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Shasta County, California (1885)

September 29, 2023May 25, 20251880s, poltergeist case, USAapparition, attacked-injured, attacked-not-injured, bed, bedclothes, cups-plates-cutlery, doors-and-keys, furniture, items-thrown, peculiar-moments, stones-indoors, stones-outdoors, young-person-as-focus

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.

Gustavia, Saint-Barthelemy Island, Leeward Islands (1850)

September 29, 2023December 9, 20241850s, Leeward Islandsapports, attacked-not-injured, cups-plates-cutlery, furniture, items-seen-to-move, responses, stones-indoors

The Simmons family experience stone throwing and the movement of various items in their house, and are seemingly attacked by something unseen.
A coin appears in response to a policeman’s request.

Scandicci, Florence, Italy (1898)

September 29, 2023December 9, 20241890s, Italy

Spiritualism in the Daily Papers. It is very certain that, as regards the attitude of the Press towards Spiritualism and the publicity willingly given to all matters connected with it, foreign journalism is far ahead

Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada (1861)

September 29, 2023December 9, 20241860s, Canada

Missiles thrown by Unseen Hands. To the Editor of ‘Light’. Sir, – In connection with the numerous instances of stone-throwing, &c., chronicled in the pages of the Press in various parts of the globe, I

Kermarc, Plouguernevel, Brittany, France (1876)

September 29, 2023December 9, 20241870s, France

France appears to be the favorite country for spirits who like to throw stones, though such phenomena as stone-throwing have occasionally appeared in other lands. Perhaps it pleasingly recalls to the perpetrators of the mischief

Laroche-en-Brenil, Cote-d’Or, France (1898)

September 29, 2023December 9, 20241890s, France

‘L’Echo du Merveilleux’ reprints from the ‘Bien Public,’ a Dijon paper, the detailed account of another ‘Poltergeist’ case. From the 19th to the 27th of March, manifestations of a violent and destructive character have taken

Nienadowka, Poland (1898)

September 29, 2023December 9, 20241890s, Poland

Notes from German spiritualistic papers. The lonely little village of Niedanowka, in Austria, has become of late the scene of some remarkable manifestations presenting all the well-known features of the ‘Poltergeist’ type. The medium, Johanna

Nimes, Occitania, France (1890)

September 29, 2023December 9, 20241890s, France

Missile Throwing by Unseen Hands. V. Flamen, a correspondent of La Lumiere, quotes the following from the Journal de Nimes, under the heading of “Une Maison Mysterieuse”: Mme Hilair, Laitiere, who lives in Rue Turenne

Great Wheal Alfred, Cornwall (1856)

September 26, 2023December 9, 20241850s, Cornwall

Thimble Rigging Extraordinary. A Ghost Story and its Denouement. Not very long ago the locality of Great Wheal Alfred was a very fitting one for a Ghost Story. Its untenanted, ruinous engine houses, through which

George Town, Chennai, India (1916)

September 22, 2023December 9, 20241910s, India

We have received from a reader in India (Lt.-Col. S.T. Avetoom) a cutting from the “Madras Mail” giving an account of some poltergeist phenomena which a few weeks ago greatly disturbed the inmates of a

Bedminster, Bristol (1865 and previously)

September 22, 2023December 9, 20241860s, Bristol

A short note of rapping in Bedminster.

Holyhead, Anglesey (1957)

September 22, 2023December 9, 20241950s, Isle of Anglesey

House of Mystery. Strange steps, whistling, knocks. By a “Daily Post” reporter. Yesterday morning thirty-four-year-old Mrs Helen Painter, of 3 Cybi Street, Holyhead, lost her ninth lodger since September. And Mrs Painter confirms what the

Perth (1895)

September 22, 2023December 9, 20241890s, Perth and Kinross

A Perth Mystery. Alleged Spirit-Rapping Investigation by the Police For some time back a rather mysterious affair has been troubling the minds of the inhabitants of Market Street, Perth, and is exciting considerable interest, not

Baldarroch, Aberdeenshire (1838)

September 21, 2023December 9, 20241830s, Aberdeenshire

The latest instance of the popular panic occasioned by a house supposed to be haunted, occurred in Scotland, in the winter of the year 1838. On the 5th of December, the inmates of the farm-house

Old Swan, Liverpool (1994)

January 23, 2026January 23, 2026Uncategorized

Young couple living in fear of poltergeiest. Priest blesses house. By Tony Pastor, Daily Post Staff. A couple who believe their house is haunted by a poltergeist have called on the help of a local

Irlam, Manchester (1989)

January 23, 2026January 23, 2026Uncategorized

Priest to ‘bless haunted house’. By Neal Keeling. A priest ghostbuster has been called in by a family convinced their home is spooked. Frank and Julie Owen believe they are dealing with a poltergeist. The

Knowle, Bristol (1993)

January 23, 2026January 23, 2026Uncategorized

Couple’s plea over ghostly home. Move us from this haunted house… By Jonathan Shorney. The house where things go bump in the night. Jobless Christopher George and his wife Jackie have had enough of their

Livet-et-Gavet, France (1843)

January 21, 2026January 21, 2026Uncategorized

The following strange account of a shower of aerolites appeared in the Courrier de l’Isere. Our contemporary must not be surprised if the statement should find the world incrdulous – credat Judaeus Appella: – “Towards

Brixton, London (1974)

January 20, 2026January 20, 2026Uncategorized

Exorcist moves in on the London flat ghost whose spirits are low. Mr Appleford, standing with his wife, Susan, and sons David and Steven, shows the height of the ghostly figure. A churchman, who is

Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, London (1950)

January 20, 2026January 20, 2026Uncategorized

Ghost hunt – “ridiculous” Ghost hunters of Lewisham Psychic Research Society have been refused permission to investigate a Woolwich Arsenal building where, it is said, heavy furniture moved without being touched. “It is ridiculous,” said

Bridlington, East Yorkshire (1996)

January 20, 2026January 20, 2026Uncategorized

Mum moves out of Brid flat haunted by ghost who plays with toys. Child ghost scares off young family. By Lisa Hodson. A terrified mum has been driven out of her own home by an

Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire (1967)

January 20, 2026January 20, 2026Uncategorized

Whittlesey couple claim ghost. The Searles on ‘Life with George’. Mrs Searle points to the ‘swinging’ lamp. A well-known Whittlesey couple claim that a ghost they have nicknamed ‘George’ is haunting their ancient home with

Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia (1900)

January 18, 2026January 18, 2026Uncategorized

Narrabri Stone-Throwing Mystery. Narrabri, Friday. – The stone-throwing mystery becomes more interesting every day, or rather every evening. The theory which was advanced by the police that one of Mr Avery’s daughters was the performer

Mundy’s Landing, Kentucky, USA (1886)

January 18, 2026January 18, 2026Uncategorized

Mysterious Stone Throwing. Versailles, Ky. July 31. – The inhabitants of Mundy’s Landing, on the Kentucky river, in this (Woodford) county, are considerably nonplused and worked up over the discharge of showers of stones descending