Mark Rees’ research into the “Ghosts of Wales” can be read on the Folklore Thursday website
The “Ghosts of Wales” are no ordinary ghost stories, and Folklore Thursday is no ordinary website.
On Mark Rees’ Folklore Thursday page you’ll find tales of:
• A murderer who returned from beyond the grave.
• A two-headed phantom which terrorised a community.
• A pesky poltergeists which haunted industrial workplaces.
• A cursed statue of the Devil which is said to have burnt down a church.
You can read all about them and more here: Mark Rees on Folklore Thursday.
Ghosts of Wales on Folklore Thursday
Mark says:
“Anyone who follows me on Twitter will know that I’m a huge fan of Folklore Thursday.
It’s a wonderful way for like-minded people around the world to get together and spend an entire day sharing weird and wonderful snippets of folklore, beliefs, customs and traditions every Thursday using the #FolkloreThursday hashtag.
But as well as being an ever-growing social media craze, Folklore Thursday is also one of the one best websites out there.
In 2018, I contributed three pieces which relate to archive accounts published in Ghosts of Wales. In 2019, I added an account of the diabolical Swansea Devil.
You can check them out by following the links below, and after reading them why not stick around and explore the rest of the site while you’re there?
But beware – with so much fascinating folklore to discover, it might feel like you’ve been whisked away by the fairy folk for seven years!
What stories are available?
• THE PIT OF GHOSTS: EXPLORING THE HAUNTED MINES OF VICTORIAN WALES
• THE TWO-HEADED GHOST THAT TERRORISED A WELSH COMMUNITY
• DEADLY GHOSTS: THE MURDERER WHO RETURNED FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE
• HOW A “CURSED” VICTORIAN DEVIL STATUE DESTROYED A WELSH CHURCH
Be sure to keep an eye out for more as they materialise…
Read more in Ghosts of Wales: Accounts from the Victorian Archives
For more real-life Welsh ghost stories check out Ghosts of Wales: Accounts from the Victorian Archives, available now from all good bookshops and online.
Signed copies are available from The Comix Shoppe in Swansea.
You can also read out more about “haunted Wales” here.