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Via Newspapers.com Calvin is among the literary cats who have been immortalized in prose.

The Lamb Inn was a large, comfortable establishment in Bristol, England, with a long history, from the mid-17th century until it was demolished in 1910, Over the centuries, the inn undoubtedly saw many strange and interesting things, but undoubtedly its m…

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Via Newspapers.com File this one under “Life’s random little oddities.”

Sarah Althea Hill That old, old story: “Boy meets girl, boy loves girl, boy dumps girl.”

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Via Newspapers.com The following story goes in that bulging file known as “restless ghosts of murder victims.”

The 1883 book “Shropshire Folk-lore: A Sheaf of Gleanings” included a story about what we today would call a “poltergeist” which appeared to center around an enigmatic farm servant.

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Via Newspapers.com On this blog, I’ve covered what many Fortean experts like to call “Anomalous Falls From the Sky,” but this is a new one for me.

"Kitsap Sun," February 18, 1997, via Newspapers.com Every suicide is a tragedy, of course.

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Via Newspapers.com This odd case of a man and his apparent doppelganger appeared in the “Vancouver World,” July 21, 1894: "There is a mystery now of five years standing in the lumber regions of Northern Pennsylvania," said George W.

"Dayton Daily News," October 6, 1966, via Newspapers.com Investigating a violent death can be difficult enough if it is uncertain whether it is a case of suicide, or murder.

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Via Newspapers.com This eerie little tale appeared in the “Shamokin News Dispatch,” November 26, 1929: To have been haunted day and night by the apparition of his wife who passed away just a month ago with the result that he could not sleep and then went…

In 1981, the journal of the Northern Earth Mysteries Group (now known simply as “Northern Earth,”) published an article by Frank E.

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Via Newspapers.com This account of a particularly lively poltergeist appeared in the “Edmonton Journal,” August 15, 1939: The Germans have a word for it; so have the Africans of the West Indies.

"Illustrated Police News," June 7, 1879, via Newspapers.com Evil and depravity can have a certain fascination if they are cloaked in a benign or attractive exterior.

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Via Newspapers.com This account of a strange figure that seemed to take fashion tips from the Ku Klux Klan appeared in the “Syracuse Post Standard,” December 8, 1901: CAZENOVIA, Dec. 7.

Some people make it into the history books by becoming world leaders.

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