Penang still haunted. “Samseow” changes quarters. With the Noordin Street “spook” still within memory, there now comes from Penang yet another ghost story – this time having its origin in and around Patani Road, the
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Mantin, Malaysia (1927)
Strange Spook Story. Regular occurrence of fires. (From our own correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, July 22. A strange story is related from Mantin, a village between Kuala Lumpur and Seremban, where a Chinese fish seller’s newly
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‘Ghost’ haunts Malay girl. A “ghost” in Province Wellesley is at present defying Malay, Siamese, Hindu and Chinese medicine men who for the last four days have been making frantic efforts to drive it away
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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.
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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
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Bellechasse, 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
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Kermarc, 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
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Laroche-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
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Nienadowka, 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
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