Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters

Eleven famous hauntings examined by a man who believed the question deserved evidence — Loudun, Tedworth, the Wesleys' parsonage, the Cock Lane ghost — and then the investigators who went after them.

The Devils of Loudun

4 pages in this part of Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters.

The Devils of Loudun

OUDUN is a small town in France about L midway between the ancient and romantic cities of Tours and Poitiers. To-day it is an exceedingly…

The Devils of Loudun: Mignon

The Devils of Loudun Conceive their grief, therefore, when he suddenly sickened and died. Now ensued an anxious time pending the…

The Devils of Loudun: Sister

For upwards of a fortnight, it appeared, several of the nuns, including Mother Superior Belfiel, had been tormented by specters and…

The Devils of Loudun: Laubardemont

The Devils of Loudun for Grandier, was a relative of Mother Superior Belfiel's. This official, whose name was Laubardemont, had come to…

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