The Lynwood Poltergeist. By Raymond Bayless. One of the more fascinating and baffling types of physical [sic] activity is that general group of paranormal effects termed the “Poltergeist.” Actually, this name is very misleading inasmuch
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Shasta County, California (1885)
Stones fall near a remote farm but the activity soon transfers inside the house. Many objects are moved and hidden and the occurrences seem to focus on the Fishers’ eleven-year-old daughter. A large knife balances on her shoulder and is seen by many people.
Continue ReadingBaltimore, Maryland, USA (1881)
The Puzzling of Baltimore’s Police. From the “Baltimore American.” There is reported to be a mysterious visitor hanging about the corner of Frederick and Fayette Streets, who for the past week has been throwing stones
Continue ReadingWashington DC, USA (1949)
Minister Tells Parapsychologists Noisy ‘Ghost’ Plagued Family. For about five months, Washington had a poltergeist right in its own backyard. It was on January 18, 1949, that “Mr and Mrs John Doe,” their 13-year-old son
Continue ReadingHaverhill, New Hampshire, USA (1800s)
Spirit Communion Eighty Years Ago. Mr Charles Corliss, of Boston, Mass. I have a fact to relate which happened about eighty years ago. My grandfather, Mr Joshua Corliss, who lived in New Hampshire, not far
Continue ReadingEssex, Connecticut, USA (1915)
Ghost Attracts Hundreds. Gives out spirit messages through medium of girl. Essex, Conn., Jan. 25. – A noisy ghost and a girl whom it evidently uses to communicate a wonderful assortment of spirit messages to
Continue ReadingBroughton, Manchester (1960)
Knocking ghost disappears. Evening News Reporter. Mysterious bumping noises which were claimed to be spirit messages from a man dead, have disappeared from a Salford house after a service of exorcism by two Anglican priests.
Continue ReadingRochester, New York, USA (1886)
A Strange Affliction. The American papers report a strange story of the “unaccountable affliction of a Rochester boy,” the son of Leonard Westveer, a paper-hanger, who resides at 11, Huntington-street. Five weeks ago the boy
Continue ReadingNewark, New Jersey, USA (1887)
Spooks in Jersey. Newark Ghosts Draw Bigger Houses Than Hamlet’s Father. Invisible sledge hammers – bullet proof spirits – determined ghost hunters. Newark has a ghost story which is exciting the people of the lower
Continue ReadingAlbemarle County, Virginia, USA (1867)
Quite squatchy? (From the Scottsville Register) The Mysterious Affair at the House of Mr J. S. Moon. The following authentic, detailed and thrillingly interesting account of the mysterious affair at the residence of Mr John
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