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  Mary Ellen MacDonald Scan

  from The Caledonia Mills Fire Spook (Mary Ellen Spook Farm) (1922)

  The Antigonish ghost is a girl, 16 years old, according to Dr. Walter Franklin Pierce of the American Research Society, after almost a week's search for a solution of the mystery. It was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander McDonald of Caledonia Mills, Nova Scotia—Mary Ellen Macdonald—who, impelle…

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  Walter Franklin Prince Scan

  from The Caledonia Mills Fire Spook (Mary Ellen Spook Farm) (1922)
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  Walter Franklin Prince Scan

  from The Caledonia Mills Fire Spook (Mary Ellen Spook Farm) (1922)
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  Artist's drawing of the MacDonald house Scan

  from The Caledonia Mills Fire Spook (Mary Ellen Spook Farm) (1922)
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  Mary Ellen MacDonald, 1922 (screenshot of a CBC page) Scan

  Not stated; possibly Antigonish Heritage Museum ·from The Caledonia Mills Fire Spook (Mary Ellen Spook Farm) (1922)
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  Period newspaper photographs of people and places in the case Scan

  from The Caledonia Mills Fire Spook (Mary Ellen Spook Farm) (1922)

  HAVE YOU READ ABOUT THE ANTIGONISH GHOST HUNT? At the left is Angus MacPherson, who reported seeing many weird happenings. Dr. Franklin Prince (in first sleigh), as he makes his way to the Nova Scotia farmhouse. Other members of the party, including newspaper folk, follow…

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  Artist's illustration of the nunda Scan

  William Rebsamen ·from The Lindi mngwa killings, Tanganyika Territory, 1922 (1922)
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  Header image from the Occult World mngwa article Scan

  from The Lindi mngwa killings, Tanganyika Territory, 1922 (1922)
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  Image from the Cryptozoo-oscity mngwa post Scan

  from The Lindi mngwa killings, Tanganyika Territory, 1922 (1922)
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  Image from UFO-Sverige's Martebo article (content not verified) Scan

  Riksorganisationen UFO-Sverige ·from The Martebo Lights (Marteboljuset) (1922)
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  Probably a portrait of Ingemar Gotvik Scan

  Riksorganisationen UFO-Sverige ·from The Martebo Lights (Marteboljuset) (1922)
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  Lead image of the 2012 Hemmets Journal article (content not verified) Scan

  Hemmets Journal ·from The Martebo Lights (Marteboljuset) (1922)
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  Image from UFO-Sverige's Martebo article (content not verified) Scan

  Riksorganisationen UFO-Sverige ·from The Martebo Lights (Marteboljuset) (1922)
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  Image from UFO-Sverige's Martebo article (content not verified) Scan

  Riksorganisationen UFO-Sverige ·from The Martebo Lights (Marteboljuset) (1922)
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  Per-Erik Karlsson, witness living beside Martebo myr Scan

  Gun Wallier / Helagotland ·from The Martebo Lights (Marteboljuset) (1922)
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  Portrait of Albert Ostman Scan

  from Albert Ostman's claimed abduction by a Sasquatch family, Toba Inlet, British Columbia (1924) (1924)
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  Header illustration used by Anomalien, not an event photograph Scan

  from Albert Ostman's claimed abduction by a Sasquatch family, Toba Inlet, British Columbia (1924) (1924)
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  Houdini, Malcolm Bird, Mina Crandon and O. D. Munn, 1924 Scan

  Houdini pamphlet, Adams Press, 1924 ·from The "Margery" Séances and Houdini's Sittings for the Scientific American Prize (1924)
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  Mina Crandon with "ectoplasm" on her face Scan

  Stanley De Brath, The Physical Phenomena of Spiritualism, 1930 ·from The "Margery" Séances and Houdini's Sittings for the Scientific American Prize (1924)
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  Portrait of the medium Mina Crandon Scan

  S. R. Morgan, Index to Psychic Science, 1950 ·from The "Margery" Séances and Houdini's Sittings for the Scientific American Prize (1924)
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  The "spirit" hand, later said to be made from carved animal liver, from a séance outside the 1924 prize sittings Scan

  Anonymous ·from The "Margery" Séances and Houdini's Sittings for the Scientific American Prize (1924)
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  Portrait of Mina Crandon, 1924 Scan

  Malcolm Bird, 1925 ·from The "Margery" Séances and Houdini's Sittings for the Scientific American Prize (1924)
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  Stereograph of "Margery" Crandon exuding "ectoplasm" during a test séance, 1925 Scan

  Society for Psychical Research / Cambridge University Library (MS SPR/39/15) ·from The "Margery" Séances and Houdini's Sittings for the Scientific American Prize (1924)
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  Dr Le Roi Goddard Crandon Scan

  R. G. Pressing, 1947 ·from The "Margery" Séances and Houdini's Sittings for the Scientific American Prize (1924)
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  Walter Stinson Scan

  R. G. Pressing, Houdini Unmasked, 1947 ·from The "Margery" Séances and Houdini's Sittings for the Scientific American Prize (1924)
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  The "spirit" hand at a séance, early 1920s Scan

  Unknown author ·from The "Margery" Séances and Houdini's Sittings for the Scientific American Prize (1924)
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  A "Walter" thumbprint in dental wax, later matched to the dentist Frederick Caldwell Scan

  Stanley De Brath, 1930 ·from The "Margery" Séances and Houdini's Sittings for the Scientific American Prize (1924)
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  Mina Crandon with Harry Houdini, 1924 Scan

  Malcolm Bird, "Margery" the Medium, 1925 ·from The "Margery" Séances and Houdini's Sittings for the Scientific American Prize (1924)
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  A "materialized hand" making a thumbprint in dental wax Scan

  Stanley De Brath, 1930 ·from The "Margery" Séances and Houdini's Sittings for the Scientific American Prize (1924)
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  Automatic writing from the Margery séances Scan

  Stanley De Brath, 1930 ·from The "Margery" Séances and Houdini's Sittings for the Scientific American Prize (1924)
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  Prince, Comstock, Crandon, Munn and Houdini, 1924 Scan

  Houdini pamphlet, 1924 ·from The "Margery" Séances and Houdini's Sittings for the Scientific American Prize (1924)
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  Photograph of Fred Beck Scan

  from The Battle of Ape Canyon (1924)
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  Newspaper clipping labelled '1952 great ape hunt' Scan

  from The Battle of Ape Canyon (1924)
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  Fred Beck, one of the five prospectors Scan

  from The Battle of Ape Canyon (1924)
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  Location map of the Ape Canyon area Scan

  from The Battle of Ape Canyon (1924)
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  Book or magazine cover reproducing the photo (identity unconfirmed) Scan

  from The SS Watertown Phantom Faces (1924)

  FATE TRUE STORIES OF THE STRANGE AND THE UNKNOWN AMERICAN EXPRESS LOST YEARS OF JESUS GREAT SKY PROCESSION OF 1913 THE DUTCH PUT PSI TO WORK DOWSING IN SWAMPSCORE, MASS. GHOSTS THAT PURSUED A Ship 22 CURSED PISTOL BALDON Piercing Manuscript TAPED VOICES OF THE DEAD! Chuck Smith, Amanda Irwin PICTURE…

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  Screenshot of Joe Nickell's correspondence analysing the photo Scan

  Joe Nickell ·from The SS Watertown Phantom Faces (1924)
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  The tanker SS Watertown Scan

  from The SS Watertown Phantom Faces (1924)
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  The SS Watertown Scan

  from The SS Watertown Phantom Faces (1924)
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  Painting of Trunko fighting killer whales (artwork, not a photograph) Scan

  Bill Asmussen ·from Trunko, the Margate "polar bear" sea monster (1924)
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  Modern Margate Beach Scan

  T866 ·from Trunko, the Margate "polar bear" sea monster (1924)
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  Photograph of Eleonore Zugun used by The Lineup Scan

  from Eleonore Zugun, the Talpa Poltergeist (1925)
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  Eleonore Zugun (right) with Countess Wassilko Scan

  Psi Encyclopedia (SPR) ·from Eleonore Zugun, the Talpa Poltergeist (1925)
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  EVZ article header image Scan

  EVZ ·from Eleonore Zugun, the Talpa Poltergeist (1925)
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  Portrait of Eleonore Zugun Scan

  Psi Encyclopedia (SPR), probably from the Harry Price archive ·from Eleonore Zugun, the Talpa Poltergeist (1925)
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  Portrait of Countess Zoe Wassilko-Serecki Scan

  Psi Encyclopedia (SPR) ·from Eleonore Zugun, the Talpa Poltergeist (1925)
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  James Chaffin grave stone Scan

  Digital Davie ·from The Chaffin will case: a dead father's apparition reveals a hidden will (1925)
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  Tombstone of James Chaffin and his wife Scan

  Davie County Public Library (via Strange Company) ·from The Chaffin will case: a dead father's apparition reveals a hidden will (1925)
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  Captioned as a Baird's beaked whale specimen; unclear whether the carcass or the museum skull. Scan

  from The Moore's Beach Sea Monster Carcass, Santa Cruz (1925) (1925)
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  Front view of the Moore's Beach Berardius skull at the California Academy of Sciences. Scan

  California Academy of Sciences (Ray Bandar / Jack Bumbacher) ·from The Moore's Beach Sea Monster Carcass, Santa Cruz (1925) (1925)