Dark Tales @DarkTalesBlog

Varied stories of the dark, mysterious or macabre. Some of my writing focuses on my home county of Lancashire, although I cover stories worldwide darktales.blog North West, England Joined November 2018

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Folklore Thursday @FolkloreThurs

2 years ago

On #Gnomes: From Alchemical Theory to a #FairyTale Staple by @DarkTalesBlog for #FolkloreThursday buff.ly/35BrPWq

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Jussi @FinnFolklorist

2 years ago

Cath Palug was a monstrous cat in Welsh legend, given birth to in Gwynedd by the pig Henwen of Cornwall; the cat was later to haunt the Isle of Anglesey, and was said to have killed 180 warriors when Sir Kay went to the island to hunt it down. #FaustianFriday

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2 years ago

One of the strangest of the so-called 'fearsome critters' of the folklore of the American frontier, the hodag originates in Wisconsin. During the 1890s, a businessman claimed to have captured not one, but two hodags darktales.blog/2019/09/09/the…

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2 years ago

Often referred to as Operation Cottage, the disastrous Allied invasion of Kiska during the Second World War resulted in over 300 casualties. The Japanese defenders had abandoned the island two weeks earlier darktales.blog/2019/08/21/ope…

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2 years ago

Bear that killed 26-year old jogger in Italy had previously attacked two other people in 2020 theguardian.com/world/2023/apr…

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BBC Wildlife @WildlifeMag

2 years ago

The yew tree’s toxicity may be one of the reasons it was planted in so many churchyards. Locals would have been put off taking their animals to graze in the churchyard for fear of poisoning. discoverwildlife.com/plant-facts/tr…

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SelineSigil @SelineSigil9

2 years ago

What Is a Fairy Fort? In Ireland, fears about disturbing the fair folk have saved thousands of these mysterious ancient structures. #fairytaleTuesday atlasobscura.com/articles/irela…

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Godyssey @GodysseyPodcast

2 years ago

Atalanta of Arcadia is a noted athlete under the protection of the huntress Artemis, and who joined the Argonauts on their quest for the Golden Fleece. She fought bravely in the Battle of Colchis, where she was injured and healed by Medea alongside Jason. #FairytaleTuesday

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2 years ago

During the inter-war period, German airships known as zeppelins looked set to dominate international flight. The Hindenburg disaster in 1937 quickly ended that possibility as the world's largest airship was consumed by flames in seconds, killing 36 people darktales.blog/2023/03/24/the…

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3 years ago

Responsible for as many as 113 deaths, a wolf said to be the notorious Beast of Gevaudan was finally killed by a farmer using silver buckshot. This lead to the common folk belief that a silver bullet is required to kill a werewolf darktales.blog/2019/06/17/the…

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3 years ago

A Bolivian man has survived 31 days lost in the Amazon jungle, eating insects and fruit and drinking rainwater collected in his shoes bbc.co.uk/news/world-lat…

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3 years ago

In 1900, the lighthouse on the reportedly haunted island of Eilean Mor was found abandoned, its three lighthouse keepers having vanished. The logbook recorded the worst storm in living memory, but calm weather was recorded on nearby islands darktales.blog/2019/06/11/the…

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3 years ago

One of the most famous ghost ships in history, the Mary Celeste was found largely undamaged and with its cargo intact off the Azores in 1872. The crew and lifeboat were missing darktales.blog/2019/06/08/the…

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Folklore Thursday @FolkloreThurs

3 years ago

#Top5 Mythical #Birds in Legend and Folklore by @ztevetevans for #FolkloreThursday buff.ly/38e89bO

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Folklore Thursday @FolkloreThurs

3 years ago

On #Gnomes: From Alchemical Theory to a #FairyTale Staple by @DarkTalesBlog buff.ly/35BrPWq

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3 years ago

The murder of Hannah Corbridge, as well as her subsequent haunting of the village of Laneshawbridge and eventual exorcism, is thought to have inspired Emily Bronte's novel Wuthering Heights darktales.blog/2019/05/25/an-…

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3 years ago

On Winter Hill in Lancashire, close to the enormous Winter Hill transmission mast, is a memorial known as Scotsman's Stump. It memorialises travelling salesman George Henderson, who was shot dead in a robbery during a thick fog in 1838

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3 years ago

Woman and child killed by a polar bear in remote Alaska village. Since 2000, polar bear attacks on people have increased as a warming Arctic forces them to spend more time on land rather than pack ice bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-…

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Dark Tales @DarkTalesBlog

5 years ago

While the only confirmed fatal attack came in 2003, predatory attacks on explorers and researchers by leopard seals in Antarctica have been recorded since Shackleton's 1914 expedition darktales.blog/2020/10/13/200…