The Brooklyn Poltergeist

November 26, 2021February 13, 2024 Deborah 2943 Views

Uncanny

Season 1. Case 6.

In case 6 of ‘Uncanny‘, Danny Robins and I discuss the intriguing case of an Englishwoman in Brooklyn. Was she terrorised by a poltergeist … or something else?

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Folklore of the malign and macabre. Former Editor of @TheSkepticMag, now Advisory Editor. Fellow of The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.

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16 Feb

Two green children appeared in a medieval Suffolk village, so I investigated: ep. 1 the accounts https://tinyurl.com/4pv2fazf; ep 2 context & timing https://tinyurl.com/y39jf8aa; ep 3 did they came from underground? https://tinyurl.com/2x2xr9zk ep 4 "Were they fairies" https://tinyurl.com/mv6kdc7y

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16 Feb

Mr J and I have been looking at men's cardigans. I believe this one is called 'encountered a chainsaw'.

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16 Feb

Are there ghosts on the London Underground? The short answer is "No, coz they don't exist". But an FOI request turned up a couple of 'possibles' at Aldgate and Kings Cross. https://tinyurl.com/yz2p5h8a

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16 Feb

"There is still so little available to read on Slavic mythology in English (and for adults), and The Slavic Myths is to be welcomed as a wonderful introduction to the matrix of story in the cultures of Eastern Europe": my review of The Slavic Myths: https://drfrancisyoung.com/2025/02/15/review-the-slavic-myths-by-noah-charney-and-svetlana-slapsak/

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