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The Rue du Bac Apparitions: Catherine Labouré and the Miraculous Medal
July 18, 1830 · Chapel of the Daughters of Charity motherhouse, 140 Rue du Bac, Paris
France
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 72 sources
27Thinly documented
Pro early
The Baldoon Mystery: poltergeist on John McDonald's farm
November 1829 · Baldoon settlement, near Wallaceburg, Ontario
Canada
Paranormal · Other · 25 sources
26Thinly documented
Pro early
The Cross of Migné: a luminous cross over Migné-Auxances
December 17, 1826 · Cemetery and church square, Migné (Migné-Auxances), near Poitiers, Vienne
France
Paranormal · Other · 32 sources
38Partially documented
Pro early
Fisher's Ghost, Campbelltown, New South Wales
1826 · Bridge over the creek on Queen Street, Campbelltown, New South Wales
Australia
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 31 sources
24Thinly documented
Pro early
The Truro Poltergeist: the Carclew Street Rain of Stones
April 18, 1821 · Carclew Street, Truro, Cornwall
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 13 sources
20Thinly documented
The Jewel House apparition: the glass-tube ghost of Martin Tower, Tower of London
October 1817 · Keeper's lodging, Jewel House, Martin Tower, Tower of London, London
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 23 sources
17Thinly documented
The Bell Witch Haunting of the Red River Settlement
1817 · Bell farm, Red River settlement, Adams, Robertson County, Tennessee
United States
Paranormal · Other · 63 sources
33Partially documented
The Moving Coffins of the Chase Vault, Barbados
August 9, 1812 · Chase Vault, churchyard of Christ Church Parish Church, Oistins, Christ Church, Barbados
Barbados
Paranormal · Other · 21 sources
31Partially documented
Pro early
The Phantom Army of Haverah Park
June 28, 1812 · Haverah (Havarah) Park, near Ripley and Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 15 sources
17Thinly documented
Pro early
The Sampford Ghost, Sampford Peverell, 1810
April 1810 · The Ghost House, Higher Town, Sampford Peverell, near Tiverton, Devon
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 19 sources
27Thinly documented
The Hammersmith Ghost panic and the shooting of Thomas Millwood, 1804
January 3, 1804 · Black Lion Lane at Beavor Lane, Hammersmith, London
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 22 sources
19Thinly documented
Pro early
The Nelly Butler Apparition, Sullivan, Maine
1799 · Taunton Bay, Sullivan, Hancock County, Maine (often filed under Machiasport)
United States
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 25 sources
25Thinly documented
Pro early
Our Lady of La Vang
c. 1798 · La Vang, Hải Lăng District, Quảng Trị Province
Vietnam
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 22 sources
18Thinly documented
Pro early
The 1796 miraculous wave of moving-eyed Madonnas in Rome and Ancona
June 25, 1796 · Ancona (Cathedral of San Ciriaco) and Rome (Madonna dell'Archetto), Papal States
Italy
Paranormal · Other · 27 sources
35Partially documented
Pro early
The Wizard Clip Haunting: Invisible Shears at the Livingston Farm
c. 1794 · Livingston farm near Smithfield (now Middleway), Jefferson County, West Virginia
United States
Paranormal · Other · 30 sources
33Partially documented
Pro early
The Wynyard apparition (Sydney, Cape Breton, 1785)
October 15, 1785 · Officers' quarters, barracks of the 33rd Regiment of Foot, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Canada
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 26 sources
23Thinly documented
Pro early
The Ghost of Lord Lyttelton: The Three-Day Warning and the Apparition at Dartford
November 27, 1779 · Pitt Place, Epsom, Surrey (death) and the Dartford powder mills, Kent (apparition)
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 14 sources
15Thinly documented
The Stockwell Ghost (Stockwell poltergeist)
January 6, 1772 · Stockwell village and Rush Common near Brixton Causeway, parish of Lambeth, Surrey (now London Borough of Lambeth)
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 22 sources
23Thinly documented
Pro early
The Dibbesdorf Rapping Spirit (Klopfgeist zu Dibbesdorf)
December 2, 1767 · Dibbesdorf, near Braunschweig, Lower Saxony
Germany
Paranormal · Other · 16 sources
33Partially documented
The Hinton Ampner Haunting: Mary Ricketts' Narrative
1765 · Old manor house, Hinton Ampner, near New Alresford, Hampshire, England
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 28 sources
27Thinly documented

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