Tag: ghost
Ragtime Ghost Haunts New Haven Graveyard
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers loved a good ghost story, especially when the haunting came with witnesses, crowds, and just enough absurdity…
The Hohenzollern Ghost and the Tragedy of the White Lady
Royal families rarely come with simple ghost stories. Their legends tend to be dressed in velvet, sharpened by betrayal, and carried through the halls for…
Body found buried in barrel in Canarsie – Possibly buried alive
Bodies were discovered buried at an old farm house in Canarsie, Brooklyn, 1916. The article below details one of the finds. It was that of…
Ghost noises heard on Church Island, North Carolina
Weird, ghostly noises were reported on Church Island, North Carolina in 1928. Locals pointed to the spirits of pirates and buccaneers who once sailed the…
Ghost shows family where he hid his gold
In 1922, it was reported that a ghost revealed where he hid his gold to a family renting his former home. I’ve always enjoyed ghost…
Old rectory torn down to find source of ghostly happenings
In 1916, Indiana, a rectory was reportedly haunted by the ghost of a suicide. As no one in their right mind wanted to stay in…
8 Headless ghost sightings from long ago
Throughout history there are tales that defy explanation. One such enigmatic category in the annals of the supernatural is that of headless ghosts—spirits who roam…
Strange lights spotted over Nebraska ranches in 1923 and lights before Japan’s earthquake
A fascinating account of ghost lights over ranches in Nebraska as well as mention of strange lights over Japan before a big earthquake. Internal Earth…
Nowata County, Oklahoma Ghost Eludes Pursuers
A strange red-orange ghost light is spotted traveling over the Oklahoma prairie and in 1926 people begin to try and hunt it down to find…
Couple quickly moves out of haunted house; neighbor claims ghost was his cat
Cats do the damnedest things, and it appears that a certain Tom cat made a point of scaring off the new neighbors in Frog Hollow…
