Mythical being of Orcadian folklore that lives in the sea during summer; also known as Mither of the Sea
Shrew of Kentish Town
Redirected to Jinney Bingham, Mother Damnable
Society for Psychical Research
Registered charity founded in 1882 to conduct scientific investigations into psychic and paranormal phenomena.
Sooterkin
Imaginary kind of afterbirth in the form of an "evil-looking little animal" especially attributed to Dutch women.
Sortes Biblicae
Method of divination used by some Christians to foretell the future by interpreting randomly chosen texts from the Bible.
Spell (magical)
Verbal charm to be spoken or chanted, sometimes a single magic word such as Abracadabra or the Renervate encountered in the fictional Harry Potter series of books.
Spirit photography
Technique popular in the 19th century to capture the invisible spirits of the deceased.
Stone tape theory
Idea that recurrent hauntings are produced by the replaying of recordings stored in the physical environment, analogously to tape recordings.
Stoor worm
Gigantic evil sea serpent of Orcadian folklore
Swarth
Redirected to Fetch.