Spooky quicks June 2026

This time around we'll expect the Summer Solstice on the 21st June, and for this there are many interesting times. It's believed this is when things are mystical, magical and enchanting. It's also when the veil is lowest and people see ghosts, strange creatures, fairies, goblins and many other spirits. In ancient times it was considered very dangerous for paranormal forces to try and harm by causing havoc. Our ancestors warded them off by making big bonfires, wearing talismans, herbs, carrying protective stones and metals, chanting and drums. 

Its believed that ferns bloom with a special magic flower only on the eve of Midsummer. It's blue in colour and can be sown by gathering of fern seeds. If sown at midnight, the blue flowers will grow from them during Midsummer Eve and help with magic powers, including treasure seeking and invisibility. This is part of old English folklore.

Romantic spookiness? The solstice in Summer could help young women foresee their future husbands. This folklore involved many similar tales. Find some herbs including St John's Wort, roses and yarrow, make sure these are placed under the pillow. Get some good sleep and the dreams will be about their future husbands. Another one is to silently cook a meal, sat nothing at all, and put an empty plate and chair at the table. The astral form of the future husband should arrive! 

To have a detailed look at all of the amazing paranormal events in June, visit this link at The Paranormal Database. 

These are Ranker Graveyard Shift personal stories about friendly encounters with nice ghosts, visit this link to have a read. It will keep you cool in the heatwave.

Enjoy a magical June! 

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Blue moon folklore

A blue moon is rising on 31st May 2026. what does this mean and how will it affect us? Does it cause harm? Why is it blue? 

While not actually blue in colour, it was interpreted as this when the eruption of volcano Krakatoa erupted in 1883. Another volcano, Mount St Helens erupted in 1980 that made the moon look blue. While the moon turned blue, the sun turned green and this phenomena lasted for months. 

Across the world, people referred to the days of the green sun and blue skies were turned red, while the nights had a sapphire moon (not to be mistaken with the Bath and Bodyworks perfumes). These strange celestial colours of moon, sky and sun lasted for up to two years.

This eruption in 1883 happened in Indonesia. It was so loud that it burst eardrums of sailors 40 miles away from the volcano. But this event has nothing to do with the rare "once in a blue moon" occurrence.

Folklore of a blue coloured moon ranges from omens of plague, stories of grief, loss and broken hearts. This applies to the colour blue, and also a second full moon within the same month. Modern witches, Wiccans, pagans and other spiritual beliefs have different ideas of a blue moon and what it means. They see it as a positive time for growth, inspiration, divine feminine, fertility, spell working and esoteric inner wisdom. 

Werewolves, in folklore, are believed to be more stronger and powerful during a blue moon! They can be faster and much more dangerous. It's believed they can even be cured during a blue moon. 

More on Krakatoa eruption of 1883 at IFL Science.  

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May ghosts

 May starts off with May Day celebrations that includes maypole dancing, May Queen parades and fairy festivals. Over on the continent, they celebrate the paranormal on Walpurgis Night including ghosts, demons, werewolves and witches, very much centred on spring at the beginning of the month. It's blended with Christian and Pagan folklore, feasts and fires. So much popularity across different locations from Sweden, Germany, Estonia and Finland, that Walpurgis Night is called the "other Halloween", one during spring. 

In Ireland, drinking water from St Bridget's Well on the first nine days of the month was believed to cure diseases.  Over in Lough Leane in County Kerry, every seven years a ghost of a warrior riding on a white horse appears from the lake, and this is believed to be O'Donoghue. In the same location during fog at night, a shadowy person is seen walking a spectral dog. 

On 1st May in South Walsham Broad in Norfolk, a recurring phantom always appears of a Viking longboat on fire out in the lake. This is believed to be a Viking funeral boat that keeps haunting the waters. It was the exact location that experienced Viking raids multiple times.

May Day celebrations really do have fairy legends. The Strid is a dangerous part of River Wharfe in North Yorkshire, but it's mystical too. It's the location of a powerful fairy queen and her pale horse that emerge on 1st May and drowns anyone who gets too near the water.

Phantoms are also heard too on May Day. Beautiful female singing voices can be heard from the ruins of Godstow Nunnery in early morning on first of May. You may catch a glimpse of a pretty ghost lady wearing Medieval dress, believed to be Rosamund Clifford, the famous mistress of king Henry II. 

In Wales, at the Brecon Beacons is a small lake called Llyn Cwm Llwch, is full of strange stories about a woman who uses magic to drown people and restore her youth. There's a magic portal, located on an islet. A secret door on a rock that opens on 1st May and leads to the fairy realm. Once a man stole a flower and was cursed. The flower belonged to the fairies. Rules are that they can offer you fruit, play you music and tell prophetic stories but you must never take anything from the fairies or a curse will happen to you.

Now forward a bit. On the third Tuesday of May, a loud Medieval, or Roman, ghost party occurs at the salt marshes at Salthouse Pool in Norfolk. This happens late at night and witnesses saw scenes of small fires, singing, dancing phantoms, eating and drinking. Don't be lured to that party.

In Lewes, Sussex, at Offham Hill are sounds of an ancient battle. It's a recurring haunting on 25th May that happens each year. It's believed to be a replay of the Battle of Lewes in 1264 where 3,000 people died. People have reported seeing ghostly knights over there fighting.

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