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  Cover of Chad Lewis's Lake Monsters of Wisconsin (2016), which opens with the Browns Lake case. Scan

  Publisher cover via Goodreads ·from The Amphibious Lake Demon of Browns Lake (1876)
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  The three visionaries, Katharina Hubertus, Susanna Leist and Margaretha Kunz, photographed in 1876 Scan

  Author unknown; via Süddeutsche Zeitung / Stiftung Marpinger Kulturbesitz ·from The Marpingen Apparitions and the Prussian Army in the Härtelwald (1876)
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  Second Mettenbuch pilgrim medal, c. 1876: Mary standing in a meadow with the Child in a halo, four kneeling figures including two seer children Scan

  Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Münsterer Collection ·from The Mettenbuch apparitions and pilgrimage (1876)
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  Pilgrim medal, c. 1876, inscribed ERSCHEINUNGEN U. L. FRAU BEI METTENBUCH: Mary enthroned with the Child, two seer children and a figure behind Scan

  Bayerisches Nationalmuseum ·from The Mettenbuch apparitions and pilgrimage (1876)
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  The present-day Marienkapelle in the Mettenbuch gorge Scan

  Komoot user upload ·from The Mettenbuch apparitions and pilgrimage (1876)
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  Spring-heeled Jack in a penny-dreadful illustration (later fiction) Scan

  from Spring-heeled Jack at the Aldershot Sentry Posts (1877)
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  Boys' magazine cover featuring Spring-heeled Jack (later fiction) Scan

  from Spring-heeled Jack at the Aldershot Sentry Posts (1877)

  Published Weekly. NOW READY. Price One Penny. NOS. 1 AND 2 (TWENTY-FOUR PAGES), SPLENDIDLY ILLUSTRATED, IN HANDSOME WRAPPER. The History of this Remarkable Being has been specially compiled, for this work only, by one of the Best Authors of the day, and our readers will find that he has undoubtedly …

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  Sensationalist magazine drawing, an artist's impression Scan

  from Spring-heeled Jack at the Aldershot Sentry Posts (1877)
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  North Camp in Aldershot as it looked in 1866 Scan

  Hampshire Museum, Aldershot Barracks collection (uploaded by Shauri) ·from Spring-heeled Jack at the Aldershot Sentry Posts (1877)
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  Spring-Heeled Jack escapes from an angry mob at Newport Arch in Lincoln, 1877. Engraving from the Illustrated Police News, an artist's impression. Scan

  Illustrated Police News, 1877; scan Hulton Archive/Getty Images ·from Spring-heeled Jack shot at by a mob at Newport Arch, Lincoln (1877) (1877)
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  Spring-heeled Jack engraving; not confirmed to depict the Lincoln scene. Scan

  Illustrated Police News ·from Spring-heeled Jack shot at by a mob at Newport Arch, Lincoln (1877) (1877)
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  Illustration of a lonely old cottage; probably generic, not the actual cottage Scan

  Photo: Wikicommons ·from The Derrygonnelly Poltergeist: The Demons of Derrygonelly, 1877 (1877)
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  Portrait of William F. Barrett Scan

  from The Derrygonnelly Poltergeist: The Demons of Derrygonelly, 1877 (1877)
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  Image accompanying Tim Prasil's blog post on Barrett Scan

  from The Derrygonnelly Poltergeist: The Demons of Derrygonelly, 1877 (1877)
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  Portrait of Sir William Fletcher Barrett Scan

  Bassano Ltd, 1920, NPG x78550, National Portrait Gallery, London ·from The Derrygonnelly Poltergeist: The Demons of Derrygonelly, 1877 (1877)
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  The Sea Serpent in the Mediterranean, a Sketch from H.M. Yacht 'Osborne' off the North Coast of Sicily. The Graphic, 1877, engraved from Lieutenant Haynes's sketch. Scan

  Photo12/Liszt Collection/Quint Lox Limited ·from The Royal Yacht Osborne Sea Monster off Sicily (1877)
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  Portrait of Mary Roff Scan

  Unknown author ·from The Watseka Wonder: Lurancy Vennum and the Return of Mary Roff (1877)
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  Portrait of Lurancy Vennum Scan

  Unknown author ·from The Watseka Wonder: Lurancy Vennum and the Return of Mary Roff (1877)
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  Vennum family photograph (link not verified) Scan

  from The Watseka Wonder: Lurancy Vennum and the Return of Mary Roff (1877)
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  Screenshot of the Texas Co-op Power article with John Wilson's illustration Scan

  Anomaly Archives / Texas Co-op Power ·from John Martin's "Large Saucer" over North Texas, 1878 (1878)
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  Farmers' Almanac 2020 cover Scan

  Farmers' Almanac ·from John Martin's "Large Saucer" over North Texas, 1878 (1878)
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  Front page of the Denison Daily News, January 25, 1878 Scan

  Anomaly Archives ·from John Martin's "Large Saucer" over North Texas, 1878 (1878)
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  Artist rendition of the Denison sighting Scan

  The Black Vault ·from John Martin's "Large Saucer" over North Texas, 1878 (1878)
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  The "A Strange Phenomenon" clipping, Denison Daily News, 1878 Scan

  Anomaly Archives ·from John Martin's "Large Saucer" over North Texas, 1878 (1878)
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  Modern illustration of the 1878 sighting Scan

  John Wilson, Texas Co-op Power ·from John Martin's "Large Saucer" over North Texas, 1878 (1878)
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  Farmers' Almanac 2020 article on the "first UFO sighting" Scan

  Farmers' Almanac ·from John Martin's "Large Saucer" over North Texas, 1878 (1878)
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  Page 572 of "The Man-Fish of Tennessee," Atlanta Medical and Surgical Journal, December 1878 Scan

  Atlanta Medical and Surgical Journal via PubMed Central ·from The Caney Fork Wonder: a Tennessee "wild man" put on show in Louisville (1878) (1878)

  cation."—Philadelphia: Lindslay & Blakeston. Sold by all booksellers and druggists. Also, "The Physician's Pocket Day-Book, by C. Henri Leonard, M.A., M.D." Price $1.00-Detroit, Mich. These are conveniently arranged for the use of practicing physicians, to be carried regularly in the pocket. The for…

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  Page 573 of "The Man-Fish of Tennessee" Scan

  Atlanta Medical and Surgical Journal via PubMed Central ·from The Caney Fork Wonder: a Tennessee "wild man" put on show in Louisville (1878) (1878)

  or fish-skin disease, called iethyosis serpentina, or serpent-skin; and his general effect is more that of a serpent than of a fish. But upon different parts of his body may be found nearly all the varieties of iethyosis. The resemblance of this man's skin to the shed skin of a boa-constrictor, late…

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  Page 574 of "The Man-Fish of Tennessee" Scan

  Atlanta Medical and Surgical Journal via PubMed Central ·from The Caney Fork Wonder: a Tennessee "wild man" put on show in Louisville (1878) (1878)

  length. I have never seen them longer than an eighth of an inch. Many years ago two brothers in England having this form of icthyosis were exhibited in the shows as porcupine-men. Icthyosis is one of the rarest of skin-diseases. I am under the impression that it is more frequent in Europe than in th…

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  For comparison only: an unrelated ichthyosis patient in a plate by George Henry Fox Scan

  George Henry Fox via Wikimedia Commons ·from The Caney Fork Wonder: a Tennessee "wild man" put on show in Louisville (1878) (1878)
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  "Caney Fork Wild Man," modern artwork in freak-show poster style, not a photograph Scan

  L.A. Giampetro ·from The Caney Fork Wonder: a Tennessee "wild man" put on show in Louisville (1878) (1878)
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  "A Wild Man," apparently an 1878 newspaper item (content not verified) Scan

  Cumberland Gal blog ·from The Caney Fork Wonder: a Tennessee "wild man" put on show in Louisville (1878) (1878)
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  The Pickens County Courthouse in Carrollton, Alabama, September 1998. Scan

  Calvin Beale (USDA) ·from The Face in the Courthouse Window (Ghost in the Garret), Pickens County Courthouse, Carrollton, Alabama (1878)
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  Amherst mural commemorating the case, from Esther Fest coverage Scan

  Superstitious Times ·from The Great Amherst Mystery: The Esther Cox Poltergeist (1878)
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  Alleged haunted house. The Great Amherst Mystery. Scan

  Hereward Carrington, Personal Experiences in Spiritualism (1913) ·from The Great Amherst Mystery: The Esther Cox Poltergeist (1878)
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  Generic witch-hunt illustration used as editorial art; not the Verzegnis event Scan

  from The Possessed Women of Verzegnis (le indemoniate), Carnia, 1878-1879 (1878)
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  The Sea-Serpent, as seen by Major Senior of the City of Baltimore. The same engraving, copied from Lee. Scan

  A. C. Oudemans, The Great Sea-Serpent (1892), Fig. 46 ·from Major H. W. J. Senior's sea serpent from the SS City of Baltimore, Gulf of Aden, 1879 (1879)
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  The 'Sea Serpent' as seen from the 'City of Baltimore'. Period engraving reproduced from The Graphic. Scan

  Henry Lee, Sea Monsters Unmasked (1883), Fig. 21 ·from Major H. W. J. Senior's sea serpent from the SS City of Baltimore, Gulf of Aden, 1879 (1879)
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  Engraving after Captain Davison's sketch of the sea serpent and the whale, published in The Graphic, 19 July 1879 Scan

  The Graphic, 1879, via Futility Closet ·from The Kiushiu Maru sea serpent gripping a whale off Cape Satano (1879)
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  Witness Mary Byrne in 1935 Scan

  Knock Museum Collection ·from The Knock Apparition (1879)
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  The apparition gable at Knock Scan

  Knock Shrine ·from The Knock Apparition (1879)
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  Four illustrations captioned 'The alleged apparitions at Knock' from The Graphic, July 17, 1880 Scan

  Mayo Library ·from The Knock Apparition (1879)
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  Pilgrims praying at the apparition gable of Knock church in 1880, with crutches left at the wall Scan

  Wynne Photographic Collection (Thomas J. Wynne) ·from The Knock Apparition (1879)
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  Archdeacon Bartholomew Cavanagh, parish priest of Knock Scan

  Knock Shrine ·from The Knock Apparition (1879)
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  Handwritten testimony of witness Judy Campbell Scan

  Knock Museum Collection ·from The Knock Apparition (1879)
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  The bridge of the Man-Monkey, a modern photograph of Bridge 39 Scan

  Nick Redfern blog; photographer not given ·from The Man-Monkey of Bridge 39 (1879)
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  Illustrative monkey image accompanying a 2008 blog post on the Man-Monkey Scan

  Man-Beast UK blog; no credit given ·from The Man-Monkey of Bridge 39 (1879)
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  Illustration of the haunted cottage near Chard where an elderly man was murdered, probably a period newspaper engraving Scan

  Findmypast (unconfirmed) ·from The haunted Churchill cottage at Knowle St Giles, near Chard (1879) (1879)
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  A Coney Island pier in the 1880s Scan

  Westland ·from "An Aerial Mystery": The Winged Man over Coney Island (1880)
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  The New York Times item "An Aerial Mystery," 12 September 1880 Scan

  The New York Times archive ·from "An Aerial Mystery": The Winged Man over Coney Island (1880)

  AN AERIAL MYSTERY. One day last week a marvelous apparition was seen near Coney Island. At the height of at least a thousand feet in the air a strange object was in the act of flying toward the New-Jersey coast. It was apparently a man with bat's wings and improved frog's legs. The face of the man c…