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Paranormal, 1950s21 stories · page 1

Pro early
The Back Seat Ghost: Mabel Chinnery's Photograph, Ipswich
March 22, 1959 · Old Ipswich Cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 17 sources · 4 photos
28Thinly documented
Pro early
The Turzovka apparitions: Matúš Lašut's visions on Živčáková hill and the communist crackdown
June 1, 1958 · Živčáková hill (Pri Obraze), above Turzovka, Kysuce, Žilina Region
Slovakia
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 32 sources
30Partially documented
The Seaford Poltergeist ("Popper"), Herrmann House, Long Island, 1958
February 3, 1958 · Herrmann house, Seaford, Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, Long Island, New York
United States
Paranormal · Other · 36 sources · 2 photos
55Partially documented
Pro early
The Kersey time-slip: three naval cadets walk into a silent medieval village (1957)
October 1957 · Kersey, Babergh district, Suffolk
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 32 sources
18Thinly documented
Pro early
The Hannath Hall Poltergeist ("A Fenland Poltergeist"), Tydd St Giles
1957 · Hannath Hall, Hannath Road, Tydd St Giles, near Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 18 sources
21Thinly documented
The Battersea Poltergeist: "Donald" of 63 Wycliffe Road
January 1956 · 63 Wycliffe Road, Battersea, London SW11
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 12 sources · 2 photos
20Thinly documented
Pro early
The Mackenzie House Ghosts and the 1960 TV Exorcism
1956 · Mackenzie House, 82 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 19 sources
23Thinly documented
Pro early
The ghost of William Terriss at Covent Garden Underground station
November 1955 · Covent Garden Underground station, corner of Long Acre and James Street, City of Westminster, London
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 32 sources
16Thinly documented
Pro early
Our Lady of Ngome, the Tabernacle of the Most High
August 22, 1955 · Ngome, Diocese of Eshowe, northern Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal
South Africa
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 16 sources
22Thinly documented
Pro early
The Mayanup Poltergeist, Boyup Brook, Western Australia, 1955
May 17, 1955 · Keninup farm, Mayanup, Shire of Boyup Brook, Western Australia
Australia
Paranormal · Other · 26 sources
40Partially documented
Pro early
The Gorbals Vampire hunt, Southern Necropolis, Glasgow
September 23, 1954 · Southern Necropolis, Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 26 sources
25Thinly documented
Pro early
The Weeping Madonna of Syracuse (Madonna delle Lacrime)
August 29, 1953 · Via degli Orti di San Giorgio 11, Syracuse, Sicily
Italy
Paranormal · Other · 27 sources · 5 photos
71Well documented
Pro early
The Possession of Clarita Villanueva: "The Thing" in Manila City Jail (1953)
May 1953 · Manila City Jail (Old Bilibid Prison), Oroquieta Road, Santa Cruz, Manila
Philippines
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 19 sources
34Partially documented
Pro early
The Sabana Grande apparitions: the Virgen del Pozo of Barrio Rincón, Puerto Rico, 1953
April 23, 1953 · Spring by the Escuela Lola Rodríguez de Tió, Barrio Rincón, Sabana Grande
Puerto Rico
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 36 sources
32Partially documented
Pro early
The Roman Soldiers in the Cellar of Treasurer's House, York (Harry Martindale, 1953)
February 1953 · Cellar of Treasurer's House, Minster Yard, York, England
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 17 sources
16Thinly documented
Pro early
The Ardachie Lodge Haunting, Fort Augustus
December 1952 · Ardachie Lodge, near Fort Augustus, Loch Ness, Inverness-shire, Scotland
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 20 sources
21Thinly documented
The Runcorn Poltergeist ("The Runcorn Thing"), 1 Byron Street, Runcorn, 1952
August 1952 · No. 1 Byron Street, Runcorn, Cheshire (now Borough of Halton)
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 19 sources
25Thinly documented
Pro early
The Dieppe Raid "battle replay" at Puys
August 4, 1951 · Puys, near Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Normandy
France
Paranormal · Other · 12 sources
20Thinly documented
Pro early
Pope Pius XII sees the 'miracle of the sun' in the Vatican Gardens (1950)
October 30, 1950 · Statue of Our Lady of Lourdes (Lourdes Grotto), Vatican Gardens
Vatican City
Paranormal · Orb / light · 26 sources
14Thinly documented
Pro early
The Necedah Apparitions: Mary Ann Van Hoof and the Assumption Day Crowd
August 15, 1950 · Van Hoof farm, Necedah, Juneau County, Wisconsin
United States
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 25 sources
32Partially documented

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