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 Mysterious Mr. Home

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

The Mysterious Mr. Home

"SO O you've brought the devil to my house, have you ?" "No, no, aunty, no! It's not my fault."

The Mysterious Mr. Home: Russia

In order to reach the most striking manifestations of his peculiar ability, we must pass hurriedly over the events of the next few years…

The Mysterious Mr. Home: Dunraven

At that time his English patrons included the Viscount Adare and the Master of Lindsay, who have since become respectively the Earl of…

The Mysterious Mr. Home: Adare

When he awoke I measured him again in his natural size, both directly and by the shadow, and the results were equal. I can swear that he…

The Mysterious Mr. Home: William

It was pleasant too to learn that in order to circumvent any attempts at sleight of hand, Sir William intended using instruments specially…

The Mysterious Mr. Home: Lyon

In any event her affection cooled as rapidly as it had begun, and the next thing he knew he was being sued for the recovery of the three…

The Mysterious Mr. Home: Crawford

In the matter of the levitations and elongations, however, it is not so easy to raise the cry of sheer fraud. Here the only rational…

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