Cool. I've been dabbling with the idea of going to some of the places I've talked about, but life has been making that challenging. I'm glad you enjoyed it. The Ada witch was a fun legend to dig into.
I think every state has a few women in white. Forget the century, what is up with stories of betrayed/murdered women haunting cemeteries and roadsides while wearing flowing white dresses?
Oops. I had removed it because the last poll Ada Witch and the Melon Heads tied so I was going to do one than the other. I knew I missed removing a detail in my proof read. Although, saying the witch stole it is more fun.
This is very interesting, I enjoy reading about these types of ghost stories. I think I know why so many ghost stories are from the 1800’s. There’s a book I’m reading called The Victorian Book of the Dead edited by Chris Woodyard and it’s mainly comprised of newspaper articles from the 1800’s concerning ghosts and omens and similar things. He says in the book’s introduction that people in the Victorian Era had a different mindset concerning death than we do in modern times so mortality was discussed more openly. It was common to share these types of stories and they were often published in papers.
So, I guess there’s probably a lot more published reports from that time compared to other centuries. It probably is due to more newspapers existing at that time also, though I’ve never read about the history of the newspaper industry so I’m not sure. But I’d imagine that the Victorian mindset about death and rise of the newspaper industry created a perfect storm for ghost story distribution in the 1800’s.
Maybe they were more prone to believing in ghosts too as wasn't that the time the rise of spirituality as well? Today we can be a lot more skeptic about ghosts as well as how easy we can make fake things.
Cool. I've been dabbling with the idea of going to some of the places I've talked about, but life has been making that challenging. I'm glad you enjoyed it. The Ada witch was a fun legend to dig into.
Boy, there are a LOT of restless spirits out and about.
And most from the 1800s. There's something about that century.
It was the 1800s, everyone is dead. Let the dead rest.
Tell that to the ghosts still lurking around. ;)
I think every state has a few women in white. Forget the century, what is up with stories of betrayed/murdered women haunting cemeteries and roadsides while wearing flowing white dresses?
Yeah, ghostly women in white or other colors are pretty common.
It's a great ghostly tale no matter if it's urban legend or fact.
That's how I feel.
I wonder why no one knows what happened to the men's bodies?
It could be a clue to the story being more legend than fact.
Did I miss the poll somewhere? Maybe a witch stole it!
Oops. I had removed it because the last poll Ada Witch and the Melon Heads tied so I was going to do one than the other. I knew I missed removing a detail in my proof read. Although, saying the witch stole it is more fun.
Very interesting how these ladies in white or women in white show up so often in ghost stories. Well written article 👍🙂
Thank you.
This is very interesting, I enjoy reading about these types of ghost stories. I think I know why so many ghost stories are from the 1800’s. There’s a book I’m reading called The Victorian Book of the Dead edited by Chris Woodyard and it’s mainly comprised of newspaper articles from the 1800’s concerning ghosts and omens and similar things. He says in the book’s introduction that people in the Victorian Era had a different mindset concerning death than we do in modern times so mortality was discussed more openly. It was common to share these types of stories and they were often published in papers.
So, I guess there’s probably a lot more published reports from that time compared to other centuries. It probably is due to more newspapers existing at that time also, though I’ve never read about the history of the newspaper industry so I’m not sure. But I’d imagine that the Victorian mindset about death and rise of the newspaper industry created a perfect storm for ghost story distribution in the 1800’s.
Maybe they were more prone to believing in ghosts too as wasn't that the time the rise of spirituality as well? Today we can be a lot more skeptic about ghosts as well as how easy we can make fake things.
That’s true, the Spiritualism Movement was at that time, too.
I thought so, but I was feeling too lazy to Google it and verify, hence the question mark to signify my uncertainty and possibly being wrong. 😅