Head Scratchers & Good Stuff to Know

Mental illness leads to delusion and eventually, the murder of an innocent woman..... On July 5, 1910, Susan Mummey had a dream that she would never see her husband again if he went to work. Henry ignored her pleas to stay home and went off to his job, processing gunpowder for DuPont. Henry died in... Sign in to see full entry.

The notorious Luxenberg witch, Walpurga Hausmännin performed sexual act's with a demon and was later burned at the stake as a witch in 1587 after she confessed to committing her dirty deeds that involved magic that included murdering forty one infants and two women in labor while she worked as a... Sign in to see full entry.

This old legend is believed to be the origin of "Bloody Mary," the woman whose face you see, and who may kill you, depending on your lore when you chant her name three times while looking in a mirror while standing in the dark. Legend has it that back in the early 1860's, Mary would bring in slaves... Sign in to see full entry.

In the late seventeenth century the people of Woodplumpton, a small village in Lancashire, England, believed that Meg Shelton, who was more commonly known as, the "Fylde Hag" was an English woman who was accused of witchcraft. Meg died in 1705. Her grave can be seen at St. Anne's Church in... Sign in to see full entry.

Dubbed one of the most haunted destinations on the planet, the Island of Hashima aka Gunkanjima aka Ghost Island, holds nothing back when it comes to encompassing the undeniable and ultimate fear factor where humans are concerned. After only one visit to the island, you realize that it's incredible... Sign in to see full entry.

Ouija boards are very real and often times dangerous devices in the eyes of the believer. The Ouija board came straight out of American 19th century obsession with spiritualism...the belief that the dead are able to communicate with the living. Ouija is the worst entertainment that any human could... Sign in to see full entry.

In many cultures, Santa Claus is the guy who travels around the world and delivers gifts or coal to boys and girls on Christmas Eve, depending on which list you made, but in Italy, there's someone else delivering gifts. La Befana is the name of a witch in Italy who is said to travel around Italy on... Sign in to see full entry.

The Witch of Yazoo County, Mississippi meant business once she uttered her words of hate and discontent to the citizens of the town that she dwelled in. According to legend in the late 1800s, an ornery witch lived along the Yazoo River and was eventually caught torturing fishermen after she had... Sign in to see full entry.

The grave of the last Scottish witch was located in 2014 when a team of archaeologists discovered what they believe is the final resting place of Scotland’s last witch on a Torryburn beach. In the early 1700s, Lilias Adie was accused of bringing ill health to her neighbors. She was arrested and... Sign in to see full entry.

Burying a witch must be performed under the same cautionary conditions as burying a vampire, that is, going to extreme lengths to ensure they never come back again to haunt the town that put them underground in the first place. While vampires were buried with stakes to the heart, garlic around the... Sign in to see full entry.