Mysterious stone throwing. There appears to be what may be called an epidemic of stone throwing and producing noise in the mysterious manner which we have noted at late as prevalent at the Maclean, in
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Bastia, Corsica, France (1896)
One piece of first-hand evidence, however, of a somewhat similar stone-throwing phenomenon I can quote. I owe it to the great kindness of Father John L. Lucchesi, S.J., for many years missionary in Alaska. The
Continue ReadingBrandy Station, Virginia, U.S.A. (1890)
The same journal [Golden Gate] gives an account of occurrences at Brady Station [sic] (Va.), U.S.A. On the plantation of John W. Brooks has taken place since last September that mysterious stone-throwing of which so
Continue ReadingAlva, Jamaica (1890s)
The Reverend A.J.E. to whom repeated reference will be made was the Reverend Abraham J. Emerick, a Jesuit Missionary who took up work in Jamaica in 1895, at first in Kingston, and subsequently in the
Continue ReadingNedimala, Sri Lanka (1891)
Supernatural Phenomena. Considerable excitement is now prevailing at a village called Nedimala, near Dehiwala, owing to some supernatural phenomena taking place at a house there. The subject is being warmly discussed among the natives, and
Continue ReadingSan Jose, California, USA (1891)
Another Ghost. A rival to the South End sensation. The Bachelors’ Club visited. Mysterious and unexplainable occurrences – a door opened and a bed moved. The South-End is not destined to hold a monopoly on
Continue ReadingFresno, California, USA (1891)
Haunted Jail. Strange and unexplained phenomena. Experience of Sheriff Hensley and the Jailer. Theosophy may throw some light on the subject of midnight ghosts. At this age of scientific investigation, when all the phenomena of
Continue ReadingEdinburgh (1890)
“Shadows around us.” To the Editor of the “People”. Sir, – Pardon me for taking the liberty of writing you, but as you have for some weeks past being amusing your readers with some very
Continue ReadingDrogheda, County Louth (1890)
Drogheda, it seems, is possessed of a ghost, and the gentleman, for it takes the form of a man comfortably clad in a suit of pilot blue such as that favoured by the sailors, has
Continue ReadingSevenhampton, Wiltshire (1891)
Sevenhampton. Rural superstition: A haunted house. If credence may be given to the reports which have recently emanated from Sevenhampton, public schools, penny libraries, and the like have not yet destroyed the belief in supernatural
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