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The 1958 movie Screaming Skull was loosely based on a 1908 short story by Francis Marion Crawford. Crawford wrote several novels and other works but was known for his supernatural fiction. M. R. James praised Crawford as he was influential to many writers after him #WyrdWednesday

Andy Everson is a K'ómoks artist, well known for his Indigenized Star Wars art. Recognizing the irony of his images on imperial uniforms, such as a trickster raven Darth Vader, Everson hopes more people will become aware of Indigenous cultures.

#WyrdWednesday #MayThe4thBeWithYou

Ghosts can be seen as time travellers. Some hauntings are said to be recordings of events, for example, such as the Stone Tape Theory. Other apparitions are carriers of forgotten knowledge. 'Alive' as they once were, centuries earlier #WyrdWednesday

1888 Journal Des Voyages

Roman author Pliny the Elder said that eggshells were used by witches in spells. Reginald Scot in 1584 wrote that witches could, "Saile in an egge shell, a cockle or muscle shell, through and under the tempestuous seas!"

BreeAnn Veenstra #FolkloreSunday 🐈‍⬛

Antikamnia pharmaceutical created these beautiful--but morbid--calendars from 1898-1901.

The Saint Louis, Missouri company's pain-killing drug was found to have Acetanilid in it, leading to them being prosecuted in 1914 for poisoning people 💀

Today's #FolkloreThursday theme is Villains and Antiheroes to celebrate Krampusnacht! For those who don't know, Krampus is a Christmas being in Alpine folklore sent to punish wicked children 🎄

Art by Nathan Spoor and Adrian Valdez

Last night's #Halloween zoom for kids was fun! Shared represent of ghosts (skeleton, shroud, regular people, Indigenous, scary, cartoon), told #VancouverIsland ghost stories, and then shared old Halloween cards!

Followed by a Q & A moderated by Sheila @VI_Library.

A story from Sierra Leone says God sent Bat to the moon with a package containing darkness

Bat got hungry + put the box down to search for food. Curious animals opened it and set the dark free

To this day, Bat flies back and forth trying to recapture the night #folklorethursday

Japan's Nure-onna by Suwaki Suushi (Edo Period). The tounge was sometimes said to drain victims of their blood #myth