Folklore Mystery

This collection of supernatural tales includes "The Talking Corpse"; "The Hound of Goshen"; "The Ring"; "The Phantom Rider of Bush River"; "The Witch Cat"; "The Gray Man"; "Tsali, the Cherokee Brave"; "The Ghost of Litchfield"; "City of Death"; "Treasure Hunt"; "House of the Opening Door"; "The Ghosts of Hagley"; "Return from the Dead"; "Whistle While You Haunt"; "The Brown Mountain Lights"; "Alice of the Hermitage"; "The Night the Spirits Called"; and "Swamp Girl".

What History Forgets, Legend and Folklore Remember. An Enchanting Sumptuous Short Story inspired by Japanese and Shoshone Folklore. At the western edge of Japan's Shimane Peninsula lies Izumo, a place steeped in mystical legend. Here, nestled along the serene shoreline, one is welcomed by enchanting landscapes of sandy beaches and towering headlands reaching out into the vast sea, where breathtaking views of the sun setting await. Hidden deep within the soaring mountain sanctuaries, the Oni wields a mystical club glowing with amethyst hues, symbolizing his formidable control over thunder ...

📖 Book Description (Optimized for KDP Listing): 🔮 Cursed castles, haunted villages, demonic forests, and ancient paranormal legends—this is the Paranormal Map of Europe! From the mysterious ruins of Houska Castle in the Czech Republic to the shadowy legends of the Black Forest in Germany, this book uncovers 25 of the most haunted and enigmatic locations in Europe. Packed with eyewitness encounters, chilling folklore, and scientific theories, this book presents the facts behind Europe’s supernatural past and present. 👻 Are these hauntings real, or is there a rational explanation...

Lizzie Tulloch drinks, smokes and swears. She is as fierce as the islands themselves. She isn’t going to let her own death stand in the way of love. Or revenge. A naughty book of innuendo and suspense and a lot of strong language used, don’t read if you blush easily. Romance, zest for life, characters you will adore, full of outrageous Scottish humour and plot twists galore. But the true stars are the Isles of Orkney themselves and the rich folk lore. Orkney: Nestled away in the North sea are the Isles of Orkney. Home to myths and legends from Picts, Vikings and others who called them ...

A collection of more than 100 stories with.. Myths, Legends, Ghosts & Mysteries of historic London, Just like anyone else born in London, we grew up being told stories of the villages where we lived. Many were local legends, like : Did you know that the bell of Big Ben and the Liberty Bell of Independence Hall where the Declaration Of Independence was signed, had been cast at the same London Foundry and both cracked when struck for the first time? Or did you know that in the winter of 1536, King Henry VIII travelled from central London to Greenwich by sleigh on a frozen River Thames? And ...

An assortment of real Canadian mysteries published on MysteriesOfCanada.com throughout the years 2022 and 2023. Includes tales of prehistoric survivors, like mammoths in the Rocky Mountains and cavemen in the Canadian Shield; creepy canines, like the hellhounds of Maritime lore and werewolves of First Nations legend; urban legends, like the vanished village of Anjikuni Lake and the mystery of Coughlan's coffin; and descriptive lists of the some of the creepiest places in Canada.

Kali Māhoe, Hawaiian cultural expert and detective with the Maui Police Department, has been called to a bizarre crime scene. In the recesses of a deep trench on Lana'i Island, a derelict refrigerator has been unearthed. Entombed inside are the skeletal remains of someone buried decades ago. Identification is a challenge. The body is headless, the skull replaced with a chilling adornment: a large, ornately carved wooden pineapple.

What are things made of? What is the sun? Why is there night and day, winter and summer? Why do bad things happen? Are we alone? Throughout history people all over the world have invented stories to answer profound questions such as these. Have you heard the tale of how the sun hatched out of an emu’s egg? Or what about the great catfish that carries the world on its back? Has anyone ever told you that earthquakes are caused by a sneezing giant?

Inspired by a true story. In 1825, in a remote Irish valley lying between the mountains and Flesk River of Killarney, three women are brought together by strange and troubling events. Nora Leahy, a widow, has lost her daughter and her husband in the same year and is now burdened with the care of her grandson, Michael. The boy cannot walk or speak, and Nora has kept him hidden from neighbours, who might see in his deformity evidence of supernatural interference.

Shawn and Louise Riley can finally afford to move into a home of their own; only to find that they’re not alone! Terrified, Louise confides in a work colleague who volunteers her son, paranormal investigator Malachi Hunter, to take a look. Mal agrees to investigate, assisted by his partner Teena’s teenaged daughter, Carolyn. Called to the bloody aftermath of an occult ceremony in a secluded woodland dell, Detective Constable Bradley Maunder, Teena’s brother, convinces the senior investigating officer to bring Mal in as an advisor, leaving Carolyn and Teena to investigate the Riley ...

When Iris moves to the Czech Republic to explore her heritage, she knows she might not be accepted because she's half German, but she has no inkling she’s about to become embroiled in a plot to retake the borderlands. Tree farm owner Mikuláš is finally ready to put the past behind him. Dancing to old Bohemian folk tunes with Iris gives them both a chance to grow. But when his friends and neighbors start to die, their homes snatched up, hectare by hectare, Mikuláš knows he has to fight to save his land – and his life. A stream with a clump of plum tart iris growing on its banks. It ...

You have been given access to secret files buried deep within the archives. Disturbing stories never meant for the light of day. Stories of evil grandparents and unsettling homework. A string of deaths, seemingly unrelated. Walls squirm, as if alive. A cursed wish comes true. Ordinary people behave oddly, even family and your closest friends. These stories share a common fate. All the children are met with tragedy. Coincidence? Or could these nightmares be connected by something more sinister than you dare to imagine? A dark and chilling mystery awaits.

This omnibus brings together seven of H.E. Bulstrode’s ghost stories originally published between 2016 and 2018. These are: The Ghost of Scarside Beck A newly-wed Cumbrian vicar and his wife experience a night like none they could ever have foreseen. He may have answered his calling, but who, or what, is calling her? Old Crotchet The year is 1920, and it's Twelfth Night by the old reckoning. Festivities are about to commence at Hinton St Cuthbert Manor when something sinister stirs from its protracted dormancy, awakened, it would seem, by the arrival of two young guests. The old ways, ...

After a shocking discovery about her heritage sends Dotty into a delirium, Great-Uncle Winchester thinks a spot of sea air will do her good. But the sleepy fishing village is in the grip of a grisly spate of robberies – bearing all the hallmarks of rogue sweeps at work. Can Dotty stop the thieves in their tracks? Perhaps, but she will need some dark magick to do it. Synopsis: When Dotty Parsons’ parents die in a tragic house fire, the young Welsh girl's world is torn apart. Sent to live in deepest, darkest Yorkshire with her mother’s uncle - a man she has never even met, Dotty feels ...

Investigating Ghosts is the first audiobook to examine the history and techniques of ghost hunting from folkloric, scientific, and sociocultural perspectives. No mere armchair scholar, author Benjamin Radford's audiobook is based on nearly 20 years of firsthand science-based investigations and research. Investigating Ghosts will entertain and educate skeptics and true believers alike, separating fact from fiction about this timeless mystery.

Oklahoma's Gold is a fast-paced suspenseful mystery that leads its characters on a challenging journey into the past only to discover its mysterious connection to the present. Set in the rustic, southwestern town of Chickasha, Oklahoma, this novel tells a tale of murder and romance with heartwarming, southern character and a bit of cultural, Native American flare. Heroine Jess Clinton is a strongly spirited young woman, whose recent tragedy has left her vulnerable, but also guarded. Coming to this small, southern town, hoping to make a new start, Jess soon discovers Chickasha is not the ...

Explore the realm of North Americas elusive beings, in Monsters and Us; Revealing the Mysteries of Cryptids in North America. This book guides listeners through the woods of the Pacific Northwest and the foggy marshes of the South on a captivating adventure delving into the origins of entities such as Bigfoot, the Skunk Ape and the Wendigo.

Love can destroy you. In the darkness of ancient Crete, a cursed legacy unfolds. Queen Pasiphae's tragic fate has unleashed a terrifying prophecy, forged by the sorceress Circe's twisted magic. "By darkness one way, by light another... until your true love's heir ends your suffering." For Minotaur, a creature cursed by malignant magic, these words foretell a devastating destiny. Haunted by the memory of Pasiphae's infant child - the very key to his salvation and destruction - he lives in the darkness of the labyrinth under the palace.

Mythical creatures, shapeshifters, and magic – a gripping fantasy series for fans of Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, and Narnia. A hidden island shrouded in fog. That unseen place Out There on the mainland where something terrible happened years ago. Only a handful of people left in the world... Or so the children are told. When Hal and Robbie make an astonishing discovery in the woods, they realize the adults of the small community have a dark secret. And the arrival of a mysterious woman at school proves it. Who is she? Where on earth did she come from? The classmates are more determined ...

The Occult and Supernatural Collection includes: The Book of Were-Wolves, The Discovery of Witches, and Irish Witchcraft and Demonology.