A Silent Force at Work. Strange story from San Fernando. On Wednesday last, one of our representatives visited the house of Mr George Hodge, at Princes Town, for the purpose of witnessing the pranks which
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Ambatolampy, Madagascar (1909)
Nor, we are told, are these two incidents [about dead people returning] isolated, for in the evening, around the fire, what extraordinary ghost stories are to be heard! And even more would be heard if
Continue ReadingPerth Amboy, New Jersey, USA (1908)
Strange noise like rappings in this house. Residents in Southern Section of the City Greatly Interested in What Seems Like Mystery. Heard by a large party. Policeman in searching the house had the rapping under
Continue ReadingWest Sonora, Ohio, USA (1907)
Ghost stirs an Ohio community. Uncanny visitor pumps water and works around in the kitchen. Tells of buried money. Spirit gives name as Martha Donald and thus adds to mystery. Whole countryside flocks to farm
Continue ReadingMiddletown, New York, USA (1901)
Ghost abhors onion smell. Strange events at a farmhouse attributed to spirits. Middletown, N.Y., March 1. A strenuous ghost that abhors the smell of onions is in full possession of a house in a little
Continue ReadingBowling Green, Ohio, USA (1902)
Strange disturbances in village attributed to spirits. Republic special. Bowling Green, O., Dec. 19. The family of Eugene Sly, residing on a farm west of this city, are greatly exercised over repeated but unaccountable demonstrations
Continue ReadingMount Horeb, Wisconsin, USA (1909)
All things stick to magnet boy. Freddie Brady of Dodgeville, most attractive person in the county. Dodgville, Wis., April 1. Freddie Brady, the most attractive boy in the United States, lives at Mount Horeb, twenty
Continue ReadingValdosta, Georgia, USA (1904)
Mysterious Power possessed by girl, who can make objects move around house. Some happenings, which seem impossible to explain in a rational way, took place last week at the home of W.H. Chitty, in this
Continue ReadingShelbyville, Indiana, USA (1900)
A fake ghost alarms and creates a decided sensation in an entire county. Armed men turn out in force to protect a lonely woman who declared her house was haunted. Hair-raising tales of a supernatural
Continue ReadingIllies, County Donegal (1904)
Thefts attributed to spirits.Police and peasantry in County Donegal are actively searching for a mysterious thief. The whole countryside in the Illies district near Buneran [Buncrana?] is interested, its imagination has been aroused, and it
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