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October 10, 1857, a baby girl was born to a farming family in Ontario, Canada. Her name was Elizabeth Lydia "Betsy" Bigley. She was the fifth of what would be eight siblings. In childhood, she lost hearing in one ear and she spoke with a lisp. Because of this she was a quiet child, and like all silent introverts considered peculiar by those around her.
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Vere St. Leger Goold was born October 2, 1853 into a wealthy, Irish family. When he was 26 years old he became the first Irish tennis champion. His early success in sports faded, and by 1883 he turned to alcohol and opium. However it took a turn for the worse when he met Marie Giraudin, a French, twice-widowed dressmaker. 
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In 1977, an article was written about a strange light and ghostly sightings occurring at a 150-year-old Virginia church. Even after 40 years no satisfactory explanation has ever been supplied as to what really transpired there. 
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Portlock is a ghost town located on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. Established as a salmon cannery early in the 20th century, it was populated by largely Russian-Alutiiq. After flourishing for many years, it was suddenly abandoned for mysterious reasons. 
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Over 35 years ago on November 17, 1988, a heavily pregnant woman named Jackie Hernandez moved with her 2-year-old son to an old bungalow in San Pedro, California. The reason for the move was a troubled marriage, but soon enough this was the least of her worries, when she realized the house was badly haunted. 
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In 1897, on the corner of a building at the southeast corner of Geary Street and Grant Avenue, San Francisco the ghost of a missing man stalked the halls. 
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After the California Gold Rush in 1849, strangers from across the world came to find their fortunes. Instead many found an ignominious death, and it's no wonder they don't lay quiet in their secret graves. 
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In urban myths she is known as the Poinciana Woman. This story originated in Darwin (Australia) in the first half of the 20th century. In one version she is a spirit who meets the ghosts of mothers and their newborn who died in childbirth, under the branches of a Poinciana tree. In another, she is a vampiric entity that seeks revenge. 
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Johann Schmidt was born in 1855 in Holzweiler, Germany. Born to a minister, ironically he had trained for this profession considering his later exploits. He immigrated to the United States in the last years of the 19th century. He changed his surname, and became known as Johann Otto Hoch after the murder of one of his first victims. 
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In 1890, a long time employee of the Louisville, St. Louis and Texas Railroad Company in Henderson, Kentucky, resigned from his position which he held for many years because of fear of encountering the ghosts haunting the yards at night. 
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Many times the reason for a haunting remains unknown, and even the identity of the ghost is a mystery. Such is the ghost story reported in 1890 by an unwilling witness. 
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To all appearances Dolly and Fred Oesterreich were a dull, average couple who owned a factory. Little did anyone expect the scandal that would soon break loose that included allegations of murder and illicit sex. 
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Captain Meriwether Lewis was born into fortunate circumstances in 1774. He is best known for his expedition to the Pacific along with his friend William Clark. He was a diplomat, explorer, friend of the President and the governor of the Upper Louisiana Territory. The man who only three years before had survived a dangerous trek over the wilds of the Rocky Mountains, died of gunshot wounds at the age of 35. Many thought it was suicide, but from the beginning there have been whispers of murder. 
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On August 26, 1979, a family hunting for arrowheads inside the Civil Defense Caves in Dubois, Idaho found a torso stuffed inside a burlap bag. It was clothed in a white shirt with blue stripes and a red sweater, and remained unidentified until January 2020. 
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Pon Pon Chapel of Ease situated on Parker's Ferry Road has been witness to war and bloodshed for hundreds of years. Prior to the Revolutionary War, ten parishes were established in this coastal area of South Carolina that linked the important towns such as Savannah and Charleston. 
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If there was ever a place where a soul could find no escape even after death it would be a prison, which are full of violence, hate and regrets. Here are some of those places. 
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Joseph Klimek’s guardian angels were working overtime on his behalf. They may have dropped the ball when he married his wife Tillie, but they used his brother to assist. Suspicions and a visit to the doctor proved what he feared, his brother was being poisoned. 
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The Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse sits on a piece of land replete with history and colorful legends. It was completed in 1860, and thousands of visitors have crossed its threshold through the years. Many of them have reported hearing "strange noises" and feeling "cold spots" while climbing the 100-foot spiral staircase. Others felt hands touching their shoulders when there is no one behind them. 
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In the Andes foothills sits the ancient Incan village known as Iglesia Colorada. It is tucked in the Atacama desert, one of the driest regions of the world. 
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The Roaring Twenties are remembered for speakeasies hidden in remote locations or the basement of a building. Slim flappers shimmied while drinking illegal hooch, and gangland killings made the front page of newspapers. But there were other dark deeds being committed, even against the innocent. 
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The first military hospital in Aldershot, Hampshire was situated near a church. It was established as a lunatic asylum and pestilence hospital. Close by was the Union Hospital, which started out as a poor house. During the mid-1800s the Connaught Hospital for a while specialized in treating men with venereal disease, and ended as a dental facility which closed its doors in 1973. However long before it was abandoned there were stories about a mysterious gray lady. 
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There is a little-known but very interesting case of a serial sexual killer who targeted older women. Between 1995 to 1997 he claimed fifteen lives in the city of Apulia (also known as Puglia) located in Italy's heel. 
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Lone Pine, California has only one road with a traffic light. Whitney Portal Road heads westward across Highway 395, traversing the Alabama Hills and onto Mount Whitney which is nine miles away. It is the tallest mountain in mainland United States. Like many routes that started out as trails they are witness to human traffic and tragedy, and inevitably tales of hauntings. 
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There is a solitary outpost in Afghanistan known as "The Rock", short for Observation Point Rock (OP Rock). It's situated southeast of Patrol Base Hassan Abad, and developed a reputation for being haunted. 
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In 1875, Chicago's county hospital was located in the South Side. Even then it was considered old and rickety. The morgue was an out-house attached to the hospital. It was located apart from the main building because of the bad odor coming from it. Bodies would be stretched out on slabs awaiting burial. Only during winter months did the place not smell like a charnel house. |
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