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Richard Harris’ Haunted London House

Richard Harris’ Haunted London House

I don’t know if this should be filed under "Folklore" or "Other Mysteries" so I’ll put it here.
Please know that I’ll refrain from publishing the exact whereabouts of the house since the present owners have requested so.

Cerne Abbas Goddess?

Cerne Abbas Goddess?

We recieved the following e-mail from one of our readers:

Years ago on a TV show (sorry no idea what it was) I thought I remembered
that "NASA’s Deep Core Imaging Satelite" picked up the image of a matching
lady/goddess on a hill beside the Giant. She had been allowed to grow back
and was not visible without the use of this satelite.

Mesmerism

Mesmerism

Mesmerism was popular in the 19th century.  But did it have any real value or was it just (quote) ‘a bit of medical quackery developed in the 18th century by the German physician Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815)’

http://skepdic.com/mesmer.html

Haunted Items

Haunted Items

There seems to quite a few haunted tales concerning spirits or ghosts attached to certain items. There is the famous Spedlins Bible which became forever interlinked with the ghost when used to exorcise it. Other tales concern bodily parts such as skulls. Do you know any such accounts and whether there is any factual basis for them? Below is the tale of Calgarth Hall:

Ghostly Categories

Ghostly Categories

Most natural things on Earth have been assigned into categories such as mineral, animal, vegetable and sub categorized further such as mamal, fish, amphibian and again and so on. Hence everything has a place in the order of things.

Culloden

Culloden

Knowing the area well and with an interest in the Rebellion of the 45, there are a number of tales connected to the battle and the nearby Culloden House Hotel. The best I’ve heard recently was regarding the B9006 near Kilravock Castle. This was the route taken by the Jacobite on the abortive night march to surprise the Hanovarian army who were camped at Nairn.

The Teesdale Inheritance

The Teesdale Inheritance

This a very obscure and very little known episode of the neverending UFO saga which deserves special mention.

On the March 11-17 1988 issue of the Nouvel Observateur, a large format Paris weekly, appeared a very interesting advertisement.

Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP)

Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP)

Here’s one for all the ghostbusters/wannabe Yvette Fieldings. Has anyone had experience of EVP, and if so, what’s your opinion on this?

Irish Spiritualism

Irish Spiritualism

We have recently been contacted by a reader asking if we know of any Spiritualist Churches in Ireland.  From what I can gather, Spiritualism is not as wide spread in Ireland as it is in the United Kingdom.  Does anyone where a list of Irish churches can be found?

Phantom Hitchhiker

Phantom Hitchhiker

You’ve all heard the story before. A driver going along a lonely road picks up a hitchhiker. Then the hitchhiker vanishes from the car. It is a classic account and one that many stories are based upon, but are there any real phantom hitchhikers? I ask this for two reasons. Firstly, I have never heard a first hand witness account.