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

In the years following the American Revolution, when the country was still uncertain of itself and the frontier was still a place of violence, two brothers carved out a story of fear across the wilderness. When their story was first published in 1824, many people thought it was s ...  Show more

In the winter of 1864, two ships met their fate on one of the most remote and unforgiving stretches of the Southern Ocean. The Grafton and the Invercauld were wrecked thousands of miles from civilization, leaving their survivors stranded on the desolate Auckland Islands. What fol ...  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?

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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