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‘ghost panics’

National Ghost Hunting Day

National Ghost Hunting Day Celebrating National Ghost Hunting Day with profiles of famous ghost hunters and stories of spook seekers, amateur or professional.

Jack the Stripper

Jack the Stripper The story of “Jack the Stripper,” who shocked a Cincinnati, Ohio neighborhood from about 1875 to 1878, wore nothing but a coat of grease, caused a rather prurient panic, and evaded both bullets and arrest with ease. No one knew where he came from; he simply melted away in the dark, to the despair of the police force and the titillation of the ladies.