Anne Jeffries claimed to have been taken to Fairyland, where she was treated like royalty and fell in love with a fairy man. After her return, she exhibited powers of clairvoyance and healing, which she attributed to her experience with the fairies.
Prison hulks were large vessels without masts, used to house convicts awaiting transportation. Conditions were cramped, leading to disease and criminality. Prisoners were kept in close confinement, with limited exercise and poor air quality, making them breeding grounds for disease and further crime.
The Atco Ghost legend involves a ghost boy haunting the site where he was struck by a drunk driver. According to the legend, honking the car horn three times at midnight on Burnt Mill Road could summon the ghost, leading to a potentially terrifying encounter.
Archaeologists discovered a 13-foot-long scroll, a lost chapter from Egypt's Book of the Dead, along with more than 50 wooden sarcophagi, statues, and other treasures in the funerary temple of Queen Nirut.
In 1995, millions of Hindus witnessed statues of Lord Ganesha seemingly consuming milk offered to them. The phenomenon, which lasted about 24 hours, caused a milk shortage as people flocked to temples to participate. The event remains unexplained.
The case of Zana, a Bigfoot captured in the 19th century, produced several children with human traits. Descendants of Zana were documented to have lived among humans, exhibiting physical characteristics of both Bigfoot and humans, such as grayish skin and thick curly hair.
Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. https://weirddarkness.com/syndicate)Info on the next LIVE SCREAM event. https://weirddarkness.com/LiveScream)IN THIS EPISODE: It was in 1975 when the first skull of what was believed to be Bigfoot was found. But the owner of the skull hadn’t been dead too long, for the local people said they remembered the creature before it died. And even more shocking – they personally knew some of its descendants – a cross-breeding of Bigfoot and human beings! (Villagers Remember Descendants of Bigfoot) *** A young woman falls unconscious and awakes with a fantastical story about fairies kissing her, how she was treated like a princess by them, and falling in love with one of the fairy men. While you might say it was just a fanciful dream, how do you explain that this girl also woke up with clairvoyant abilities? (The Fairies and Anne Jeffries) *** On 15 July 1910 the Sheffield Evening Telegraph recorded the anniversaries of the day. One particular entry was this: “Prison hulks first seen on the Thames…1776”. But what were the prison hulks, and what was life like on board these ‘floating hells,’ as they came to be known? (Floating Hells) ***Depending on whether or not you want to get the scare of your life, you will either want to, or not want to honk your car’s horn three times on Burnt Mill Road in the Pine Barrens area of New Jersey. If you do, you risk an encounter with the Atco Ghost. (The Atco Ghost Legend of New Jersey) *** Archaeologists excavating the tomb of an ancient Egyptian queen just discovered something chilling… a 13-foot long scroll – a lost chapter from Egypt’s “Book of the Dead”. (Queen Nearit’s Book of the Dead) *** Feeling the Lord Ganesha wanted milk, a man ran to get some and placed it before the elephant headed statue in a temple near his home. Then it happened… the milk disappeared as if the statue had consumed it. And then the same thing happened to others… and others. (The Hindu’s Milk Miracle)CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Disclaimer and Show Open00:03:28.701 = The Fairies and Anne Jeffries00:09:51.314 = Floating Hells00:29:19.879 = The Atco Ghost Legend of New Jersey00:32:18.739 = Queen Nearit’s Book fo the Dead00:37:20.380 = The Hindu’s Milk Miracle00:43:14.610 = Villagers Remember Descendents of Bigfoot00:48:19.757 = Show CloseSOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…“The Fairies And Anne Jeffries” by Brian Haughton: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yf4vany4)“Floating Hells” by Rose Stavely-Wadham for British Newspaper Archive: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/jjrumumw)“The Atco Ghost Legend of New Jersey” by Christina Skelton: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/hy5jehz6)“Queen Nearit’s Book of the Dead” posted at BuggedSpace.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/ukz7vnds)“A Mass Scientific Mystery in India” by Michael Gross for Consciousness Unbound:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/7tac5377)“Villagers Remember Descendants of Bigfoot” by Ron Strickler for Phantoms and Monsters: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2hrahhdx)Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. = = = = =(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2024, Weird Darkness.= = = = =Originally aired: May 03, 2021CUSTOM LANDING PAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/AnneJeffries