Ghost Stories

Canon Alberic's Scrap-book
St. Bertrand de Comminges is a decayed town on the...

Ben Jonson's Prevision
Ben Jonson told Drummond of Hawthornden that "when...

Childless
In the city of The-Great-name lived a rich idler name...

The Prior Of Tynemouth
Prior Olaf stood on the central merlon of the gate to...

The Frightened Carrier
In October 1813, a little before midnight, as one of ...

Dr Duthoit's Vision
I knew a fine specimen of an English abbe when I w...

The Apparition Of Mrs Veal
This relation is matter of fact, and attended ...

Jeanne D'arc
Upon her trial, as it is repeated by Chartier, she...

Farm House 5 Construction
A house of this kind must, according to its locality, a...

The Deathbed Of Louis Xiv
"Here is a strange story that the Duc d'Orleans told me...

"Court Records"

Queen Ulrica And The Countess Steenbock
When Queen Ulrica was dead, her corpse was placed in the usual way in an open coffin, in a room hung with black and lighted with numerous wax candles; a company of the king's guards did duty in the ante-room. O...