Ghosts

The Spirit of Mary Surratt The spirit of Mary Surratt is believed to haunt her old boarding house and was said to have returned to write a bitter message during an 1890s séance slate-writing session.

A Photograph of Uncle William A photograph of long-dead Uncle William appears in a snap-shot taken of a little girl by her mother.

The Veil Between The veil between the living and the dead is torn when a father returns for his young daughter.

Haunted by a Death-bed Promise Some spouses asked for death-bed promises that their husband or wife would not remarry. And some returned from beyond the grave to enforce that promise.

Vampire Varieties A variety of vampire posts for World Dracula Day.

The Dead Travel Fast Traveling fast, a mysterious buggy and its dead ? rider approach a house, but never arrive.

A Haunted Asylum What strange ghost in black haunted the Flatbush Insane Asylum?

Spook Wants a Coroner A young lady ghost (?) asks to give an ante-mortem statement about the cause of her death. Was she a spook or an insane woman?

Midnight Grange and Bogey Park – Haunted Houses To Let A report on haunted houses available from the estate agents of the Society for Psychical Research.