War

A Ghost of the Gallipoli Campaign A dying man during the Gallipoli Campaign sees the apparition of his sister. Oddly enough, so does a war correspondent.

The Worst Soldier in the British Army Tommy Brown, the worst soldier in the British Army, saves his comrades in an extraordinary and coincidental way.

Cheiro and Mata Hari Society Palmist Cheiro tells of his encounters with dancer and alleged spy, Mata Hari.

Broad Stripes and Bright Stars The American flag is not an easy subject for simulacra, yet it has frequently been seen flying as a vision in the sky.

Dreaming of Death for the Romanovs A lady has a series of prophetic dreams: first, that an heir will be born to the Tsar; and also that his family faces death and destruction if he goes to war.

Two Skulls at Thiepval British war artist William Orpen and a French painter have strange encounters with unburied skulls at the Somme.

Dr. Sinclair and the Fourth Dimension A respectable physician terrifies himself with his esoteric studies –and receives some visitors from the Fourth Dimension with a plan to end the First World War.

The Bloody Bed. Two examples of ghostly soldiers alerting their families to their deaths–one from World War I; the other from the Civil War.

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