Missiles thrown by Unseen Hands. To the Editor of ‘Light’. Sir, – In connection with the numerous instances of stone-throwing, &c., chronicled in the pages of the Press in various parts of the globe, I
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Bedminster, Bristol (1865 and previously)
A short note of rapping in Bedminster.
Continue ReadingAughadown, County Cork (1864)
Strange Manifestations at Aughadown Glebe. – For some months past the most unaccountable noises have been heard in Aughadown Glebe, commencing each evening precisely at ten o’clock p.m., and only during the absence from home
Continue ReadingAlbemarle County, Virginia, USA (1867)
Quite squatchy? (From the Scottsville Register) The Mysterious Affair at the House of Mr J. S. Moon. The following authentic, detailed and thrillingly interesting account of the mysterious affair at the residence of Mr John
Continue ReadingKendal, Cumbria (1861)
A Murder Revealed By A Ghost. The Kendal Mercury relates the following strange story:- At the high end of Stramongate, in Kitty Gibson’s yard, stand some very old buildings, and in one of these, a
Continue ReadingPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (1866)
A fairly representative example of manifestations reported from time to time at different places in the United States, may be borrowed from the Philadelphia Inquirer of Monday, February 5, 1866. A house in South Fifth
Continue ReadingMilo, Illinois, USA (1865)
Excitement at Milo, Ill. Some of the good people of Milo township have been greatly excited, during the past ten or twelve days, over some alleged “spiritual manifestations.” The scene of these disturbances is in
Continue ReadingAdelaide, Southern Australia (1868)
Spooks and spirit-rapping in Adelaide. Under the pen name of “Prospect,” a well-known citizen writes: – In The Register of February 9 appeared a paragraph referring to spooks and spirit-rapping at Gawler. In 1868 I
Continue ReadingTipton, West Midlands (1863)
The Rev. William Ker lived in the parsonage of St Martin’s church, Tipton. Stone throwing and other manifestations. By the Rev. William Ker. Perceiving that many papers have appeared lately in your Magazine upon the
Continue ReadingPuthukkadai, Tamil Nadu, India (1860s?)
“Kutti Sattan,” “little Sattan,” is a familiar spirit invoked in performing juggling tricks. The name is almost the same as the Hebrew word Satan, though there does not appear to be any philological connection between
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