James Brown
@drjamesbrown.bsky.social
Lapsed early modern historian, now professional services at the Uni of Sheffield. Likes: intoxicants; the supernatural, folklore, and folk horror; KE/impact; project management; 📸; 🥾; 🏋️. My photography portfolio: https://cursedaperture.squarespace.com/
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The Haunted Bridge. A mystery to solve ... I have this postcard called "The Haunted Bridge" but cannot identify it. It's described as a British beauty spot. The card was posted from Nottingham, early 20thc.
September 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The Haunted Bridge. A mystery to solve ... I have this postcard called "The Haunted Bridge" but cannot identify it. It's described as a British beauty spot. The card was posted from Nottingham, early 20thc.
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The historie of serpents… Edward Topsell, 1608.
September 18, 2025 at 5:09 AM
The historie of serpents… Edward Topsell, 1608.
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THREAD. A collection of photos I have taken of scarecrows I have stumbled across during walks in the British countryside over the last fifteen years.
September 2, 2025 at 6:10 AM
THREAD. A collection of photos I have taken of scarecrows I have stumbled across during walks in the British countryside over the last fifteen years.
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Just removed the date label from an old book and discovered that someone has drawn a design for a teapot that can serve either tea or poison how's your day going?
August 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Just removed the date label from an old book and discovered that someone has drawn a design for a teapot that can serve either tea or poison how's your day going?
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The witch trials of 1612 still cast a long shadow.
August 15, 2025 at 7:27 AM
The witch trials of 1612 still cast a long shadow.
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It was built round so that the DEVIL could not hide in the corners.
August 7, 2025 at 11:38 AM
It was built round so that the DEVIL could not hide in the corners.
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In the death registers of early modern Venice, marginalia often marks the cause of death: drawings of daggers for murders, for instance.
In 1696, Giovanni Battista Rinaldi was killed by a dog. This is the drawing by his entry.
In 1696, Giovanni Battista Rinaldi was killed by a dog. This is the drawing by his entry.
July 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
In the death registers of early modern Venice, marginalia often marks the cause of death: drawings of daggers for murders, for instance.
In 1696, Giovanni Battista Rinaldi was killed by a dog. This is the drawing by his entry.
In 1696, Giovanni Battista Rinaldi was killed by a dog. This is the drawing by his entry.
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🎤Welcome to the Cardiff Witch Memorial Map Project! Our aim is to locate memorials, museums, and significant sites related to #earlymodern witch hunts globally and share them with the public. Please follow us for updates on our research - we've found more than 100 so far! #history #witchtrials
July 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
🎤Welcome to the Cardiff Witch Memorial Map Project! Our aim is to locate memorials, museums, and significant sites related to #earlymodern witch hunts globally and share them with the public. Please follow us for updates on our research - we've found more than 100 so far! #history #witchtrials
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Our Rings of Saturn film has been in production for about a year but has now finally arrived. Beautifully narrated by @simoninsuffolk.bsky.social and scored by @dukether.bsky.social 👇
youtu.be/hELnfok0BzI?...
youtu.be/hELnfok0BzI?...
July 2, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Our Rings of Saturn film has been in production for about a year but has now finally arrived. Beautifully narrated by @simoninsuffolk.bsky.social and scored by @dukether.bsky.social 👇
youtu.be/hELnfok0BzI?...
youtu.be/hELnfok0BzI?...
Wardsend Cemetery, Sheffield (April 2025).
May 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Wardsend Cemetery, Sheffield (April 2025).
Sundown at St Andrew, Aldborough, North Yorkshire (February 2021).
May 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Sundown at St Andrew, Aldborough, North Yorkshire (February 2021).
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- where the light breaks -
May 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
- where the light breaks -
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If M.R. James wrote safety signage
May 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
If M.R. James wrote safety signage
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My funky shots of the Rollright Stones taken on Saturday on my 1950s medium format camera with turquoise colour negative film! #stoneclubchallenge
May 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
My funky shots of the Rollright Stones taken on Saturday on my 1950s medium format camera with turquoise colour negative film! #stoneclubchallenge
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Registration is now open for our ghost conference at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick this June! If you'd like to come along and listen to our wonderful line up of talks please sign up below - note that we are an in-person only event. www.eventbrite.ie/e/ghosts-in-...
Ghosts in Britain and Ireland Conference
Join us for an exploration of ghostly tales and haunted history in Britain and Ireland at our upcoming conference!
www.eventbrite.ie
May 12, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Registration is now open for our ghost conference at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick this June! If you'd like to come along and listen to our wonderful line up of talks please sign up below - note that we are an in-person only event. www.eventbrite.ie/e/ghosts-in-...
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Bookended by an exceptionally pleasing ruin.
May 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Bookended by an exceptionally pleasing ruin.
Give way to toads. 🐸
May 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Give way to toads. 🐸
Holy Cross, Whorlton, North Yorkshire.
May 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Holy Cross, Whorlton, North Yorkshire.
Medieval rock cut graves at St Patrick, Heysham, Lancashire.
May 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Medieval rock cut graves at St Patrick, Heysham, Lancashire.
All Saints, Bakewell, Derbyshire.
May 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
All Saints, Bakewell, Derbyshire.
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Spotted on Google Maps, from a folkloric perspective this seems unwise…
May 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Spotted on Google Maps, from a folkloric perspective this seems unwise…
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For this first of May, here's a recycled thread of the time a couple of years back I made a trip to Dumfries & Galloway on the hunt for locations from The Wicker Man...
May 1, 2025 at 7:20 AM
For this first of May, here's a recycled thread of the time a couple of years back I made a trip to Dumfries & Galloway on the hunt for locations from The Wicker Man...
Currently developing a website for my eldritch photography and have been reminded of this utterly gorgeous dachshund on a bench end (from St Margaret, South Elmham, Suffolk).
April 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Currently developing a website for my eldritch photography and have been reminded of this utterly gorgeous dachshund on a bench end (from St Margaret, South Elmham, Suffolk).
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In which the Waits of London get a pay rise in 1600 'because their musick is extraordinary'
cc @passamezzo.bsky.social
cc @passamezzo.bsky.social
April 16, 2025 at 11:46 AM
In which the Waits of London get a pay rise in 1600 'because their musick is extraordinary'
cc @passamezzo.bsky.social
cc @passamezzo.bsky.social
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Little pathway from Loddon churchyard in Norfolk; A1 portalling (love it so much it’s my banner pic).
April 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Little pathway from Loddon churchyard in Norfolk; A1 portalling (love it so much it’s my banner pic).