SPIRIT SOUNDS
In 1957 a Swedish painter by the name of Friedrich Jürgenson – a man so famed for his artistic ability that Pope Pius XII had a total of f...
The official wolf hunting season in Britain once ran between late December and late March, but by all accounts the beasts were more-often-than-not killed whenever the opportunity arose. Indeed, wolves seem to have been hunted in the British Isles for as long as they and humans co-existed, but exactly when that period came to an end is a matter of some debate. ...
Hag-Ridden by Adam's First Wife
Hag – meaning a wizened and aged women, most commonly used now in a derogatory, even misogynistic way – is actually a shortened...
Dr Simon Young and Dr Ceri Houlbrook are the contributing editors of Magical Folk: British and Irish Fairies, 500 AD to the Present, published by Gibson Square ...
The Wicker Man and The Beornen
Today (January 8th, 2018) UK theme park Alton Towers has made a somewhat unexpected announcement. Spring 2018 will see the openi...
That the sperm of a man be putrefied by itself in a sealed cucurbit for forty days with the highest degree of putrefaction in a horse’s womb, or at least so ...
THE SECRETS OF THE SECRETS OF THE SECRETS
I remembered that it was on that hill that nurse taught me to play an old game called 'Troy Town,' in which one had t...
In December 1893 a crime was committed which sent shock-waves around the world. Readers of the monthly publication Strand Magazine were the first to learn of th...
Thomas Alva Edison is a man who requires little or no introduction. In his 84 years of life Edison came up with many, many innovations including the phonograph,...
John Reppion is an English writer based in Liverpool. A lifelong fascination with folklore, forteana, weird and forgotten history runs through all of his work, from comics (co-authored with his wife, Leah Moore), to Weird Fiction, to his essays and articles. His website is moorereppion.com and he can be found on Twitter @johnreppion.
John is the editor of SPIRITS OF PLACE, an anthology published by Daily Grail Publishing featuring Alan Moore, Warren Ellis, Iain Sinclair and others.
