Ruth Tongue and ‘The Chime Child’
The Chime Child is one of the most enchanting books I know. It begins with the rustle of autumn deep
Can Belief in Slender Man Make Him Real?
Slender Man was created in 2009 in the Something Awful forum by user Victor Surge (real name: Eric Knudson) in
The Curious Case of Princess Caraboo
hen a young woman claiming to be Princess Caraboo from a foreign land arrived unexpectedly in the Gloucestershire village of
Curiouser and Curiouser: How the 100 Year Old Cottingley Fairies Hoax Just Got Better
Hidden in plain sight for a century, two recently reappraised Cottingley Fairy photographs bring a whole new dimension to the
Riddles, Heroes, and Folktales Come True: Folklore in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings
Folklore is central in Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings: not only “external” folklore, the folklore of the “real” world,
Poltergeist, Witchcraft or Hoax: The Witch of Scrapfaggot Green
In the Essex village of Great Leighs, a witch named Anne Hughes was burned at the stake for the crime