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  Modern exterior view of the château Scan

  Normandy Then and Now ·from The Calvados Castle Poltergeist at the Château des Noyers, Le Tourneur (1875)
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  The Château des Noyers at Le Tourneur, photographed between 1890 and 1920 Scan

  Maison Jeanne d'Arc, Flers, via Wikimedia Commons ·from The Calvados Castle Poltergeist at the Château des Noyers, Le Tourneur (1875)
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  Interior of the château, presumably after the 1984 fire Scan

  Normandy Then and Now ·from The Calvados Castle Poltergeist at the Château des Noyers, Le Tourneur (1875)
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  Modern exterior view of the château Scan

  Normandy Then and Now ·from The Calvados Castle Poltergeist at the Château des Noyers, Le Tourneur (1875)
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  The Château des Noyers Scan

  Normandy Then and Now ·from The Calvados Castle Poltergeist at the Château des Noyers, Le Tourneur (1875)
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  Cover of the 1893 Annales des Sciences Psychiques, which published the case Scan

  Reproduced by Normandy Then and Now ·from The Calvados Castle Poltergeist at the Château des Noyers, Le Tourneur (1875)

  ANNALES DES SCIENCES PSYCHIQUES RECUEIL D'OBSERVATIONS ET D'EXPÉRIENCES Paralssant tous les deux mols DIRECTEUR : M. le Dr DARIEX TROISIEME ANNEE. - 1893 PARIS ANCIENNE LIBRAIRIE GERMER BAILLIÈRE ET C¹⁶ FÉLIX ALCAN, ÉDITEUR 108, BOULEVARD SAINT-GERMAIN, 108 Au coin de la rue Hautefeuille 1893…

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  The Château des Noyers in modern times Scan

  Normandy Then and Now ·from The Calvados Castle Poltergeist at the Château des Noyers, Le Tourneur (1875)
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  Modern exterior view of the château Scan

  Normandy Then and Now ·from The Calvados Castle Poltergeist at the Château des Noyers, Le Tourneur (1875)
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  Modern exterior view of the château Scan

  Normandy Then and Now ·from The Calvados Castle Poltergeist at the Château des Noyers, Le Tourneur (1875)
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  Portrait of Sir Edmund Hornby, frontispiece of Sir Edmund Hornby: An Autobiography (1928). Scan

  Elliott & Fry, London ·from The Hornby Apparition (1875)
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  Sir Edmund Hornby Scan

  from The Hornby Apparition (1875)
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  Portrait photograph of Estelle Faguette, the visionary Scan

  Anonymous ·from Our Lady of Pellevoisin: the fifteen apparitions to Estelle Faguette (1876)
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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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  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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  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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  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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  Drawing in a sensationalist magazine of the time. Scan

  from The Aldershot Sentry "Ghost": Spring-heeled Jack at North Camp, 1877 (1877)
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  Period boys' magazine cover featuring Spring-heeled Jack. Scan

  from The Aldershot Sentry "Ghost": Spring-heeled Jack at North Camp, 1877 (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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  Penny-dreadful drawing of Spring-heeled Jack, not depicting Aldershot. Scan

  from The Aldershot Sentry "Ghost": Spring-heeled Jack at North Camp, 1877 (1877)
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  The Aldershot barracks as they appeared on an 1866 woodcut. Scan

  from The Aldershot Sentry "Ghost": Spring-heeled Jack at North Camp, 1877 (1877)
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  North Camp, Aldershot, in 1866, where the sentries' encounters took place eleven years later. Scan

  Unknown author; scanned from a private collection by Jack1956 ·from The Aldershot Sentry "Ghost": Spring-heeled Jack at North Camp, 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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  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 William F. Barrett Scan

  from The Derrygonnelly Poltergeist: The Demons of Derrygonelly, 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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  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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  Vennum family photograph (link not verified) Scan

  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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  Farmers' Almanac 2020 cover Scan

  Farmers' Almanac ·from John Martin's "Large Saucer" over North Texas, 1878 (1878)
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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 article on the "first UFO sighting" 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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  "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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  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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  "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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  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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  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)