A blog about superstitions, strange happenings, and stories about ghosts.
Come with me on a meandering adventure through history, myth, and tales of unexplained events.
We’ll explore folklore from Derbyshire and further afield, document stories now mostly confined to dark nights around warm fires, and let ourselves wonder whether there really is something beyond the shadows at the windows.
I am fascinated by ghost stories and the people who tell them. What is it about the dark that makes us doubt what we understand about the world? What does it mean if we think we encounter a ghost? And why do these stories and legends have such a grasp on us despite all the advances of the modern world?