Monthly Archives: October 2015

The Fox Sisters

Although they eventually admitted to being frauds, New York’s Fox sisters were the first people to be described as “mediums” as well as the catalysts for the nineteenth century’s Spiritualist Movement.Two rather dubious distinctions for two rather dubious women, if … Continue reading

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The Flying Dutchman

Easily the world’s most famous ghost ship, the Flying Dutchman is a ship forever doomed to wander the seven seas. One of the most common versions of the story ( there are many variations on the one theme ) is … Continue reading

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The Devil Baby of Hull House

Already thought to be haunted by the wife of the man who first owned it and the many ill people who had died there during its days as a home for the aged run by those bitches The Little Sisters … Continue reading

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The Crescent Haunted Hotel of Arkansas

Arkansas’ Crescent Hotel, located in Eureka Springs, in some state the name of which escapes me, is a former girls’ school and health spa which is reputed to be haunted. The hotel was at one point owned by a charlatan … Continue reading

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The Coelacanth

The Coelacanth isn’t a cryptid, or a ghost, much less some sort of weird underwater UFO. So what is this fishy character doing on a site about the paranormal? The coelacanth ( see-luh-canf ) is an ancient fish that had … Continue reading

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