Wandering Adventure Party

"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned", and all that.#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Uglei

Near Alfhausen, the ghost of an evil publican can be challenged to a race.He manifests as a hot rod.#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststoryhttps://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Alfhausen_and_the_Alkenkrug_Pub

Dive into the history of Headless Horseman stories!#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststoryhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alOkzhjzGF8

@martin Most likely some battle from the Napoleonic Wars, which were still in living memory when this tale was published.

The obsessions of some living people are so strong that they can NOPE the souls of the departed right out of their peaceful afterlife!#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_White_She-Ghost

Once, a strange vision appeared out of the fogs above a lake near Clausthal.#MythologyMonday #Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Kleines_Clausthal

Even grief must come to an end.#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory https://www.patreon.com/posts/leave-dead-alone-53103203

Yesterday was Halloween, today is All Saints Day, and tomorrow is All Souls Day - the Day of the Dead. In honour of all three, here is Franz Sedlacek's 1933 painting 'Ghosts in the Tree', which I came across last autumn, in Vienna. It could as well be a commentary on the politics of our day, as of his.#Photography #Art #Painting #Ghost

Sometimes it is the little things that make all the difference - like accepting a glass of buttermilk from a stranger.#Austria #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory https://www.patreon.com/posts/ghosts-of-alps-41303447

The malice of some mother-in-laws is so great that it endures even in death.#PhantomsFriday #Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Banished_Paper_Miller%27s_Wife

@amalia12 I try to translate the stories as accurately as possible, and that includes the title - many of which are rather spoilery.

@valhalla Those were some Wacky Races indeed!

Ghost-busting is a popular side hustle.Nevertheless, this job comes with its own hazards.#PhantomsFriday #Germany #folktale #folklore #magic #ghost #ghoststoryhttps://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Barber_of_Penzlin

It isn't only zombies who are searching for brains.#PhantomsFriday #Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/A_Ghost_Searches_for_his_Brain

The processions of the dead wind through the high mountains of the Valais.#PhantomsFriday #Switzerland #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory #WildHunt https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Ridge_Trains

The paths of the dead are not meant for the living.#PhantomsFriday #Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/In_Paradise

In the deep winter, and the dead of the night, the ghosts hold their own masses. And the unfortunate among the living can stumble into them, if they go to church at the wrong time...#PhantomsFriday #Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory #churchhttps://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Mass_for_the_Ghosts

@isaackuo Can't rule that out!

A ghostly rider roams a beech forest at Klosterlausnitz at night. In life, he was a rich huntsman who thought himself untouchable, but in death, God's judgment fell upon him.#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Rider_within_the_Beeches_of_Klosterlausnitz

“We dead ones leave the day to you, thus leave the night to us. Go home in peace, but don’t look back.”#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory #church https://www.patreon.com/posts/ghost-stories-of-31272544