A Shot in the Dark: The Hammersmith Ghost of ...

SOURCES Brunt, Douglas (2023) The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel. Atria Books, London, UK. Edinburgh Evening Dispatch (1913) The Missing Inventor. Edinburgh Evening Dispatch, Thurs 2 Oct 1913, p2. Edinburgh, UK. New York Times (1913) Dr Diesel Vanishes From A Steamship. New Yor ...  Show more

In the early 1970’s a small group of Canadians making up the Toronto Society for Psychical Research set out to prove the existence of ghosts and poltergeists. Such an investigation was sure to need a highly controlled experiment if it were to hold any integrity at all, and the To ...  Show more

In Hammersmith, London, 1804, a ghost was on the prowl. Haunting many who passed, and with some of the encounters leading to insanity or even death, one man decided to get a gun and end the ghost. However, it wouldn't be the ghost he met one night.  YouTube: https://www.youtube. ...  Show more

The 19th century was a time of rapid technological leaps: the telegraph, the steam boat, the radio were invented during this century. But this era was also the peak of spiritualism: the belief that ghosts and spirits were real and could be communicated with after death. Seance ...

Spirit photography took over during the mid-19th century. But is it possible to catch a ghost in a photograph?

Find Edwin on Instagram and Twitter at @edwincov or over at edwin.fm

Join our community:
  Show more

In the winter of 1803, residents outside of London reported strange encounters with a ghost. Some said it looked like Napoleon Bonaparte, or a horse without a head. Others said the ghost breathed fire and smoke. By Christmas, there was a “full-scale phantom panic.” Shortly after ...  Show more