Missiles thrown by unseen agency. The Revue Spirite of this month quotes from the Union Liberale de Tours and the Journal d’Indre-et-Loire some facts which have caused excitement in their locality. At a farm situate
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Cairo, Illinois, U.S.A. (1880)
A mischievous ghost. A defunct railroad engineer’s pranks. The wild and mysterious run of an engine. Unpleasant experience of wipers in a pit, etc. Special Dispatch to the “Cincinnati Enquirer.” Vincennes, Ind., April 18. Your
Continue ReadingSt Louis, Missouri, USA (1889)
Haunted. The room in the Southern Hotel, St Louis, where Maxwell murdered Preller, and was afterwards arrested in Australia, brought home, tried and executed, is said to be haunted. The ‘Examiner’s’ St Louis dispatches of
Continue ReadingKermanshah, Iran (c.1880s)
Chapter 19. Kirmanshahan. […] Muhammad Agha begged to be admitted, and we had a cosey chat by the fireside. Later on, by invitation of the Agha, I went down to his majlis. He had a
Continue ReadingMontrouge, Paris, France (1872)
This doesn’t sound otherworldly given the letters. But it’s interesting that it’s in Montrouge, where we have nearby examples, and that the stone throwing is clearly connected with spiritualism anyway. Another case of mysterious stone-throwing
Continue ReadingEckhart Mines, Maryland, USA (1888)
Mysterious stone throwing. Cumberland, Md., special to the Baltimore Sun. For over a week past the family of Samuel Myers, at Eckhart, Alleghany county, have been annoyed by mysterious stone throwing, which took place at
Continue ReadingPort Louis, Mauritius (1881)
Murder and witchcraft in Mauritius. A correspondent at Port Louis, writing of the growth of witchcraft in Mauritius, relates an extraordinary incident that occurred there about three years ago. A noted sorcerer, a black, named
Continue ReadingPuducherry, India (1888)
Pondicherry is in a state of great excitement about the mysterious falling of brickbats in a house near Government House. Most of the local officials have made investigations but so far have failed to account
Continue ReadingHythe, Kent (1888)
Here is a seasonable item: – The Dean and Chapter of Canterbury have presented the vicarage of Sopley, near Bournemouth, to the Rev. J. F. Vallings, at present curate of Hythe, Kent. I hear that
Continue ReadingPenzance, Cornwall (1888)
Ghost, Burglar or Mischievous Fun. It may not be generally known that in part of Penzance yclept Bread-street, better known, perhaps, as Back-lane, for a year or more a series of meetings have been held
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