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  1. Many water spirits seek to kill humans. And worse, some are even able to compel their victims to approach their waters so that they offer themselves up to the slaughter!

    #Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory
    wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Ni

  2. kayes chronicles @kayeschroniclescom.wordpress.com@kayeschroniclescom.wordpress.com ·

    The Hour of 3:17

    Meher had only recently finished his studies and joined his first job. He never liked the chaos and noise of the city, so he rented a small apartment in a quiet colony just outside town, close to his office. Few people lived there. At night, the streets emptied quickly, leaving behind only the distant howls of stray dogs and the occasional whisper of the wind. It was the kind of silence he found comforting. For the first few days, everything went smoothly. Office in the morning, home in the […]

    kayeschroniclescom.wordpress.c

  3. “THE OPEN DOOR… explores the borders between the natural physical world and the spiritual one. Like many of Oliphant’s ghost stories, it is about a past which refuses to be silent and a modernity which refuses to listen to it.”

    —Prof Rosemary Mitchell on Margaret Oliphant’s THE OPEN DOOR

    6/7

    leedstrinity.ac.uk/blog/blog-p

    #Scottish #literature #19thCentury #Victorian #WomenWriters #Oliphant #MargaretOliphant #ghoststory #supernatural

  4. I found the movie Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose last night on Tubi. I'd never heard of it before. It's an odd movie based upon a true story. I suppose it's a sort of ghost story. I didn't hate it, but I also don't need to watch it again. I was unsettled by hearing the voice of rape-face Gaiman. I used to love his narration and writing, but now it's forever ruined for me. atlasobscura.com/articles/gef- #movies #GhostStory #TalkingAnimals #history