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
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
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
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
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
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