Seeing the invisible world might be tempting, but this is not without its risks.

#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory @germany @folklore
https://www.patreon.com/posts/send-in-monks-45254337

#womensHistoryMonth

What do many consider the 1st #scienceFiction?

One of the first works of #horror (certainly #bodyHorror)?

#MaryShelley's "#Frankenstein"

Written as a *teenager*

A teenager who had recently lost a baby

I think that's key

Horror not from taking life

But creating life

She went to Switzerland with her lover Percy Shelley who was fleeing creditors in Britain

The summer was cold and rainy so #LordByron (yes him) proposed a #ghostStory #writingContest

I think she won

1/x

A room in an inn in Flensburg was once haunted by an entire royal court.

#Germany #Flensburg #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory @germany @folklore
https://www.patreon.com/posts/abodes-of-ghosts-43497027

A terrible storm once sank a ship with all hands just when it had reached its home port of Emden!

#MythologyMonday #Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory
https://www.patreon.com/posts/terror-of-sea-50181475

Once, the ghost of a scorned woman summoned a storm against her unfaithful lover on his wedding day.

#MythologyMonday #Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory
https://www.patreon.com/posts/ghost-stories-of-31962669

Brautlachenberg Mountain is haunted by a wedding party cursed for their blasphemy.

#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory @germany @folklore
https://www.patreon.com/posts/ghost-stories-27398144

Some ships are lost at sea.

But "lost" does not always mean "gone".

#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory @germany @folklore
https://www.patreon.com/posts/terror-of-sea-50181475

Spending a quiet evening jigsaw puzzling, while listening to Robert Lloyd Parry's reading of two short ghost stories by M.R. James, "Rats" and "An Evening's Entertainment".

https://www.youtube.com/live/IcqeN79Dd0E

The ghosts of the old Noricans fled into the depths of the mountains when they longer wanted to witness the shame of their descendants losing to the forces of Napoleon.

#Austria #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory @austria @folklore
https://www.patreon.com/posts/ghosts-within-50179425

Just released on our YouTube channel!!
The Midnight Toe A Chilling Encounter with the Unknown. #HorrorStory #GhostStory #Supernatural #Paranormal #ScaryStories #CreepyTales #HauntedRoom #MysteriousEncounters #NightmareFuel #MidnightHorror #HorrorNarration #ClassicHorror #UnsolvedMystery

https://youtu.be/H3d282MQFlU?si=QICz1l7QOiJGArlO

If ghosts are not willing or able to go in Heaven's light, then they can always be forced to go in the Devil's name.

#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory @germany @folklore
https://www.patreon.com/posts/out-of-sight-out-45786804

When you see two men carrying a heavy load across a lonely mountain one evening, it's best to leave them well enough alone.

#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory @germany @folklore
https://www.patreon.com/posts/ghost-stories-28385253

Few things are as tragic as a ship sinking with all men within sight of the harbor.

#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory @germany @folklore
https://www.patreon.com/posts/terror-of-sea-50181475

Never ever shake a ghost's hand. That never ends well.

#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory @germany @folklore
https://www.patreon.com/posts/more-unfinished-47585487

Malevolent spirits can haunt even churches.

All it requires to fall into their power is a minor act of negligence...

#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory #church @germany @folklore
https://www.patreon.com/posts/tales-of-altenau-70141414

Ghosts can be difficult to dislodge. In this particular case, 16 horses were needed to drag the ghost away.

#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory @germany @folklore
https://www.patreon.com/posts/out-of-sight-out-45786804

Tomorrow! Come check us out. I'll be reading my ghost story about a tree haunting. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1215152366439?aff=ebdsshios #WomenInHorror #SpeculativeFiction #IndigenousCreatives #GhostStory

A gown can be homemade and still not be the product of honest labor.

#MythologyMonday #Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory
https://www.patreon.com/posts/searching-ghosts-41303631

"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned", and all that.

#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory @germany @folklore
https://www.patreon.com/posts/ghost-stories-of-31962669

Hares can be a major nuisance, and hard to get rid of.

In extreme cases, it may be necessary to hire an exorcist.

#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory #hare @germany @folklore
https://www.patreon.com/posts/out-of-sight-out-45786804