A fairly representative example of manifestations reported from time to time at different places in the United States, may be borrowed from the Philadelphia Inquirer of Monday, February 5, 1866. A house in South Fifth
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Rye, East Sussex (1853)
Extraordinary Affair – Rye. (From the Sussex Express) About a month since Mr Kingsland, cabinet-maker, of this town, and his wife, were greatly annoyed day after day, by having panes of glass broken in their
Continue ReadingKomal, Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu, India (1872)
Another Hindu Stone-Shower Medium. By T. Vijiaraghava Charlu, Esq., F.T.S. I am able to add, from personal experience, some additional facts respecting the phenomena of possession – or, as the Western people call it –
Continue ReadingHovingham, North Yorkshire (1707)
In the parish of Hovingham, North Yorkshire, in March 1707, something was amiss. The household of John Fawcet was suffering a haunting that was causing a ‘great disturbance’ to the family, disrupting their sleep and
Continue ReadingGrosserlach, Germany (1916)
The apparition in Gross-Erlach (Wurttemberg), described in detail by Johannes Illig in his treatise “Der Spuk von Gross Erlach, Juni 1916” (Goppinger Tagblate, also Psychische Studien, Leipzig), began with untying of cattle-chains in a locked
Continue ReadingSalisbury, Wiltshire (1669)
A Salisbury Ghost Story of 1669. The following succinct and circumstantial narration of an occurrence at Salisbury, nearly 200 years since, is recorded in a contemporaneous M.S. of the period: – Some particular circumstances concerning
Continue ReadingWootton Wawen, Warwickshire (1854)
Henley-in-Arden. Spirit Rapping. The quiet village of Wootton Wawen, near this place, was the theatre of considerable excitement during the last week, owing to a reported visitation from the land of spirits. A Mrs Aldington,
Continue ReadingChesterfield, Derbyshire (1936)
Police vigil in “haunted” house. Tappings and dislodged ornaments. Chesterfield police have been called to assist in solving the mystery of strange occurrences in certain cottages in Spencer-street, off Newbold-road Chesterfield. For some time past
Continue ReadingNew York, USA (1887)
Mysterious flights of bottles. A despatch in the New York World on the 24th of June says – An old brick house on Four-and-a-Half street and Missouri avenue is said to be haunted. The building,
Continue ReadingCincinnati, Ohio, USA (1880)
Vexatious Spirits. About three miles northwest of town, there is a farm, known as the Zahller place, one of the oldest in the State, and owned by the heirs, one of whom occupies it. On
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