older Articles

Instagram Feed

Load More...
Follow on Instagram

Twitter Timeline

Tweets by @krisketonen

Search

Categories

Tags

alien alien isolation blair witch CBC charles winnans cox demon cat EDF fallout 4 far cry film ghost ghost ship God Eater haunted history horror journalism lake superior legends lovecraft mothman New Orleans Axeman nocturne pagan min pop culture screenwriting sea monster Shabaqua Triangle Skinwalker Ranch Starbound subnautica The Spooklight thunder bay true crime UFO video games weird writing

Admin

  • Log in
  • Entries RSS
  • Comments RSS
  • WordPress.org
© 2018 The Spooklight. All rights reserved.
Hiero by aThemes