McDonough’s Ghost. A Virginia City Sensation – A most remarkable history of supernatural occurrences – voices in the air – the spirit of a father returns to earth and converses with his daughter. From the
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Searsport, Maine, USA (1873)
Elder Vinal Lanpher, a Second Advent preacher living in Searsport, is troubled by curious manifestations at his house. In one particular chamber invisible visitors play such queer games as tumbling the clothes on the bed,
Continue ReadingMilford, Delaware, USA (1877)
Another Big Ghost Yarn. A Big Scare Near Milford. The Milford News of Friday publishes this statement: A family living on the road between Milford and Farmington, has been the centre of a great neighbourhood
Continue ReadingSt. Louis, Missouri, USA (1876)
does rather smack of a story as is told like that with no names? A haunted house. (From the “St Louis Globe-Democrat.” [a Missouri paper]) In one of the most pleasant and aristocratic localities of
Continue ReadingMill Creek, Illinois, USA (1871)
Strange Phenomena. At this age of the world the public is not expected to give credence to every ghost story and haunted house report in circulation; but we have just received from a reliable source
Continue ReadingOngole, Andhra Pradesh, India (1870s)
Chapter 22. In School at Ongole. … A few years ago, when the missionaries returned home from a preaching-tour, they found all the young men and women in the normal and girls’ schools in great
Continue ReadingPreston Bissett, Buckinghamshire (c.1878)
Local ghost stories, and strange occurrences. “Mysterious” writes: – Speaking of strange occurrences in the neighbourhood recalls to mind a singular premonition of death, which happened about twenty years ago. It was summertime, and on
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Kermarc, Plouguernevel, Brittany, France (1876)
France appears to be the favorite country for spirits who like to throw stones, though such phenomena as stone-throwing have occasionally appeared in other lands. Perhaps it pleasingly recalls to the perpetrators of the mischief
Continue ReadingOxley Island, New South Wales, Australia (1871)
Spiritual Manifestations. Upon a marvellous story, heard with variations wherever one has gone during the last ten days, and which now constitutes the theme of discussion at many a fire-side, we may perhaps be expected
Continue ReadingNanjing, China (1877)
Nanking. The correspondent of the Shanghai Courier writes: – The surviving victims of the powder explosion last month have received from the Viceroy Tls. 4 each; while Tls. 12 have been given to the friends
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