The Watchers in the Fields: Scarecrow Gods, Haunted Fields and Strange Encounters
From Kuebiko, the ancient Japanese scarecrow god said to know everything in the world, to harvest rituals, rice-field spirits and the one-eyed Dorotabō rising from the mud, scarecrows have long occupi...
22 Syys 35min
The Ghost in the Harvest Field: The Forgotten Grave of the Wentz Farm
In 1892, a farm worker near Salem, Oregon, returned to a cultivated field after supper and claimed to encounter a pale woman standing beside his plough. When he tried to strike her, the blows passed s...
20 Syys 22min
Season of the Witch: The Islandmagee Witches | Possession, Haunting & Ireland’s Last Witch Trial
In 1710, strange disturbances began inside Knowehead House on the Islandmagee peninsula in County Antrim. Stones appeared from nowhere, bedclothes were arranged into the shape of corpses, and a ragged...
19 Syys 33min
Season of the Witch: They Saw Witches | True Encounters from Reddit
As summer wanes and the nights grow long, we turn to tales of witches, curses, and the old ways that never truly died. For centuries, harvest time has carried its own magic: charms for fields, blessin...
16 Syys 26min
Season of the Witch: Biddy Early | The Witch of County Clare & Her Mysterious Blue Bottle
For much of the nineteenth century, people travelled across Ireland to seek the help of Biddy Early, a famous County Clare healer and clairvoyant. She was purported to 'know' why visitors had come to ...
14 Syys 29min
Season of the Witch: The Witch’s Well: The Chudail of Shimla | Haunted Himalayan Folklore
High in the hills of Shimla, India, an old roadside water source known as Chudail Baudi has been feared since the British Raj. Drivers say their vehicles slow down as they approach, before a woman wit...
13 Syys 21min
Season of the Witch: The Killing of Ann Tennant | Victorian Witchcraft
On 15 September 1875, seventy-nine-year-old Ann Tennant left her home in the Warwickshire village of Long Compton to buy a loaf of bread. Minutes later she was attacked by agricultural labourer James ...
12 Syys 39min
Season of the Witch: From the Archives | The Strange Death of Charles Walton – Part Two
Season of the Witch – Archive Note:As part of this year’s Season of the Witch, we’re bringing our two-part Charles Walton case back into the feed. Charles Walton’s story connects with some of the new ...
11 Syys 25min
