Category: France

 Mr Podmore (Journal S.P.R., June, 1899) refers briefly to the stone-throwing case at Paris, reported in the Gazette des Tribunaux (February 2, 1854). The affair on February 2 had lasted for three weeks. There was

 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

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

 [Near to Dabo, there is a place called Walscheid, and also Plaine-de-Walsch close by] Chapter XXX. Some other examples of Elves. On the 25th of August, 1746, I received a letter from a very worthy

 Ghosts, says the “Telegraph’s” Paris correspondent, have taken up their abode in the Rue Montigny [Monsigny], in a house situated in close proximity to the “Bouffes Parisiens.” The inhabitants of this particular building aver that

 Festive Ghosts. A marvellous story of supernatural appearances emanates from a cottage near Treguier, in Brittany. The goings-on in that cottage appear to be so lively that its tenant, a respectable washerwoman, no longer dares

 Creepy Tale of Landru. Wailings and knockings at his villa! Paris, Thursday. Now that investigations at Gambais and Vernouillet have been concluded a search will be carried out in the village in the department of

 Le savon se desintegre chez un ancien gendarme. Tarbes, 28 fevrier. “En tant qu’homme de science, je ne puis rien car je ne comprends pas ce qui se produit,” a declare le docteur Carriere, qui

 The Devill of Mascon. A true relation of the chief things which an unclean spirit did and said at Mascon, in Burgundy, in the house of Mr Francis Perrault, minister of the Reformed Church in

 “An extraordinary medium has been found at Agen. She is quite young – is a Mdlle. Honorine – and when the spiritualistic phenomena occur through her, her hands are tied, together with a handkerchief and