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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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  Side 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)
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  Comparison: a beaked whale at Santa Cruz in 1920. Scan

  Andrew P. Hill Jr., via Calisphere ·from The Moore's Beach Sea Monster Carcass, Santa Cruz (1925) (1925)
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  Comparison: a different Berardius head on Ocean Beach, San Francisco, with a man. Scan

  from The Moore's Beach Sea Monster Carcass, Santa Cruz (1925) (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)
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  Dovercourt House, formerly the Sovereign Hall, on Dovercourt Road today Scan

  ACO Toronto ·from Toronto Morality Squad seizes a "materialised spirit" at Rev. Arthur Hildreth's séance, Sovereign Hall, Dovercourt Road, Toronto (1925) (1925)
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  The spirit of Dovercourt Road (Toronto Daily Star) Scan

  Toronto Daily Star, via Adam Bunch ·from Toronto Morality Squad seizes a "materialised spirit" at Rev. Arthur Hildreth's séance, Sovereign Hall, Dovercourt Road, Toronto (1925) (1925)
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  Officer Sam Wilson of the Morality Squad Scan

  City of Toronto Archives ·from Toronto Morality Squad seizes a "materialised spirit" at Rev. Arthur Hildreth's séance, Sovereign Hall, Dovercourt Road, Toronto (1925) (1925)
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  Image on the Ogopogo Country sightings page, alt text "Ogopogo". Content unverified. Scan

  Centre culturel Marie-Anne-Gaboury ·from Thirty carloads watch Naitaka off Okanagan Mission (1926)
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  Modern illustration of Ogopogo. Does not depict the 1926 event. Scan

  from Thirty carloads watch Naitaka off Okanagan Mission (1926)
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  Portrait of Nicholas Roerich, leader of the Central Asian Expedition Scan

  via Michael M. Hughes ·from The Nicholas Roerich Expedition Sighting, Kukunor District, 1927 (1927)
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  Charles Deas, The Trapper and his Family (c.1840-67), unrelated artwork used as illustration. Scan

  Charles Deas, via Wikimedia Commons ·from Muchalat Harry carried off by a Sasquatch (Conuma River, Vancouver Island, 1928) (1928)
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  Patterson-Gimlin film still (1967), an unrelated event used as illustration. Scan

  Roger Patterson ·from Muchalat Harry carried off by a Sasquatch (Conuma River, Vancouver Island, 1928) (1928)
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  Coastal scene, apparently Kyuquot on Vancouver Island, north of the case area. Place only. Scan

  from Muchalat Harry carried off by a Sasquatch (Conuma River, Vancouver Island, 1928) (1928)
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  Vancouver Island coastal scenery, illustrative only. Scan

  from Muchalat Harry carried off by a Sasquatch (Conuma River, Vancouver Island, 1928) (1928)
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  British Columbia rainforest, illustrative only; not Muchalat Harry. Scan

  from Muchalat Harry carried off by a Sasquatch (Conuma River, Vancouver Island, 1928) (1928)
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  Generic trapper header image; not Muchalat Harry. Scan

  from Muchalat Harry carried off by a Sasquatch (Conuma River, Vancouver Island, 1928) (1928)
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  St. Joseph Catholic Church, Earling, Iowa, as it stands today Scan

  from The Earling Exorcism of Anna Ecklund (Emma Schmidt) (1928)
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  St. Joseph Catholic Church, Earling, Iowa, as it stands today Scan

  from The Earling Exorcism of Anna Ecklund (Emma Schmidt) (1928)
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  Thumbnail of the archive.org copy of Herbert Thurston's Ghosts and Poltergeists Scan

  Internet Archive ·from The Poona Poltergeist: Damodar Bapat and the Ketkar household, 1928 to 1930 (1928)
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  Portrait of the medium Arthur Ford Scan

  Wikimedia Commons ·from Arthur Ford's "Rosabelle, believe" Houdini séance (1929)
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  1948 Houdini séance with Walter B. Gibson, Sidney Radner, Bob Lund, Litska Raymond and Chrystal Dunninger Scan

  from Arthur Ford's "Rosabelle, believe" Houdini séance (1929)
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  Bess Houdini and Eddie Saint preparing for the 1936 séance Scan

  American Hauntings ·from Arthur Ford's "Rosabelle, believe" Houdini séance (1929)
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  Photostat of the statement Bess Houdini signed on 9 January 1929 affirming Ford's message Scan

  Libbet Crandon de Malamud Collection, courtesy Anna Thurlow; published by John Cox, Wild About Harry ·from Arthur Ford's "Rosabelle, believe" Houdini séance (1929)
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  Time-exposure photo of the 1936 final Houdini séance on a Hollywood hotel roof Scan

  Bettmann / Getty Images ·from Arthur Ford's "Rosabelle, believe" Houdini séance (1929)
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  The copy of Bess Houdini's statement that Francis R. Fast sent to Dr. and Mrs. Crandon Scan

  Libbet Crandon de Malamud Collection, courtesy Anna Thurlow; published by John Cox, Wild About Harry ·from Arthur Ford's "Rosabelle, believe" Houdini séance (1929)

  To D. P. 100th G. Anderson From: Jacques P. fast. NEW YORK CITY JAN.9TH,1929. REGARDLESS OF ANY STATE- MENTS MADE TO THE CONTRARY, I WISH TO DECLARE THAT THE MESSAGE, IN ITS ENTIRETY, AND IN THE AGREED UPON SEQUENCE, GIVEN TO ME BY ARTHUR FORD, IS THE CORRECT MESSAGE PRE- ARRANGED DETWEEN MR. HOUDIN…

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  Context only: Houdini's double-exposure "Lincoln ghost" demonstration photo, not of this case Scan

  Bettmann / Getty Images ·from Arthur Ford's "Rosabelle, believe" Houdini séance (1929)
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  Bess Houdini holding hands with Dr. Edward Saint at a later séance; Saint holds handcuffs whose combination only Houdini knew Scan

  Bettmann / Getty Images ·from Arthur Ford's "Rosabelle, believe" Houdini séance (1929)
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  Harry and Bess Houdini Scan

  American Hauntings ·from Arthur Ford's "Rosabelle, believe" Houdini séance (1929)
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  Campo e Campanile San Boldo Scan

  Alloggi Barbaria ·from The Casa delle pietre: the stone-throwing poltergeist of Campo San Boldo, Venice (1929)
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  Screenshot, probably an aerial map of the house's location Scan

  from The Casa delle pietre: the stone-throwing poltergeist of Campo San Boldo, Venice (1929)
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  Campo San Boldo Venezia Scan

  from The Casa delle pietre: the stone-throwing poltergeist of Campo San Boldo, Venice (1929)
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  Modern photo of Campo San Boldo Scan

  from The Casa delle pietre: the stone-throwing poltergeist of Campo San Boldo, Venice (1929)
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  Vera da pozzo in Campo San Boldo Scan

  Alloggi Barbaria ·from The Casa delle pietre: the stone-throwing poltergeist of Campo San Boldo, Venice (1929)
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  Lake sturgeon, illustrating a proposed explanation Scan

  Not credited ·from Two sea serpents off Cayuga Lake's eastern shore (Old Greeny), 1929 (1929)
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  Scenic view of Cayuga Lake Scan

  Not credited; site by Rob Morphy ·from Two sea serpents off Cayuga Lake's eastern shore (Old Greeny), 1929 (1929)
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  NYSDEC biologist Emily Zollweg-Horan holding a lake sturgeon Scan

  Dawn Dittman / Finger Lakes Land Trust ·from Two sea serpents off Cayuga Lake's eastern shore (Old Greeny), 1929 (1929)
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  Floating log, illustrating a proposed explanation Scan

  Not credited ·from Two sea serpents off Cayuga Lake's eastern shore (Old Greeny), 1929 (1929)
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  The Sphere, 19 July 1930: 'The Empty Chair at the Albert Hall', with a second photo of the garden burial at Crowborough. Scan

  The Sphere, via the Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia ·from The Empty Chair: Conan Doyle's Spiritualist Memorial at the Royal Albert Hall (1930)
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  Daily Mirror front page, 14 July 1930: the vacant chair on the platform at the Royal Albert Hall, with Lady Conan Doyle seated beside it. Scan

  Daily Mirror, via the Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia ·from The Empty Chair: Conan Doyle's Spiritualist Memorial at the Royal Albert Hall (1930)
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  The Times, 14 July 1930, p. 9: report of the memorial service for Sir A. Conan Doyle. Scan

  The Times, via the Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia ·from The Empty Chair: Conan Doyle's Spiritualist Memorial at the Royal Albert Hall (1930)
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  Glacier Island and Columbia Glacier, 1928 postcard Scan

  H. W. Steward 1928 ·from The Glacier Island "Monster in the Ice", Prince William Sound, Alaska (1930)
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  The skull in Smithsonian storage, 2005 Scan

  Diane Pitassy 2005 (edited) ·from The Glacier Island "Monster in the Ice", Prince William Sound, Alaska (1930)
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  Smithsonian accession book entry for USNM 256498 Scan

  NMNH 2005 ·from The Glacier Island "Monster in the Ice", Prince William Sound, Alaska (1930)

  NAME | REL. | LOCATION | WHERE RESIDENCE | BORN TO FAMILY | COLLECTION DATE | WESTERN STATE 1911 | No. of names | Baldempton aviation station | Alaska | Glacier, D. | 1911.12.14 | Thomasking | Jerry Albany | 1911 | Pollination only |…

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  "52-foot lizard" newspaper panel Scan

  "Strange as it seems" 1930 ·from The Glacier Island "Monster in the Ice", Prince William Sound, Alaska (1930)
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  1930 newspaper composite of two expedition photographs Scan

  1930 newspaper ·from The Glacier Island "Monster in the Ice", Prince William Sound, Alaska (1930)
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  1931 press sketch, "Digging Alaska's prehistoric visitor out of an iceberg" Scan

  1931 press art ·from The Glacier Island "Monster in the Ice", Prince William Sound, Alaska (1930)