Author archive for J.W.H

  • Mar032026

    A sinful monk haunting a former monastery on Junkerngasse

    Could Junkerngasse be the most haunted street in Bern? In the former monastery that once stood here, the inhabitants complained…

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  • Mar032026
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    How a 1985 Documentary 'Scared Us' and Sparked a Paranormal TV Craze

    On a crisp winter evening in 1985, a documentary was broadcast with a preview that promised to scare viewers out…

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  • Mar032026

    Daníelspyttur and the boy who drowned and haunts

    The name Daníelspyttur in remote Iceland comes from a boy who once left work and drowned in the water. Since…

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  • Mar032026

    Bailiff Brunegg: a spooky hunt through Swiss snow and sin

    After taking his regime of terror too far on a stormy winter night, Bailiff Brunegg committed a sin so sedate…

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  • Mar032026

    Basilisk of Basel: The Beast at Gerberberglein

    Once upon a time, in a cave below where the Tanner Fountain (Gerberberglein) is now located, a basilisk lived. It…

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  • Mar032026

    Kindlifresserbrunnen and the ghosts of abandoned children near Bern

    It is said that around the terrifying statue of Kindlifressenbrunnen devouring children, adolescent ghosts haunt like a misty night. They…

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  • Mar032026

    The ghost of the Finnbogastaðir mounds

    Buried in the mounds of the Icelandic landscape, a murdered shepherd has returned from the dead as a Draugr, or…

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  • Mar032026

    Munkholmen: The island of chains, prayers and the restless dead in Trondheim

    There have long been many disturbing rumors about the diminutive island of Munkholmen near Trondheim, Norway. From an ancient Viking…

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  • Mar032026

    The haunting of Frick's steps: death processions in Bern and the ghosts of murderesses

    There isn't a single ghost story about the Frick Stairs in Bern, there are plenty of them. It is said…

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  • Mar032026

    The restless ghost of Hans Franz Nägeli: The Fricktreppe Ghost

    The aged stairs in Bern, Switzerland are said to carry an aged legend. Hans Franz Nägeli, the city's former leader,…

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