BestiarypediaThe bestiary of every mythology
Curated catalog of supernatural beings in 10 languages. Mythology, demonology, cryptozoology and folklore documented with relationships, taxonomies and sources.
Enfield Poltergeist
Britain's most documented poltergeist case
Knocks, moving furniture and a recorded voice at the Hodgson home in London, between 1977 and 1979.
Black Monk of Pontefract
The most violent poltergeist in England
It dragged a twelve-year-old girl up the stairs; the monk was attributed to it afterwards.
Brown Lady of Raynham Hall
The lady of the portrait in brown satin and a ruff
Apparition of Houghton and Raynham Hall, and subject of the most famous ghost photograph in the world.
Wraith of Anne Boleyn
The Queen Who Returns to Blickling with Her Head
Beheaded in 1536. Each anniversary she returns to her childhood home in a coach of headless horses.
Black Shuck
Black Shuck, the spectral black dog omen of death in English folklore
Black Shuck is the spectral black dog of English folklore with flaming eyes, an infallible omen of death.
Barghest
Barghest, the black spectral hound that foretells death in Northern English folklore
The Barghest is a black spectral hound from Northern English folklore that appears with flaming eyes and a terrifying howl to foretell death.
Thornton Heath Poltergeist
The 1938 case that took the poltergeist to psychoanalysis
Crockery in the air and objects appearing from nowhere around Alma Fielding, in Croydon, in 1938.
Will-o'-the-Wisp
The marsh light that recedes when you follow it
A pale flame over the peat that draws back as you near it and leaves the walker in the mud.
Wraith of Catherine Howard
The Shriek of the Haunted Gallery
Fifth wife of Henry VIII, beheaded in 1542. She is not seen but heard: a shriek down the gallery.
Showing 1โ9 of 9
Explore the Atlas
Travel the beingsโ world of origin and the cosmos of their dimensions.