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Paranormal, before 1930236 stories · page 3

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The possession of Clara Germana Cele at St Michael's Mission, Natal
August 20, 1906 · St Michael's Mission, Njane, between Umzinto and Ixopo, Natal (KwaZulu-Natal)
South Africa
Paranormal · Other · 19 sources
31Partially documented
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The Vienna Workshop Poltergeist: Job Zimmerl's Smithy at Lerchenfelder Straße 158
July 1906 · Job Zimmerl's smithy, Lerchenfelder Straße 158, Vienna
Austria
Paranormal · Other · 7 sources
30Partially documented
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The Dolorosa del Colegio: the Virgin who opened her eyes at Colegio San Gabriel, Quito (1906)
April 20, 1906 · Dining hall of the old Colegio San Gabriel, corner of Benalcázar and Sucre, historic centre, Quito
Ecuador
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 26 sources
35Partially documented
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The Villa Carmen Materialisation Séances: Bien Boa, Algiers (1905)
August 10, 1905 · Villa Carmen, Algiers
Algeria
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 25 sources · 2 photos
38Partially documented
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The Weston Vicarage haunting: the Tweedale family's ghosts in Wharfedale
August 1905 · Weston Vicarage, Weston, near Otley, Wharfedale, North Yorkshire
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 13 sources
22Thinly documented
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The Egryn Lights: Mari'r Golau and the Welsh Revival
December 5, 1904 · Capel Egryn, Tal-y-bont, Dyffryn Ardudwy, Merionethshire (now Gwynedd), Wales
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Orb / light · 23 sources
30Partially documented
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The Everton Spring-heeled Jack scare in William Henry Street, Liverpool (1904)
September 20, 1904 · William Henry Street, Everton, Liverpool
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 18 sources
14Thinly documented
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The Up Holland Poltergeist: Stone-Throwing, Knocking and Crowds in the Churchyard
August 1904 · Church Street, Up Holland, near Wigan, Lancashire
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 13 sources
42Partially documented
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The Ballarat Ghost and the police sting on Herbert Patrick McLennan
May 1904 · Ballarat railway station and city centre, Ballarat, Victoria
Australia
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 13 sources
16Thinly documented
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The Karin Case: the Hornsö Rappings of Karin Nauckhoff
1904 · Forest manager's residence, Hornsö, Högsby Municipality, Kalmar County, Småland
Sweden
Paranormal · Other · 16 sources
23Thinly documented
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The Grottendieck stone-fall, Sumatra 1903
September 1903 · Oil-company camp in the Sumatran jungle, Dutch East Indies (probably the Palembang region)
Indonesia
Paranormal · Other · 15 sources
19Thinly documented
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The Brierley Haunted Farmhouse and the Grimethorpe Miners' Court Case
December 1902 · James Laybourne's farmhouse, Brierley, near Barnsley, West Riding of Yorkshire
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 16 sources
18Thinly documented
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The Flushing Police Station Ghost
c. 1902 · New police station, North Prince street (42 Prince St.), Flushing, Queens, New York
United States
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 9 sources
17Thinly documented
The Moberly-Jourdain Incident: the Versailles Time-Slip
August 10, 1901 · Gardens of the Petit Trianon, Château de Versailles, Yvelines
France
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 59 sources
26Thinly documented
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The Via Bava Poltergeist: Cesare Lombroso and the Bottle-Smashing Spirits of the Bottiglieria Cinzano, Turin (1900)
November 1900 · Bottiglieria Cinzano, Via Bava No. 6, Borgo Vanchiglia, Turin
Italy
Paranormal · Other · 22 sources
21Thinly documented
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The Edith Villas Ghost Crowd, West Kensington (1900)
August 1900 · Edith Villas, West Kensington, London
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 13 sources
9Thinly documented
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The Donglü Apparition: A Woman in White over a Besieged Village (1900)
1900 · Donglü, Qingyuan District, Baoding, Hebei
China
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 20 sources
25Thinly documented
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A Casa do Demo: the Anllóns poltergeist and the Santiago archdiocese inquiry, 1900
c. 1899 · Anllóns, parish of San Fiz de Anllóns, Ponteceso, A Coruña, Galicia
Spain
Paranormal · Other · 28 sources
37Partially documented
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The St Peter's, De Beauvoir Town Ghost Crowd
September 15, 1898 · St Peter's Church (St Peter de Beauvoir), De Beauvoir Road, De Beauvoir Town, Kingsland, Hackney, London
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 9 sources
14Thinly documented
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The Headless Woman at the Buckingham Crossroads
c. 1898 · Crossroads with a hand-post, about six miles from Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 10 sources
11Thinly documented

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