Folklore in Trinidad & Tobago
Superstitions and Folklore Characters in Trinidad & Tobago well be similar to other Caribbean countries with slight variations in name of the character
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Ghosts & Vampire
Borley Rectory Haunting
The house gained a reputation for being haunted after a series of residents reported unsettling phenomena. In 1929, the story of Borley was heavily covered by the Daily Mirror. Notably, it was investigated by paranormal investigator Harry Price in 1937, who described it as ‘The Most Haunted House in England’, a phrase which caught the imagination of the press.
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The Haunted Conjure Chest – Conjure Man’ Curse
150 years ago Jacob Cooley ordered his African American slave Hosea to build a chest for his first child. Hosea set to work, crafting a wooden chest of some remark. For some unknown reason his master was displeased with his efforts and beat his slave to a pulp, killing him.
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The Conjuring and its True Story – The Harrisville Haunting
Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on the true life story, The Conjuring tells the tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most horrifying case of their lives.
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The Cursed Diamond (Hope Diamond)
The Hope diamond has intrigued people for centuries. Its perfect quality, its large size 45.52 carats (9.10 g), and its rare color (fancy deep blue diamond) make it strikingly unique and beautiful, currently housed in the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in Washington, D.C.
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The Book of the Dead
Book of the Dead is the common name for ancient Egyptian funerary texts known as The Book of Coming or Going Forth By Day. The name ‘Book of the Dead’ was the invention of the German Egyptologist Karl Richard Lepsius, who published a selection of some texts in 1842.
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The Amityville Incident – The Amityville Horror
There wont be many people reading this list who have not heard of the Amityville horror movie and the majority will no doubt have watched it. What you may not know is that it is based on true events.
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The Bloody Countess
Countess Elizabeth Bathory, was a Hungarian countess from the renowned Báthory family, has often been described as Countess Dracula. She is possibly the most prolific female serial killer in history and is remembered as the ‘Blood Countess’ and as the ‘Bloody Lady of Cachtice’
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The Tarim Mummies – The Deads Tell a Tale
The Tarim mummies are a series of mummies discovered in the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang, China, which date from 1900 BC to 200 AD. In addition to being very well-preserved finds, controversy flows around them as DNA tests seem to show that they are the result of Asian and Caucasian mating thousands of years before it’s commonly thought that the two peoples intermingled.
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Telekinetic girl prank video goes viral
A video showing a girl throwing a man against a wall with her mental powers has been circulating the web. The last thing you need to see when getting a coffee in the morning is a woman assaulting a man by pushing him up against the wall using the power of her mind.
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Unexplained Mysteries of Voodoo’s power
Voodoo is a religious tradition originating in West Africa, which became prominent in the New World due to the importation of African slaves. West African Vodun is the original form of the religion; Haitian Vodou and Louisiana Voodoo are its descendants in the New World.
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Creepy Historical Vampire – The Terrifying Tale of Peter Plogojowitz
Peter Plogojowitz was a Serbian peasant who was believed to have become a vampire after his death and to have killed nine of his fellow villagers. The case was one of the earliest, most sensational and most well documented cases of vampire hysteria. It was described in the report of Imperial Provisor Frombald, an official of the Austrian administration, who witnessed the staking of Plogojowitz
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Mysteries of Vampire Mythology
Vampires are mythological or folkloric revenants, who subsist by feeding on the blood of the living.
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Vampire Stories – Vampires In The Mountains Of North Carolina
And while there are many stories of vampires and vampire hunts all over Europe and the Caribbean one of the best documented vampire stories ever occurred over about a year period in and around Dillsboro N.C. from 1788-1789.
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All you wanted to know about Vampires
Vampires are mythological or folkloric revenants, who subsist by feeding on the blood of the living.
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