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Preface
That dealt, it may briefly be recalled, with the achievements of those scientists whose special endeavor it is to illumine the nature of…
The Devils of Loudun
4 pages
The Drummer of Tedworth
4 pages
The Haunting of the Wesleys
5 pages
The Visions of Emanuel Swedenborg
7 pages
The Cock Lane Ghost
7 pages
The Ghost Seen by Lord Brougham
2 pages
The Seeress of Prevorst
5 pages
The Mysterious Mr. Home
7 pages
The Watseka Wonder
10 pages
A Medieval Ghost Hunter
7 pages
Ghost Hunters of Yesterday and To-Day
6 pages
Highlights
The Ghost Seen by Lord Brougham
T is comparatively easy, when seated before IT a roaring fire in a well-lighted room, to sneer ghosts out of existence, and…
The Cock Lane Ghost
HE quaint old London church of St.
Ghost Hunters of Yesterday and To-Day
PSYCHICAL research, of which so much mention has been made in the preceding pages, may be roughly yet sufficiently described as…
A Medieval Ghost Hunter
HE name of Dr. John Dee is scarcely known to-day, yet Dr. Dee has some exceedingly well-defined claims to remembrance. He was one…
The Visions of Emanuel Swedenborg
N mid April of the memorable year 1745, IN two men, hastening through a busy London thoroughfare, paused for a moment to follow…
The Seeress of Prevorst
ODERN spiritism, as every student of that fascinating if elusive subject is aware, dates from the closing years of the first half…