In questo episodio di Spettri & Biscotti, esploriamo il legame antico tra il Natale e i racconti di fantasmi.

Fonti:

https://www.history.com/news/christmas-tradition-ghost-stories

https://theconversation.com/why-christmas-ghost-stories-have-such-enduring-appeal-126624

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/plea-resurrect-christmas-tradition-telling-ghost-stories-180967553/

https://www.ranker.com/list/christmas-ghost-stories/kellie-kreiss

https://freakyfolktales.wordpress.com/2013/06/06/how-a-new-york-society-girl-came-to-inherit-the-ghost-of-an-english-bride/#more-1049

https://burialsandbeyond.com/2019/12/23/5-real-christmas-ghost-stories/

https://ghostcitytours.com/christmas-ghosts/mistletoe-bride/

https://specialcollectionsuniversityofsouthampton.wordpress.com/2018/10/31/the-bridal-chest-of-bramshill-or-a-ghost-tale-from-the-cope-collection/

https://seeksghosts.blogspot.com/2016/01/deadly-game-of-hide-and-seek.html

https://seeksghosts.blogspot.com/2014/05/bramshills-entombed-bride.html

In questa puntata di Spettri & Biscotti visitiamo il cimitero più infestato al mondo: Greyfriars Kirkyard a Edimburgo.

Link fonti e approfondimenti:

La mappa di Greyfriars

City of The Dead Tours

The Mackenzie Poltergeist

The Story of the Mackenzie Poltergeist - The Infamous Ghoul of Greyfriars Graveyard, di Jen-Andrew Henderson

The Ghosts of Greyfriars

Bloody Mackenzie: Who was Bloody Mackenzie and where can you find his ghost in Edinburgh?

Tales from beyond the grave in Edinburgh

Visiting the world's most haunted cemetery: a complete guide to Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh.

Welcome to the Most Haunted Graveyard in the World. Safety Not Guaranteed.

Greyfriars Kirkyard: Covenanters, Bloody MacKenzie and things that go bump in the night.

Cemetery Tour: Greyfriars Kirkyard

Exclusive Footage of Inside Covenanters Prison

Burke and Hare

Bringing up the Bodies: Body snatching, Murder and Anatomy in Nineteenth Century Edinburgh

Greyfriars Kirkyard

Greyfriars Bobby

Coventanters

In questa puntata di Spettri & Biscotti ci addentriamo in una delle leggende metropolitane più famose di sempre, quella di Bloody Mary.

Fonti:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/bloody-mary

https://www.hauntedrooms.co.uk/the-bloody-mary-legend

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Mary_(folklore)

https://theghostposts.com/bloody-mary-legend/

https://people.howstuffworks.com/bloody-mary-legend.htm

https://creepypasta.fandom.com/it/wiki/La_leggenda_di_Bloody_Mary

https://historyfacts.com/world-history/article/how-people-practiced-magic-in-the-middle-ages/

https://www.clarkemuseum.org/blog/new-exhibit-victorian-halloween-and-death-by-fashion

https://thevictorianhistorian.com/halloween/

https://www.eventiculturalimagazine.com/attualita-e-informazione/leffetto-della-strana-immagine-allo-specchio/

https://www.nonsonsolofilm.it/fissare-la-vostra-immagine-riflessa-in-uno-specchio/

https://www.friendsofdalnavert.ca/blog/2021/10/26/victorian-halloween-love-poetry-and-stingy-jack

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidoliahttps://www.ilpost.it/2022/11/06/elizabeth-bathory-contessa-sanguinaria-storia/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_I_of_England

https://medium.com/@jmazzuca/bloody-mary-89cebac5a79a

https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/mary-i-facts-myths

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Báthory

https://www.ilpost.it/2022/11/06/elizabeth-bathory-contessa-sanguinaria-storia/

https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/cl/article/view/35075

https://folklorethursday.com/halloween/faces-in-the-mirror-the-urban-legend-of-bloody-mary/

In questa prima puntata di Spettri & Biscotti parliamo del Ghost Club, la più grande organizzazione mondiale associata alla ricerca psichica, e della Ancient Ram Inn, che ha la fama di essere la locanda più infestata d’Inghilterra.

Testi citati:

_ “La donna in nero” di Susan Hill, ed. Mondadori (2022)

_ “Atlante dei luoghi infestati”, D’Antona, Petrilli, ed. Bompiani (2021)

Fonti e link per approfondimenti:

https://www.ghostclub.org.uk/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ghost_Club

https://londonist.com/london/secret/ghost-club-london-visit-join

https://ancientraminn.co.uk/

https://www.vanillamagazine.it/the-ancient-ram-inn-la-locanda-infestata-che-fu-costruita-sopra-un-cimitero-pagano/

https://www.haunted-britain.com/ancient-ram-inn.htm

https://thelittlehouseofhorrors.com/the-ancient-ram-inn/

https://triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/2023/11/13/mediaeval-myth-busting-blog-26-the-ancient-ram-inn/

https://amyscrypt.com/ancient-ram-inn-haunted-england/