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Folk Horror Revival 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

A View from a Hill, despite being perhaps one of the most FH-y, and I think one of the best overall www.imdb.com/title/tt0499... The episode 'Scream Satan, Scream' from Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible, a spoof of Witchfinder General and films of that ilk www.imdb.com/title/tt0565...

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Folk Horror Revival 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Happy to have helped! It's a truly fantastic resource, given me quite a few to track down. I wasn't quite done though, there were a very few post-2000 suggestions I meant to post before, which I'll do below for your consideration.

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Mr Jim Moon @hypnogoria.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

One from the vaults! This week a selection of suitably spooky books for the dark season! And to start - Halloween Hauntings: Stories About the Most Ghostly Night of the Year (1985) edited by Peter Haining is an essential collection of eerie tales for October nights!

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Strange Attractor Press @strangeattractor.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Join us in November for London Fortean Society: The Haunted Landscape: Magic, Fairies and Old Gods @ Conway Hall. 21st November from 10am - 5pm Book via conwayhall.org.uk / forteanlondon.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-... image: Sara Hannant

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Folk Horror Revival 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I really do need to listen to their back catalogue of episodes.

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Folk Horror Revival 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Getting close to something akin to the Stone Tape. Lyall Watson writes about ghosts and smell in his book 'Jacobson's organ', which I have read but I can't remember the details of now, so I'll need to dig it out.

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Folk Horror Revival 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I suppose the sceptical take is that their smells have become infused in the environment when they were alive and then in certain conditions they're released again. Smell can linger like that for a long time.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The spirit of the stairs told in tug at clothing, sudden rush of jasmine perfume or laughter of children. Told in tobacco fug, in an undeniable, audible wheezing. Told in whispered curse or snide tutting. Told in sudden shove. Staircase spirits are rarely less than bold. – #CJosiffe, 1982 #Ghosts

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Folk Horror Revival 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I expect FT's Alien Zoo column will be covering this, I was reading the latest issue earlier today and there was this piece on a newly split species of European rabbit. Vital research for biodiversity and conservation but irrelevant for cryptozoology.

Section of text about the European rabbit being split into two species after genetic analysis with a photo of a rabbit.

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The Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I can’t remember which Blueskyer remined me that staircases are liminal, like bridges and crossroads, and therefore favourable for hauntings. There are many #haunted examples – such as the one where the famous Brown Lady of Raynham, #Norfolk, was maybe photographed in the 1930s. [More #SpookySunday

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Folk Horror Revival 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

One of the few first hand ghost accounts I've been told was from my former landlord who felt a presence on the stairs in a former home and the strong smelt cigar smoke. She later found out a man who lived there before her and had passed away smoked cigars.

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RoseRed @thebookishgardener.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

“O Death, rock me asleep, Bring me to quiet rest, Let pass my weary guiltless ghost Out of my careful breast." -Anne Boleyn. It’s believed that she wrote this during her imprisonment in The Tower. Her headless ghost is said to haunt its halls while holding her head. 🖌️Tamara DeStefano #SpookySunday

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🎃 Zack o' Lantern 🎃 @zackdavisson.com · 08/10/2026

Can you tell the difference between a bakeneko and a nekomata? Which supernatural cat would you actual want to meet--and which would tear you apart? Find out all the history and folklore of magical cats in Japan KAIBYO THE SUPERNATURAL CATS OF JAPAN coming Nov 10! link.amazon/B06JmrQZI #catsky

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Folk Horror Revival 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I instantly recognised this stained glass from the Reader's Digest Folklore book.

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Helen Grant @helengrantsays.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A very notable thing about Fairford

Stained glass window of a demon in red shades, from St. Mary's church, Fairford. Pic by W J Bond.

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Folk Horror Revival 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Someone needs to publish a complete catalogue with a checklist of them all. I've only seen fewer than 5.

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David Castleton (Author) @david-castleton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

South Yorkshire's Stocksbridge Bypass is allegedly haunted by a monk-like figure who appears suddenly in front of cars & even grabs drivers' legs. In 1987, 2 security guards encountered the apparition - police investigating 2 days later had a similar experience. #spookysunday #folklore #gothic

Bypass and slip road on dark day with white clouds in the sky and a large electricity pylon in the background.

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My Imaginary Brooklyn @myimaginarybrklyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Val Biro, 1959. #illustration #coverart #bookcover #1950s #ValBiro

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Beech in a stone wall, Burrator woods, February 2024, #Dartmoor, #Devon #photography #blackandwhite

A tree appears to dance out of a stone wall in mist

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BLPublishing @blpublishing.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Welcome to the weird and unsettling world of Ramsey Campbell. In this chilling new collection, spanning Campbell’s entire career from the mid-1970s to the present day, discover favourite tales by one of Britain’s greatest living horror writers. Out Now.

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Thankfully, @reparrishcomics.bsky.social assures us there is nothing to worry about

r. e. parrish cartoon, entitled FOUND THE LOOPHOLE. 1. A man in a hat with a monkey’s paw says “THIS ... IS THE
CURSÉD MONKEY'S PAW. IT WILL GRANT THREE WISHES...”. Another man gasps. 2. “BUT I MUST WARN YOU- THERE MAY BE UNFORESEEN C-”. 3. The man who gasped says “SHUT IT, OLD MAN!” and snatches the paw off him. The first man says “BUT!” 4. The man with the paw says “I WISH FOR THE REST OF THE MONKEY”. 5 “POOF!” The monkey appears in his arms, smiling. 6. The man’s head and the monkey’s head appear in a star shape with the words “NEW BEST FRIENDS! NOTHING BAD HAPPENED!”

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The Swamp Wytch @theswampwytch.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

In 1880, St. Simons lighthouse keeper Frederick Osborne was gunned down by his assistant over an argument. Ever since, keepers reported heavy bootsteps climbing the 129 cast-iron steps at night - sometimes checking on the lens machinery. #SpookySunday #GhostStories #Georgia #Folklore

The St. Simons Lighthouse and Keeper’s Dwelling were built in 1868-1872, replacing an earlier light station destroyed during the American Civil War.

The tapering brick tower still serves as an Active Aid to Navigation and houses the original third order Fresnel lens. Designed and manufactured in France, the lens casts its beam 23 miles out to sea.

The Dwelling was home to lighthouse keepers and their families until the light was automated in the mid-1950s. In1975, the Dwelling became a museum of coastal history, operated by the Coastal Georgia Historical Society.

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

And don't forget: THIS WEDNESDAY at 7pm, I'll be doing a soft launch in Edinburgh - you can get your hands on the book before it's out! I'll be in conversation with the great @anatomicalcat.bsky.social: www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinb...

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Catherine Gogerty @catherinegogerty.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Pesta, the personification of the black death in Norway. She is a hunched old woman who travels from town to town, if she arrives dragging a rake, you are lucky, some in the community will survive. If she is dragging a broom then every last person will die. 60% of the population of Norway died

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Flowers of October From The Shell Guide to Flowers of the Countryside (1955) Painted by Edith & Rowland Hilder

A painting of an arrangement of ivy, sneezewort, devil’s bit scabious, wild hops, acorns, hazel, burdock, greater plantain, reedmace, mugwort, & crab-apples.

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Chris Woodyard @chriswoodyard.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The Ride of Death / #Autumn and Death, Arnold Böcklin, 1871 www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/a... #TheVictorianBookoftheDead #AutumnalEquinox

A painting of a stormy landscape with orange leaves blowing off the trees, a grey, clouded sky. Several white buildings in the background while Death, a skeletal figure, on a black stallion, rides along a stony lane.

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missscarlett2024.bsky.social @missscarlett2024.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Another impressive illustration from the Illustrated Police News for #SpookySunday

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The Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The lovely old town of #Monmouth has several weird ghosts. There's a ghostly coach but also phantom hoofbeats that are somehow accompanied by a pair of glaring eyes. A 'fearful sense of evil' has been felt in Watery Lane, where a spectre leaps into a now dried up stream. #SpookySunday #Wales

The old Monnow Bridge, Monmouth, painted by Samuel Prout in the early 19th Century.

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Maps of the Lost @mapsofthelost.com · 10/10/2026

An oak tree revered as sacred stood for centuries in a field in Wiltshire. Ribbons were tied to its branches, and small offerings left around the base of its trunk. Children were conceived after dances around it when no pregnancy was thought possible, and disease healed by a brush of its leaves. Generations came, and generations went, and the oak tree stood in its field, listening to the whispers of the birds that told it all of that went on in the world.⁣
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A few years ago, the oak tree burned to the ground. There was a stench of petrol in the ashes, and all who lived nearby knew what had happened, but not who had destroyed it.⁣
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A week later, a local man who had been rumoured to speak to things of the night was found dead in his bed. The post-mortem showed that he had been choked by acorns: filling his mouth, stuffed deep down his throat, forced up his nose. There was talk of vengeful villagers, but this was not at all true.⁣
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If you had been walking the village very early in the morning, you might have seen bird after bird after bird flying to his house, each carrying one acorn.⁣
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Mr Jim Moon @hypnogoria.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

One from the vaults! Just several weeks after Spellbound folded, rival comic publisher Fleetway launched their own spooky comic for girls - Misty! Every week the titular host, with the aid of writers Pat Mills, Malcolm Shaw, Barry Clements, brought spooky serials and one-off tales of terror!

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The Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

A 1950 edition of the seminal 'Survey of English Ghost-Lore' with its Lynton Lamb cover - such cheerful colours but O what a horrible image when you look more closely! Thanks to @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social for spotting this post. #SpookySunday

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Autumn comes to the cottages with carpets of apple rot that sour the air with vinegar tang. Comes in a dressing of the year not in green gowns, but wounded rags of brown. It comes as a fear of early darkness. A terror of hungry spirits that rush the path. – #DAKilory, 1982

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Folk Horror Revival 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Perhaps at the time it all seemed more mundane, I agree it's a fabulous record of the times. I'm hoping BBC Archive will unearth something good for Halloween this year, although it'll be difficult to beat their unearthing of the Hexham Heads piece a couple of years ago.

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The Society of Antiquaries of London @antiquaries.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Is there a coat of arms more suited to the Halloween season than this one?! This image comes from a German manuscript made up of a collection of coats of arms which relate mainly to the Holy Roman Empire. It was probably written in southwest Germany or Switzerland, around the early 16th century.

Full-page allegorical representation of the arms of Death. The arms are supported by a skeleton and a female figure, surmounted by a helm, hourglass and clock as crest, over which two arm bones hold a rock.

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Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

With visual aid. They sleep not.

Frightening underwater creatures somewhat akin to fish skeletons. They are the Stay Belows of Hookland. Pencil drawing. Colour applied.

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Caroline Champion @ceechampion.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I've waited a long time to own this edition of this legendary book. It's just so beautiful and has arrived at the perfect time. 👻📚 #ChristinaHole #HauntedEngland #Halloween #Ghosts

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Folk Horror Revival 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

That is an amazing cover, I've never seen that edition before. Does it have internal illustrations too? Perfect for #SpookySunday

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Catherine Gogerty @catherinegogerty.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Day 11, Guising, Samhain marks the descent into the darkness of winter when spirits of our dead could move between this world and the next, But this also meant that vengeful spirits could also come through, to protect themselves, people would disguise themselves when venturing outside on Samhain.

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Folk Horror Revival 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Exciting! I'd love to know how often Nationwide actually featured spooky stories. I was born after it finished but they are the main segments people talk about now so I suspect I've got a skewed perception of it. One person I asked who remembered said it was rather boring.

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