Tag: #Folklore
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When Belief Pulled the Trigger
A true 1923 case from Biggs, California. Originally published on Medium. In 1923, a woman told police a Ouija board warned her that her husband would kill her. She shot him first. When the gun went off in Biggs, California, it wasn’t the sound that unsettled the town. A single shot in a farming community…
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What Stayed Behind After New Year’s Eve
Originally published on Medium. The party at Key West’s La Concha Hotel on New Year’s Eve in 1982 was loud and happy, but the fun did not last. There is always a time after the bell rings at midnight when the night drops out of itself. The shouting stops. The music fades. What’s left feels…
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The Legend of the Christmas Spider: A Holiday Tradition from Old Europe
You remember the way the living room felt when you were small. The lights always looked brighter at that age. They carried a soft pulse, the kind that made the walls feel closer and kinder. Someone in the kitchen rattled pans. Someone else told you not to peek at anything under the tree. You sat…
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