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Over a hundred and fifty years ago a carpet-bag with grisly contents was discovered on Waterloo Bridge in London. Who it was and who left it there remains a mystery till this day.
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Many people are familiar with the urban myths involving phantom hitchhikers. One of the most famous in the United States is Chicago's Resurrection Mary. ![]()
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The area of West 44th Street in New York City was just a patch of farmland and forest in 1792. The American Revolutionary War had ended less than 10 years before, and maybe events that took place then caused the ghost that eventually became known as Lucy Ryan to haunt this area. ![]()
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One of the most famous apparitions is a hitchhiking White Lady seen on the shore of White Rock Lake in Dallas, Texas. Who was she, and is she the only one who haunts this place? ![]()
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In 1965 a bride-to-be on the eve of her wedding day, lost her life and since then the stretch of road has been the scene of a phantom hitchhiker. ![]()
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Lonely stretches of road all over the country are said to be haunted by the spirit of lost hitchhiker ladies, always trying to reach their final destination. ![]()
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In August 1900, it was reported that a mansion known as the Page House was haunted by a white lady. For over a hundred years it was a famous inn in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. ![]()
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A few days before Christmas 1900, a twelve-year-old girl named Inez came home from school on Friday afternoon. She told her younger brother she was going inside for a moment, and when she failed to return he went to search for her; he saw something reflected in the mirror that faced the open closet that sent him screaming from the room. ![]() By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories On September 19, 1911 Lady Frances M. Garnett-Orme was found dead in her room at the Savoy Hotel in the hill station of Mussoorie in northern India. The body was carefully laid out, as if posed after she died, and the doors were locked from the inside. ![]() By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories The Endurance was found four miles from where her captain, Frank Worsely reported her going down in 1915. It wasn't only the loss of the ship which made this endeavor so famous, but the tribulations the crew had to endure in order to reach safety. ![]() By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories Wyoming Frontier Prison is known as The Old Pen, with a reputation of being the most haunted prison in the state. Of all the inmates that were held there, one of the most grisly and psychopathic was Andrew Pixley who was executed in the gas chamber in 1965. It's claimed he's not moved on from where he met his demise and justice was served. However the area is rich in a history of bloodthirsty outlaws. ![]() By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories The Belvedere Orphanage in Newfoundland was slated for demolition after it was damaged by fire in April, 2017. The question is: what happens to the spirits that are said to haunt this centuries-old orphanage, school and convent when it is repurposed as an apartment building? ![]() By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories A family outing became the most unexpected moment when an otherworldly being made its presence known. ![]() By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories When you see a horror movie about a cursed house, once the credits roll you sigh with relief because you live in an ordinary house. Everything changes when it comes to actually buying one, and then living in a home that's stigmatized either by murder, suicide or an actual haunting. ![]() by M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories Lake Compounce is the oldest, continuously operating amusement park in the United States. It's located in Bristol, Connecticut and originally covered 332 acres that included a beach and water park. ![]() By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories Mines, both mysterious and treacherous are believed by the men that work there to be haunted. Sometimes these apparitions try to give a warning of pending disaster, other times they lure the living to their doom. In Grant Town, West Virginia the Federal No. 1 mine operated from 1901 until 1985 and was said to be haunted by a Russian miner. ![]() By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories When and how a non-human spirit known as The Elemental came to haunt Leap Castle in Ireland is unknown. Its origins, the first person to encounter it, and even its exact nature until this day are shrouded in mystery. ![]() By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories The RAF Museum at Cosford houses hundreds of aircraft, but there is one craft, an Avro Lincoln RF398 which is said to be haunted by a pilot that was killed in a crash. ![]() By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories Tamworth has many ghosts that are said to be haunting it's ancient walls, but two of the most famous are the Black Lady and the White Lady. ![]() By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories Abraham Lincoln is widely claimed to haunt the White House, but his cousin Dennis Friend Hanks (1799-1892), who lived with him in his childhood home in Indiana, was reputed to haunt the house he owned in Charleston, Illinois. ![]()
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Waikumete Cemetery is located in Auckland. It is the largest cemetery in New Zealand, and the second largest in the southern hemisphere. It covers almost 300 acres, and has over 70,000 burials. Is it little wonder that it has a fearsome reputation as being very haunted. ![]() By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories It was after 1912 that the first houses were built overlooking Benedict Canyon in Beverly Hills. A spacious, Bavarian-style house was constructed at 9820 Easton Drive in 1930 for Paul Bern, an MGM executive. Why grisly death was to become a familiar visitor there remains a mystery. ![]() By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories In November 1873, Almon P. Sherman was a general superintendent for the American Express Company in Buffalo, New York. None would believe the well-liked man would come back as a haunting spirit. ![]() By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories In 1876, an arched, stone tunnel was built under the Grand Trunk railroad tracks in Niagara Falls. So how did something built as a drainage passage become known as the "Screaming Tunnel" or the "Blue Ghost Tunnel"? ![]() By M.P. Pellicer | Stranger Than Fiction Stories It was a roomy, but old fashioned house. A low, two-story structure built in the shape of a T; it had a cluster of tall chimneys in the middle and three gables hidden in ivy. When built it had been quite out of town, but soon cottages and villas surrounded the high wall enclosing the grounds. The lawn was shaded with old trees and the garden had thickets of lilac and snowball. |
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