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  Generic header image of the Findmypast Victorian hauntings article Scan

  Findmypast ·from The Headless Woman at the Buckingham Crossroads (1898)
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  Scan of The Zoologist, January 1903, the issue that reprinted the Fort Salisbury log extract Scan

  Internet Archive ·from The SS Fort Salisbury Sea Serpent (1902)

  THE ZOOLOGIST No. 739.—January, 1903. PARROT BUILDING IN THE OPEN: AT PARK HILL, NEW FOREST. By W. F. RAWALLEE. Commended by F. DeCate Gouen, D.C.L., F.R.L. (PLATE L.) In the "Adventure Journal" of November, 1906, I appear a short account of the adventures of the Pamela Parsons family, presented in …

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  1903 newspaper articles shown in a television screenshot Scan

  YouTube screenshot, Discovery UK ·from The Van Meter Visitor (1903)

  TOWN OF VAN METER WROUGHT UP OVER HIDEOUS MONSTER ALLEGED TO HAVE TER POSSE OF UNDER THE COLLAR WINGED MONSTER Shedding Dazzling Light Terrifies Whole Iowa Town. The town of Van Meter, containing 1,000 persons, is terribly wrought up by what is described as a horrible monster. Every man, woman and c…

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  Promotional image for Spectral Schemes and the Mystery of the Ballarat Ghost Scan

  Chaosium ·from The Ballarat Ghost and the police sting on Herbert Patrick McLennan (1904)

  SPECTRAL SCHEMES THE MYSTERY OF THE BALLARAT GHOST A CALL OF CTHULHU ADVENTURE 2025 NOMINEE 23MAY2024 7PM-9PM BALLARAT TOWN HALL TRENCHROOM 225 STURT STREET, BALLARAT CENTRAL FREE EVENT, TICKETS ESSENTIAL…

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  Main image of The Courier's 2014 article on Ballarat's ghost hoaxers Scan

  The Courier ·from The Ballarat Ghost and the police sting on Herbert Patrick McLennan (1904)
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  Ballarat Courier clipping of the ghost's reply, June 1886 Scan

  Extract: The Ballarat Courier ·from The Ballarat Ghost and the police sting on Herbert Patrick McLennan (1904)
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  Ballarat Courier clipping of a ghost sighting, 15 June 1886 Scan

  Extract: The Ballarat Courier ·from The Ballarat Ghost and the police sting on Herbert Patrick McLennan (1904)
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  Historian David Waldron with phosphorescent paint, 2014 Scan

  Jeremy Bannister ·from The Ballarat Ghost and the police sting on Herbert Patrick McLennan (1904)
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  The newspaper Kalmar, 5 September 1904, article on Hornsö, part 3 Scan

  Scan posted by Jonny Nilsson, Mönsteråsbloggen ·from The Karin Case: the Hornsö Rappings of Karin Nauckhoff (1904)

  kalla gängar rundt omkring huset om kvallarna, om morgnarna kunde inga minsklinga spär uptäckas. Det äricke it edt utan i alla nista runamen som builtingarna firekommit. Så länge ljus brunnit, har det varit tyst, men ibland börjat omedelbart et det ljusen silkets, stundh har inträfat, att ljusen slä…

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  Generic Bigfoot header image used by Sasquatch Chronicles; not of this case Scan

  Sasquatch Chronicles ·from The Sixes River wild man at Thompson Flat and the Harrison cabin (1904) (1904)
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  Munster's famous chart of sea monsters, a 16th-century woodcut. Generic illustration, not this event. Scan

  from The Shapinsay Sea Serpent off the Douche, Orkney (1905) (1905)
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  Sea Serpent from Naturalists Library, 1839 (Lizars). Generic illustration, not this event. Scan

  Lizars ·from The Shapinsay Sea Serpent off the Douche, Orkney (1905) (1905)
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  1923 fire plan of the Quathiaski cannery, captioned "Valdez Island" Scan

  Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society Archives, G2009.016 Plan 56 ·from The Wildman of Valdez Island: the Pitcock (Pidcock) family's encounters at Quathiaski Cove, 1905 (1905)

  WATER SUPPLY gravity from dom of creek 2500' from cannery, elev 25' through 3 main into concrete tank cap is000gals then pumped through 2' pipe to 3 storage tanks 2000gals cap each pressure salt water system in cannery it main POWER steam & gasoline FUEL coal & gasoline LIGHTING electric WAT Quathia…

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  Generic illustration of a possessed girl, not of this case Scan

  from The possession of Clara Germana Cele at St Michael's Mission, Natal (1906)
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  Generic UFOs in Albania illustration from 2016 coverage; does not show the 1907 event Scan

  Shqiperia.com ·from Mihal Grameno and the Shining Object over Çerçiz Topulli's Camp (1907)
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  Evening Republican, 10 November 1909 Scan

  Evening Republican / Sleepy Hollow Country ·from Phenomenal Week: the 1909 Jersey Devil sighting wave (1909)

  she passed you so conspicuously by, in order to enrich this stranger?" "The story is not mine. Had she wished you to know it, she would have confided it to you herself. I must decline—" Mr Harper interrupted the other impressively. "Do you realize what a shadow may be thrown upon your sister's memor…

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  The Sun (New York), 22 January 1909, p. 4, "$500 for the Leeds Devil" Scan

  The Sun / Patrick Gross ·from Phenomenal Week: the 1909 Jersey Devil sighting wave (1909)

  SHOWMAN SAYS IT'S A VAMPIRE AND HE WANTS IT BACK. amphibious Spreads From Jersey to Philadelphia, and Mothers Are Keeping the Kids Indoors—Beatrice Mills a Bulldog and Steals a Chicken. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 21.—It seems probable that the "Leeds devil," which has had all south Jersey terrorized for fou…

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  Asbury Park Press clipping on the Phenomenal Week Scan

  Whitesbog Preservation Trust, Janet Robbins Collection ·from Phenomenal Week: the 1909 Jersey Devil sighting wave (1909)

  JERSEY ROOTS 105 years ago, something terrorized South Jersey An artist's rendering of the legendary Jersey Devil, depicted as a demonic creature that has haunted the Pine Barrens since at least colonial times, first published in the Asbury Park Press in November 1978. ASBURY PARK PRESS FILE ART By …

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  Richard Pearse's aeroplane, the only local aviation of the period Scan

  from The New Zealand Phantom Airship Scare of 1909 (1909)
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  The 'Bombala anthropoid', Will Donald's artist's impression printed in The Sun, Sydney, November 1912. Often linked to Harper's account, though Joyner says it was based on the Bombala footprint reports. Scan

  Will Donald / Sydney Sun ·from Charles Harper's Hairy Man of the Currickbilly Range (1912) (1912)
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  RASC archive copy of the hand-tinted JRASC plate Scan

  RASC Archives ·from The 1913 Great Meteor Procession (the Cyrillids) (1913)

  METEORIC DISPLAY OF FEBRUARY 9, 1913 (From a drawing by Gustave Hahn, Toronto). The above represents a portion of the display as observed by Mr. and Mrs. Hahn, in the vicinity of High Park, Toronto. The spaces between succeeding clusters were actually somewhat greater than shown here.…

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  Probably a scan of Gordon Creighton's 1962 Flying Saucer Review article on the Greytown report Scan

  Patrick Gross / Flying Saucer Review ·from 1914 South African "Phantom Monoplane" Wave and the Greytown, Natal Landing Report (1914)
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  Kalapalo men of the Xingu, not connected to this case Scan

  Eduardo Giacomazzi ·from Percy Fawcett and the Maricoxi hairy men (1914)
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  Percy Fawcett in 1911 Scan

  from Percy Fawcett and the Maricoxi hairy men (1914)
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  Fawcett mapping the Brazil and Bolivia frontier, 1908 Scan

  Royal Geographical Society ·from Percy Fawcett and the Maricoxi hairy men (1914)
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  Illustration from a blog post on the Maricoxi; contents and credit unknown Scan

  from Percy Fawcett and the Maricoxi hairy men (1914)
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  Henry Costin with an Amazonian tribe, 1914 Scan

  Courtesy of Michael Costin, via davidgrann.com ·from Percy Fawcett and the Maricoxi hairy men (1914)
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  Falla Plaza Contraste, 1916, the satirical monument to the case Scan

  Valencia Bonita ·from The Duende del Esparto: the knocking house of Plaza del Esparto, Valencia, 1915 (1915)
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  Photograph of a UB-type submarine, possibly UB-65 or a similar boat (full URL reconstructed from a relative path, not checked) Scan

  from The Haunted U-boat UB-65 and the Ghost of Lieutenant Richter (1917)
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  Modern comparison photo of an atmospheric optical phenomenon at Alvor; not the event Scan

  from The Miracle of the Sun at Fátima (1917)
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  Ilustração Portugueza no. 610, 29 October 1917, pages 354 and 355 Scan

  from The Miracle of the Sun at Fátima (1917)

  gem dos creentes foi aumentando de mez para mez, a ponto de se juntarem na charneca de Fátima, em 15 de outubro, umas cincoenta mil pessoas, consoante os calculos de individuos desaiponxa- Consulte os efeitos de milíduos desapaxionados. Nas precedentes reunidos de fie's, não falton quem tivesse supo…

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  Hidden History share graphic. Scan

  hiddenhistory.ie ·from The Templemore Miracles: Bleeding Statues and Pilgrimville, Co. Tipperary, 1920 (1920)

  On This Day in Tipperary... 17 August 1920 "Bleeding" statues of the Virgin Mary in Templemore, which drew thousands of pilgrims to the town, led to a temporary truce between the IRA and the RIC.…

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  "An Antediluvian Monster", Scientific American, July 1922 Scan

  Scientific American, via patagoniamonsters (Austin Whittall) ·from Martin Sheffield's letter and Clemente Onelli's plesiosaur expedition, the origin of Nahuelito (1922)

  An Antediluvian Monster Is the Argentine Plesiosaurus a Fake or a Scientific Marvel? By Leonard Matters WHATEVER may be the opinion in scientific circles—and it is one of scornful skepticism—the fact remains that the report of the existence in Argentina of a living specimen of a race of mammoth rept…

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  Dr Augusto Vaccari and an expedition cartoon, Caras y Caretas, 1922 Scan

  Caras y Caretas, via patagoniamonsters (Austin Whittall) ·from Martin Sheffield's letter and Clemente Onelli's plesiosaur expedition, the origin of Nahuelito (1922)

  Como ve el autor de Sarrasqueta la expedición que organiza el señor Onelli : CARICATURA DE REDONDO. El doctor Augusto Vaccari que, en representación de "Caras y Caretas" acompaña a la arriesgada y benemérita comisión exploradora que irá a la Patagonia en busca del plesiosauro, — el famoso animal de …

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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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  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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  Generic trapper header image; not Muchalat Harry. Scan

  from Muchalat Harry carried off by a Sasquatch (Conuma River, Vancouver Island, 1928) (1928)