Archive / browse

Browse the archive

503 stories, each told the way the witnesses described it, with every source linked. Pick a category or a decade and leaf through.

Decade
Any 2020s 22010s 152000s 151990s 331980s 361970s 411960s 301950s 211940s 201930s 26Before 1930 250
Order
Newest firstOldest firstBest documentedMost read

Paranormal, before 1930250 stories · page 8

The Ramhurst Manor Haunting: Dame Children at the Door
October 1857 · Ramhurst Manor House, Powder Mill Lane, Leigh, near Tonbridge, Kent
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 22 sources
32Partially documented
The Morzine Possession Epidemic: Le Mal de Morzine (1857)
March 1857 · Morzine, Chablais, Haute-Savoie
France
Paranormal · Other · 24 sources
42Partially documented
The Devil's Footprints, Devon 1855
February 8, 1855 · Exe Estuary, south-east Devon (Topsham, Lympstone, Exmouth, Dawlish, Teignmouth and over 30 places)
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 22 sources
33Partially documented
The Chelsea Ghost of 6 Pond Terrace, 1853
September 8, 1853 · 6 Pond Terrace, College Street (now Elystan Street), Chelsea, London
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 13 sources
20Thinly documented
Jonathan Koons' Spirit Room, Mount Nebo, Athens County, Ohio
1852 · Mount Nebo, Athens County, Ohio
United States
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 24 sources
27Thinly documented
The Cideville Poltergeist (Presbytère de Cideville)
November 26, 1850 · Presbytery of Curé Jean Tinel, Cideville, Pays de Caux, Seine-Maritime, Normandy
France
Paranormal · Other · 22 sources
34Partially documented
The Madonna della Misericordia of Rimini Moves Her Eyes
May 11, 1850 · Church of Santa Chiara (now Santuario della Madonna della Misericordia in Santa Chiara), Via Santa Chiara 28, Rimini
Italy
Paranormal · Other · 29 sources
30Partially documented
The Stratford Knockings: the Phelps poltergeist at Stratford, Connecticut
March 10, 1850 · Phelps Mansion, Elm Street, Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
United States
Paranormal · Other · 33 sources
25Thinly documented
Our Lady of Licheń: the apparitions to Mikołaj Sikatka in the Grąblin Forest (1850)
1850 · Grąblin Forest (Las Grąbliński), about 2 km from Licheń Stary, Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship
Poland
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 23 sources
21Thinly documented
The Haunting of HMS Asp
1850 · Royal Dockyard and Paterchurch ruins, Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 24 sources
29Thinly documented
The Rue des Grès stone-throwing outbreak, Paris, 1849
c. 1849 · Rue des Grès (now rue Cujas), Latin Quarter, Paris
France
Paranormal · Other · 20 sources
22Thinly documented
The Hydesville Rappings ("Mr. Splitfoot")
March 31, 1848 · Fox cottage, Hydesville, Town of Arcadia, Wayne County, New York (now Hydesville Memorial Park, 1510 Hydesville Road, Newark NY)
United States
Paranormal · Other · 62 sources
39Partially documented
Our Lady of La Salette: The Weeping Lady of the Alps
September 19, 1846 · Mountain pasture above La Salette-Fallavaux, near Corps, Isère, French Alps
France
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 42 sources
26Thinly documented
Angélique Cottin, the "electric girl" of Bouvigny
January 15, 1846 · Bouvigny, commune of La Perrière, Orne (Perche), and Paris
France
Paranormal · Other · 25 sources
35Partially documented
The Arensburg moving coffins (Oesel, 1844)
1844 · Buxhoewden family chapel and vault, public Lutheran cemetery, Arensburg (now Kuressaare), Oesel (now Saaremaa)
Estonia
Paranormal · Other · 17 sources
32Partially documented
The Möttlingen Haunting and the Possession of Gottliebin Dittus
April 1842 · Gottliebin-Dittus-Haus, Möttlingen, Bad Liebenzell, Landkreis Calw, Baden-Württemberg
Germany
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 32 sources
31Partially documented
Madonna of the Miracle: the Ratisbonne apparition at Sant'Andrea delle Fratte, Rome, 1842
January 20, 1842 · Church of Sant'Andrea delle Fratte (chapel then dedicated to St Michael the Archangel, now the Chapel of the Madonna del Miracolo), Via di Sant'Andrea delle Fratte 1, near Piazza di Spagna, Rome
Italy
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 24 sources
22Thinly documented
The Willington Mill Haunting and Edward Drury's Overnight Vigil
July 3, 1840 · Mill house beside Willington Mill, Willington Quay, North Tyneside
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 23 sources
30Partially documented
Mary Jobson and the Bishopwearmouth (Sunderland) poltergeist
c. 1839 · Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland, County Durham, England
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 21 sources
29Thinly documented
The Deil o' Baldarroch: the Baldarroch farm poltergeist
December 5, 1838 · Baldarroch farm, near Crathes, Banchory-Ternan parish, Aberdeenshire
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 20 sources
38Partially documented

Looking for a word, a place or a detail? Search the archive with a free account, or search the documents.