A fiery goat haunts the Büntlitten hill near Dornbirn.
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The processions of the dead wind through the high mountains of the Valais.
#Switzerland #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory #WildHunt @germany @folklore
https://www.patreon.com/posts/paths-of-dead-43399132
The dead do not always have the materials for playing games of all kinds.
Thus, they are often forced to improvise.
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/all-nine-bowling-43530102
Many profane rituals have to be done at the midnight hour.
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/more-necromancy-108119956
Time in Paradise flows differently than in the mortal realms.
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/ghost-stories-27398144
Before proposing marriage to strange, pale women in abandoned castles, you should really do a proper background check.
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If someone asks you to get some blessed altar bread for them, you should probably ask a few questions first.
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Try out this neat trick for learning the winning lottery numbers!
On a second thought, don't. In fact, forget I said anything!
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As German exorcists were usually unable to banish ghosts to the afterlife directly, they always sought new places to imprison them in this world - and trees were a popular choice.
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The paths of the dead are not meant for the living.
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A strange dog haunts the village of Lüttgenrode.
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/ghostly-dogs-53102942
The living can be of immense assistance to the dead when it comes to putting their affairs in order.
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Do not invite the dead for dinner unless you really, really mean it.
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/visits-from-43523784
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“THE OPEN DOOR… explores the borders between the natural physical world and the spiritual one. Like many of Oliphant’s ghost stories, it is about a past which refuses to be silent and a modernity which refuses to listen to it.”
—Prof Rosemary Mitchell on Margaret Oliphant’s THE OPEN DOOR
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Leeds Trinity UniversityMargaret Oliphant’s ‘The Open Door’: Looking Back to Move Forward
Strange lights can sometimes be spotted in the German countryside at night.
Some of them are friendly, and some of them are... not.
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/lighting-way-to-47458631
The Black Monk of the Danube was a terrifying specter of doom.
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/dreadful-52009109
Many lost souls appear as "fiery men" - humanoid apparitions of living flames.
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The high alpine meadows are not good places to linger in the dark.
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Do not build new facilities on the ruins of an old, haunted monastery - unless you are okay with inheriting their ghosts.
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/ghosts-in-mill-52008960
