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Episode Summary: Um, Do You Want Your Ghosts Back?

Nixie’s never been scared of the ghosts haunting her English pub. Rather, she considers them somewhat inevitable, since she lives in a very old town just a stone’s throw from Stonehenge, already thought to be an otherworldly place with significant paranormal potential. But when those ghosts catch on that this small-town witch is unflappable, they turn their attention to haunting her friends.

This episode’s promo is from Stories with Sapphire.

Process Drawing of The Little Ghost Girl In Front of Stonehenge

About the Guest: Nixie Foster

Our guest is a motherhood mentor and a moon witch, and she combines these two aspects of herself to aid new mothers on their journey through the matrescence (the rite of passage to motherhood) period of their lives. Although she no longer owns the ghost-filled pub she references in this episode, you won’t have to go hunting very far to find her in the small town of Amesbury, England.

If you’d like to reach out to Nixie, you can find her at nixiefoster.com. If you’d like to sign up for her mentorship program, please do so at nixiefoster.com/crystalmoonmotherhood. You can also follow her on Facebook and Twitter.

Episode References for These Creepy Ghost Stories

Can’t help but wonder about the ringing bell and the ginger airman? The New Inn in Amesbury hosts frequent live music and festivals, if you’re ready to try to glimpse the ghosts for yourself. You can also stay overnight in the haunted New Inn, if you dare.

Stonehenge is an ancient sacred site that many druids and pagans still make pilgrimages to in celebration of the Solstices. Nixie leads ceremonies there, follow her on social to learn more!

Can’t get enough of Nixie’s fun and enlightening and yet slightly creepy ghost stories? Be sure to catch the episode where Nixie helps explain the thinning of the veil that is said to occur between Samhain and the Winter Solstice.

And until next time, have a spooky day!

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Take a listen to some heartwarming, spooky tales, today on Homespun Haints.

About the Guest: Jim Roysdon

Jim is the host of The Innovator Club, a podcast described on the podcast’s website as “a place for innovators to come together, converse, brainstorm, and bring about new innovations in business processes, manufacturing, technology, governance and more.” To listen directly to episodes, visit the podcast site at https://the-innovator-club.buzzsprout.com/

Christmas Ghost Story Episode Summary

In this Christmas ghost story, Jim has what he describes as a “living ghost story,” centered around a conversation he had shortly before his late father passed away. Rather than give too much away on this one, we’re going to just have to tell you to listen to it. You’ll be pretty amazed at this one.

The second story in this episode features a haunted castle in Scotland, where Jim, his wife, and their friend are visited by some former (dead) residents. Because, if you stay in a haunted castle, the ghosts just come with the booking fee.

Lumley Castle

The owners of Lumley Castle do not shy away from its haunted reputation. In fact, the hotel website itself has a page describing Lily Lumley, the “vengeful” ghost that still haunts the castle halls. It seems the ghost that Jim encountered, however, was certainly not vengeful. In fact, she seemed almost comforting. Who she is we may never know.

Until next time, have a spooky day!

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Listen in as Julie tells us ghost stories that pull at our heartstrings, just in time for the holiday season.

About the Guest: Julie Penman Livesey

While she is now an author, Julie’s resume includes animation work on several productions. Most of these are movies children of the ’90s would recognize. Her resume includes one of my favorite animated films, Anastasia. It’s no wonder Julie’s stories have ghosts as characters, considering some of the strange things she’s encountered in various locales throughout England.

Every one of the places Julie stayed in 1992 was haunted (except the one next to a cemetery, ironically). Julie felt electricity in the air when visited by her recently deceased grandfather. Her story raises an existential question. Can a deceased loved one’s spirit visit 2 living family members in 2 different places at the same time? After hearing about her year of spiritual visitations, we wonder if Julie feels an affinity for psychopomps because she just may have briefly served as one. Listen to the episode above and decide for yourself.

Episode Show Notes and References

What is a psychopomp?

Angel, god, or ferryman; a psychopomp’s job is guiding recently deceased souls to the afterlife. In spiritual traditions, a psychopomp can be an earthly creature, like a human shaman or an animal. I always think of crows, for some reason. Or it can be a being from another realm. Sometimes psychopomps are gods, like Anubis, from ancient Egyptian mythology. Other times, they are supernatural beings, like the Archangel Michael in Christianity. There are many more throughout various religions and traditions. Julie writes stories of children, both ghostly and earthbound, who ambitiously perform this special paranormal job.

Julie was inspired to write her tale of Annie Humble, the ghost girl psychopomp, based on her dead neighbors. No, really. Julie lived in a home that shared a wall with Brompton Cemetery. This is a beautiful Victorian cemetery dating back to 1840. It houses over 200,000 of the dead. Julie also lived in an understandably haunted terrace building in Islington by the Old Street tube station. That one was once a Jewish-owned tailor shop nearly destroyed during the World War II Blitz.

What is a TV aerial?

For the youth, this is what a TV aerial is. Ah, the endless frustration. If you have first-hand experience with these, you’ll remember the awkward game of Twister the whole family played with the goal of finding the best reception in any given TV location. Not only that, you’ll appreciate just how rude it is for a ghost to sabotage all that hard work.

Until next time, have a spooky day!

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