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.
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Gustavia, Saint-Barthelemy Island, Leeward Islands (1850)
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)
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
Continue ReadingBellechasse, Quebec, Canada (1861)
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
Continue ReadingKermarc, Plouguernevel, Brittany, France (1876)
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
Continue ReadingLaroche-en-Brenil, Cote-d’Or, France (1898)
‘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
Continue ReadingNienadowka, Poland (1898)
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
Continue ReadingNimes, Occitania, France (1890)
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
Continue ReadingGreat Wheal Alfred, Cornwall (1856)
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
Continue ReadingGeorge Town, Chennai, India (1916)
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
Continue ReadingBedminster, Bristol (1865 and previously)
A short note of rapping in Bedminster.
Continue ReadingHolyhead, Anglesey (1957)
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
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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
Continue ReadingBaldarroch, Aberdeenshire (1838)
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
Continue ReadingBlaenrhondda, Rhondda Cynon Taf (1992)
Spooked! Ghostly goings-on force terrified family to flee house. Story: Steve Dixon. Pictures: Robert Prosser. Haunted house: the council house that held terror for the Meredith family. A mother and her two children have been
Continue ReadingLuton (1938) and Dunstable (1960s), Bedfordshire
Street with a history of haunting happenings. Ghostly goings-on have been sending shivers down the spines of residents of one Luton street over the last 60 years. The Luton News recently reported how Eddie Herbert
Continue ReadingLuton, Bedfordshire (1994)
Couple are in fear of poltergeist. By John Hand. A young Luton couple are refusing to be driven out of their home by things that go bump in the night… and flying in the daytime.
Continue ReadingVoitsberg, Austria (1818)
The Munchshofe Saturnalia. M. Bizouard gives some further details from Gorres of the strange events at Munchshofe, situated a league from Voitsberg, and three leagues from Gratz. They occurred in the house of a Herr
Continue ReadingSzeged, Hungary (1836)
Troubles at Szegedin. In the third volume of Magikon, pp. 210 and 236, we have the detailed particulars of the haunting of a large old house at Szegedin, in Hungary. Dr. Von Stantzky, who attended
Continue ReadingParis, France (1734)
John Eigenauer’s article on Bonjour Paris talks about the ‘Miracles’ of the title (and the consequent disapproval of them and the ‘Convulsionists’). Stone-throwing at the time of the Miracles at the Tomb of the Abbe
Continue ReadingCambridge, Cambridgeshire (1718)
An Ancient Cambridge Poltergeist. By H.O. Evennett, of Trinity College, Cambridge. Simon Ockley, 1678 -1720, was Professor of Arabic in the University of Cambridge from 1711 – 1720, under the Sir Thomas Adams foundation. The
Continue ReadingNewry, County Down (1780s)
Strange Occurrences at Newry in Ireland. Frances and Elizabeth Dixon are two sisters (one about forty, the other thirty years of age) who have lived together in a little house of their own, ever since
Continue ReadingColne Priory, Essex (1600s)
Perhaps the servants were having him on. But nevertheless it’s an interesting example of Bells, and the use of prayer to get rid of the problem. Mr Harlakenden, who lived at Coln-Priory in Essex, (where
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(much more of a cross-over example, with ‘fairies’, witchcraft, and Not Taking Things or you get bad luck (until you get rid of them). The writer seems to believe it all anyway) Dr Lamb, who
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