Seven Whistlers
Seven Whistlers In English folklore, spirits that portend death. Flying together like seven birds, they sing or whistle at night to signal that one or…
Author: Lux Ferre
Ship of the Dead
Ship of the Dead is a universal motif in mythology that is a means by which the SOULS of the dead leave earth for the…
Sidgwick, Eleanor Mildred Balfour
Sidgwick, Eleanor Mildred Balfour (1845–1936) Mathematician and educator, for many years principal of the first women’s college in Cambridge, and a leading figure in the…
Silkies
Silkies are female spirits, dressed in rustling silk, that inhabit the borderlands between England and Scotland. According to lore, silkies perform household chores and are…
Silver
In folklore, silver is an effective metal with magical powers for dealing with the supernatural. Silver protects against Vampires, bogies, werewolves, giants, persons who lead…
Sitter Group
A sitter group is a group of several persons who meet on a regular basis in an effort to produce paranormal physical phenomena such as…
Slain Legionnaires
In May 1912, several companies of French Legionnaires in a lonely desert blockhouse in Algeria were witness to the strange sight of ghostly comrades walking…
Smurl Haunting
smurl haunting (1986–1987) Demonic activity in a private residence in West Pittston, Pennsylvania. The phenomena at the home of Jack and Janet Smurl at 328–330…
Snarly Yow
Snarly Yow A black, fearsome spectral dog that haunts the South Mountain area of Maryland. The Snarly Yow, also called the Black Dog, bears a…
Soul
The life-force of an individual, as distinguished from that person’s physical body. The concept of “soul” has been used in different ways in different contexts.…
