The number 8 is powerful. The number represents power but also sacrifice. Personality traits of the number 8 Number 8 and the people linked to it tend to be visionary, powerful but forgiving, board-minded but sometimes money-conscious. People linked to the number 8 are often in business, entrepreneurs, atheles or politicians. Letter numeric values for […]
Witchcraft blamed for poverty on the Kenyan Coast
Speaking at the Kenya Investment Authority strategy meeting the Provincial Commissioner Ernest Munyi blamed the lack of investment on witchcraft killings.
The Commissioner highlighted the problem of the murder of elderly people suspected of practising witchcraft as sending bad signals which scared investors away.
Charities have reported that the killing of elderly people in Kenya is sometimes an economic crime. Families are unable to support their elderly dependants and adopt excuses to facilitate their murder.
Crystal Cauldron witches thrown out of the Our Lady’s Social Club
Witches coven, the Crystal Cauldron, had booked the Our Lady’S Social Club in the Dioceses of Shrewsbury to host their annual ball but where blocked by the Catholic church at the last minute.
Reverend John Joyce, told press: “Parish centres under our auspices let their premises on the understanding users and their organisations are compatible with the ethos and teachings of the Catholic church. In this instance, we aren’t satisfied such requirements are met.”
Teenager dug from grave to become ghost bride
Chinese newspapers are carrying the story of a teenage girl who’s body was dug up in the Sha’anxi province so she could become the ghost bride of a recently deceased single man.
The Telegraph reports that the grieving father of the deceased man paid four people around £2,700 to find a companion for his son in the afterlife.
In some rural areas of China there is the belief that the bodies of women who have only recently died can be married to the corpse of a single man and buried with him in order to create a ghost bride for the afterlife.
Tooth fairy tooth pouch
The origin of the tooth fairy myth is not clear but some believe it is an adaptation of “La Bonne petite Souris”.
The haunted Ship Inn and other ghosts of Acaster Malbis
Acaster Malbis is a village less than ten miles away from the historic city of York. It is thought that the village’s name may come from a Roman settlement. The word ‘castra’ means ‘camp’ in Latin and perhaps Malbis relates to the land-owning Malbis family who lived there.
The Ship Inn
The new owners of The Shop Inn by the River Ouse have reported a number of ghostly incidents. It is thought that the pub is haunted by Bob the Stoker, a regular of the inn until his death. The fire in the pub has been reported as lighting itself – despite having four pints of water poured on it. The nickname “Bob the Stocker” was give to Bob, who died 50 years ago, because he would sit and constantly stoke the same fire.
The new pub manager, Alan Deans, told local press that a lamp has also been known to fly off its shelf in the bar.
The Ship Inn’s owner, Carol Temple, has also admitted to press that she has had her own ghostly encounter, “I had bent down to get something out of a cupboard and I felt a cold shiver, so I stood up and turned around and I saw a grey figure coming past me – it was only about a foot away from me.
Stratford Ghostfest
Ghost hunters Fright Nights will bring the four day Ghost Festival to Stratford-upon-Avon and feature ghost walks, investigations, paranormal workshops, psychic fairs and séances.
The commercial organisation will sell tickets to these events from between £9 and £29 pounds.
One of the United Kingdom’s most haunted sites – the Falstaff’s Experience – will feature in the event. Fright Nights has organised celebrity medium and exorcist, Ian Lawman, will be sent to the Falstaff’s Experience to try and contact John Davies and other spirits. Most Haunted viewers may remember John Davis as one of the most violent spirits the TV show encountered.
Stiwt Theatre – a haunted theatre?
SoulSearchers NW investigated the Stiwt theatre in Rhosllannerchrugog, Wrexham, and reportedly discovered a large number of haunting spirits.
Soulsearchers NW employ a number of mediums as well as hi-tech equipment such as infra-red cameras and ‘K2’ metres designed to detect traces of electrical energy.
“We arrived at 8pm and even before our cameras began filming, our mediums, Eileen and Lizzy, picked up a man called Edwards.” said spokesman Steven Pryce.
“He is connected to the theatre and has previously been seen there by staff.
“We know a Mr D. Edwards was involved with the construction and first management committee of the institute in 1926.
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The third sign: Gemini
Image via Wikipedia Tropical dates: 22 May to 21 June Sidereal dates: June 15 to July 15 (approx) Representation: Two children Ruling planet and groupings: Mercury; masculine, mutable and air Associations: Colour: Yellow Flowers: Lavender, Lily of the Valley Gemstone: Agate Trees: Nut trees Traits Gemini often have fantastic communication skills. These skills, however, run […]
