Many ghosts in turmoil can only move on with the aid of the living.
...sometimes, the required assistance is rather easy to fulfill.
#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Farmer_Who_Had_Moved_The_Boundary_Stones
In life, a tone-deaf nun.
In death, an avian companion to the Wild Huntsman!
#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory #bird #owl #WildHunt
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Hooting_Ursel
A strange dog haunts the village of Lüttgenrode.
#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Welthund_near_St%C3%B6tterlingenburg_and_L%C3%BCttgenrode
Some missionaries are so fanatical that even death will not make them shut up about their faith.
#Germany #Helgoland #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Monk_on_Helgoland_Island
Strange lights can sometimes be spotted in the German countryside at night.
Some of them are friendly, and some of them are... not.
#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Ghostly_Light
The "Corpse Lake" is named for the many murders perpetrated on it by bandits.
And even long after the bandits were gone, the lake retains its haunted atmosphere...
#Germany #folktale #folklore #lake #ghost #ghoststory
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Corpse_Lake
A sunken road near Münsterhof is haunted by a strange, headless ghost.
#Poland #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Headless_Man_near_M%C3%BCnsterhof_and_the_Farmer
Many inns offer barber services at very affordable rates.
In fact, it's the rates for _refusing_ their service that can be a killer.
#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/A_Ghost_does_a_Haircut
When the spirits of the dead will not stay away from the living, experts need to be called in to deal with them.
#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Ghost_of_Day_Laborer_Rossow_from_Klein-Kelle_near_R%C3%B6bel
When you see two men carrying a heavy load across a lonely mountain one evening, it's best to leave them well enough alone.
#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Heavily_Loaded_Men
A room in an inn in Flensburg was once haunted by an entire royal court.
#Germany #Flensburg #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Ghosts%27_Meal
Some say that the leader of the Wild Hunt is a king of Denmark who killed his own brother.
#Germany #Denmark #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory #WildHunt
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/King_Abel%27s_Hunt
Beneath the ruins of Schauenforst Castle, a knight spends eternity with playing bowling as an ironic punishment.
#Germany #folktale #folklore #bowling #ghost #ghoststory
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Golden_Bowling_Game_(Schauenforst)
Our Capitalist oppressors want us to fight each other rather than unionizing and fighting for fair wages.
#Austria #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Moving_Stone
The Black Monk of the Danube was a terrifying specter of doom.
#Austria #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Black_Monk
Do not invite the dead for dinner unless you really, really mean it.
#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Guests_from_the_Gallows
Ghosts are well-placed to answer difficult theological questions.
#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Best_Religion
It gladdens my heart that "Scooby Doo"-type plots have well-established precedents in old folklore.
#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Foreman_Calv%C3%B6r
Some headless horsemen can turn into other shapes as well...
#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Rider_on_the_Pale_Horse
In Osterwieck, a theft was once solved by a Meddling Kid, and the ghosts who supported him.
#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Stolen_Goose
