Wednesday, 15 February 2023
Roll for Folklore Ep3 - Eaten by Rats!
Tuesday, 14 February 2023
Roll for Folklore ep2: What flattened 80 million trees at once?
Roll for Folklore ep2: Tunguska!
Today's Roll for Folklore: The Tunguska Explosion!
On the morning of June 30, something cause an 12-megaton explosion that flattened 80 million trees in the middle of the Siberian wilderness. At around 7 o’clock in the morning, Indigenous people and Russian settlers northwest of Lake Baikal saw a bluish light, nearly as bright as the Sun, moving across the sky.
About 10 minutes later they heard what sounded like artillery - followed by a shock wave that knocked people off their feet and broke windows hundreds of kilometres away. The boom was so loud it was heard as far away as Washington DC
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Sunday, 8 January 2023
Suggested readings on supernatural folklore from Newfoundland and Labrador
Looking for non-fiction books on Newfoundland and Labrador supernatural folklore? You could always start with some of mine, of course, but there are a lot of other titles out there for lovers of the paranormal!
Here is a selection to get you started:
Fairies and Witches
- Strange Terrain: The Fairy World in Newfoundland by Barbara Rieti
- Making Witches: Newfoundland Traditions of Spells and Counterspells by Barbara Rieti
- Spirited Away: Fairy stories of old Newfoundland by Tom Dawe
- Fables, Fairies & Folklore by Mike Mccarthy
Ghosts and Hauntings
- The Ferryland Visitor: A mysterious tale by Charis Cotter and Gerald Squires
- Screech!: Ghost Stories from Old Newfoundland by Charis Cotter
- Haunted Towns: Ghost Stories Of Newfoundland And Labrador by Geraldine Ryan-Lush
- Ghost Stories of Newfoundland and Labrador by Edward Butts
- Ghost Stories from Newfoundland Folklore by Alice Lannon and Mike McCarthy
Cryptozoology and The Old Hag
- Here Be Dragons by Bruce Hynes
- The Terror That Comes in the Night: An Experience-Centered Study of Supernatural Assault Traditions by David J. Hufford