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Ghost Driven Off Farmstead By Professional Exorcist
On an old farm near Hvolsvöllur, an alleged ghost was driven off by an exorcist. Power company Landsvirkjun hired Reverend Kristinn Ágúst Friðfinnsson to perform the ceremony. It is unusual for a high-tech company such as Landsvirkjun to hire an exorcist to…
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New Bar Open For (Paranormal) Business
Four friends got together to open a new bar and encountered a haunting reality. No, we’re not talking about the renting prices for downtown. When they started getting the house ready for the opening of their new bar ‘Röntgen’, their sixth sense…
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The Icelandic Ghost Manual: Don’t Disturb The Dead, Or Else
Anyone remotely interested in Icelandic folklore knows how to behave around hidden people, elves and trolls: avoid contact altogether. But there exists another, lesser-known species, which is just as wicked as the folk living in the barren rocks. Welcome to the world…
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Time Capsule: Höfði
Politicians and ghosts make for a terrifying combination. The Höfði House is Reykjavík’s most famous and haunted residence. Built in 1909, Höfði sits on the waterfront just off Borgartún. Inspired by Nordic Art Nouveau, it was constructed in Norway and shipped to…
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Blast from the Past: The Ghosts of Höfði
So, they‘ve met. Not in Reykjavik as we had all hoped, but in Hamburg. Last time the leaders of East and West needed to end a Cold War, in 1986, they picked Reykjavík. But the Reagan-Gorbachev summit has only in retrospect been…
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Monster Of The Month: Móri – Ghost
Shortly before the turn of the 20th century, a young girl travelled from Reykjavík to the nearby hot springs of Laugar to do her washing. While at her work there, she felt an unpleasant presence and became sick at heart and nauseous.…
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The Saga of Hrómundur Gripsson
I’m gonna skip all the “son of blahblahblahson” bullshit and get straight to the juicy man-meat of this Saga. Okay? Okay. Long intro short some pretty little rich boy named Hrómundur is out raiding with King Ólafur of Denmark. He gets word…