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Tag Archives: Ethics

Citation Needed: Evil-Clown Fakelore in Brisbane

Painting of sad clown

Another case of fakelore is exposed in Brisbane, this one involving a non-existent ‘urban legend’ about an ‘evil clown’. Who believes this stuff?

Posted byChristopher DawsonMay 1, 2023Posted inUncategorizedTags:Cemeteries, Ethics, Public HistoryLeave a comment on Citation Needed: Evil-Clown Fakelore in Brisbane

The Woman in Black: Solving the Mystery of a Vanishing Ghost

Woman in mourning clothes in cemetery.

Learn about yet another bit of ‘paranormal industry’ fraud, this time the invention and sudden disappearance of a cemetery ghost.

Posted byChristopher DawsonMay 1, 2023Posted inUncategorizedTags:Cemeteries, Ethics, Folklore, Public HistoryLeave a comment on The Woman in Black: Solving the Mystery of a Vanishing Ghost

The Ghost That Haunted South Brisbane Cemetery… From 1,000 Miles Away

Hobart Convict Penitentiary

Read about how a photo from Tasmania was passed off as a ghost in Queensland… and what happened when the truth was exposed.

Posted byChristopher DawsonMay 1, 2023May 1, 2023Posted inUncategorizedTags:Cemeteries, Ethics, Public HistoryLeave a comment on The Ghost That Haunted South Brisbane Cemetery… From 1,000 Miles Away

Did Johnny Cash Really Play a Concert at Boggo Road?

Johnny Cash outside Folsom Prison

Did Johnny Cash really play a concert at Brisbane’s Boggo Road Gaol? Read about the facts behind the story here.

Posted byChristopher DawsonApril 25, 2023Posted inUncategorizedTags:Brisbane history, Ethics, Prison historyLeave a comment on Did Johnny Cash Really Play a Concert at Boggo Road?

Fixing Brisbane Cemeteries

Main entrance gates at Toowong Cemetery, 2009.

A discussion about some of the demands for big spending to improve a Brisbane cemetery.

Posted byChristopher DawsonApril 24, 2023April 24, 2023Posted inUncategorizedTags:Brisbane history, Cemeteries, Ethics, Heritage protectionLeave a comment on Fixing Brisbane Cemeteries

Fake History and Wolston House

Wolston House, circa 1890s.

Another expose of the ‘paranormal industry’ getting history wrong in Queensland.

Posted byChristopher DawsonApril 24, 2023April 24, 2023Posted inUncategorizedTags:Brisbane history, Ethics, Heritage protection, Public HistoryLeave a comment on Fake History and Wolston House

Ghost Hunting, Ethics, and the National Trust

Wolston House, circa 1890s.

Should the National Trust of Queensland really be allowing unethical commercial activities in their properties?

Posted byChristopher DawsonApril 24, 2023April 24, 2023Posted inUncategorizedTags:Ethics, Heritage protection, Public HistoryLeave a comment on Ghost Hunting, Ethics, and the National Trust

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