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Ghost Bakes Fluffy Biscuits
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Continue reading →: Ghost Bakes Fluffy BiscuitsSometimes ghosts grab sheets, throw rocks, break dishes, make loud noises, and the list goes on. Ghosts are not usually portrayed as helpful roommates but rather (sometimes entertaining) nuisances. The ghost of the Kubis household in Rice Lake, Wisconsin (1925) was a special kind of ghost: she cooked and cleaned!…
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#25SpookyStories: A 2023 Christmas Reading Challenge
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Continue reading →: #25SpookyStories: A 2023 Christmas Reading ChallengeNothing satisfies us on Christmas Eve but to hear each other tell authentic anecdotes about spectres. It is a genial, festive season, and we love to muse upon graves, and dead bodies, and murders, and blood. – Jerome K. Jerome, Told After Supper (1891) Christmas is a time for ghost stories.…
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Extra! Extra! Haunted Bunk Beds!
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Continue reading →: Extra! Extra! Haunted Bunk Beds!I love haunted objects, especially mundane objects. I have read about haunted chairs, paintings, bookshelves, beds, quilts, and now…bunk beds! This tale from Wisconsin definitely caught my attention when I was browsing the newspaper archives. Bunk beds were such an important piece of my childhood (I always had the bottom…
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Free Zines 🖨✂😻
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Continue reading →: Free Zines 🖨✂😻Just a friendly reminder to click on Free Zines in the menu for a variety of spooky zines!
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#31SpookyStories: October 2023 Reading Challenge
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Continue reading →: #31SpookyStories: October 2023 Reading ChallengeI’ll continue to update this post when I come across more free and/or recommended readings. For the past few years many committed to reading 13 or 31 spooky short stories during the month of October. This challenge is not only doable, but it is accessible as I provide free resources.…
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Indiana Folk Beliefs: Cats
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Continue reading →: Indiana Folk Beliefs: CatsWelcome to a new series: Indiana Folk Beliefs. For the next five weeks (We are on the final week!), I will be sharing a new theme each week. These will be short and sweet posts. You’ll notice some of these folk beliefs expand beyond the Hoosier state. It is our final week (I…
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Indiana Folk Beliefs: Death
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Continue reading →: Indiana Folk Beliefs: DeathWelcome to a new series: Indiana Folk Beliefs. For the next five weeks (we are on week 4), I will be sharing a new theme each week. These will be short and sweet posts. You’ll notice some of these folk beliefs expand beyond the Hoosier state. This week’s topic is death. Which superstitions…
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Continue reading →: Indiana Folk Beliefs: Three Witches & the Silver BulletWelcome to a new series: Indiana Folk Beliefs. For the next five weeks, I will be sharing a new theme each week. These will be short and sweet posts. You’ll notice some of these folk beliefs expand beyond the Hoosier state. Last week, I shared a Hoosier folktale about a witch bewitching a…
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Indiana Folk Beliefs: Witchcraft & Butter
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Continue reading →: Indiana Folk Beliefs: Witchcraft & ButterWelcome to a new series: Indiana Folk Beliefs. For the next five weeks, I will be sharing a new theme each week. These will be short and sweet posts. You’ll notice some of these folk beliefs expand beyond the Hoosier state. This week we are talking about witchcraft! I actually found A LOT…
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Indiana Folk Beliefs: The Moon
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Continue reading →: Indiana Folk Beliefs: The MoonWelcome to a new series: Indiana Folk Beliefs. For the next five weeks, I will be sharing a new theme each week. These will be short and sweet posts. You’ll notice some of these folk beliefs expand beyond the Hoosier state. Sources Busse, Ora S. “Indiana Folk Beliefs, Omens, and…
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