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
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (1866)
A Haunted House. Readers of newspapers are seldom called upon to peruse detailed accounts of supernatural occurrences. Superstition went out as the printing press came in, and yet we have a plain, circumstantial account of
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
Continue ReadingChicago, Illinois, USA (1867)
The Chicago Ghost. The Chicago Republican, of November 23rd, contains the following particulars concerning the alleged ghost in that city: – The report published in yesterday morning’s Republican, relative to certain alleged spiritual manifestations which
Continue ReadingUpavon, Wiltshire (1861)
The Upavon Ghost Story. During the past few weeks the inhabitants of Upavon, and the surrounding villages have been kept in a state of excitement by mysterious rumours that at Upavon a real ghost had
Continue ReadingStans, Switzerland (1860)
The narrative we are now about to cite has been published in many languages and widely circulated through the Continental journals of the period, 1862-3. The best and most impartial summary of the case is
Continue ReadingGenoa, Liguria, Italy (1864)
In March, 1864, the attention of the Genevese public was attracted to the case of a young girl residing in Hospital Street, who for several weeks was followed by the phenomena of loud poundings and
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