Snowball the tailor: a raven, a dog and a request for absolution
A medieval account follows a tailor’s encounter with a changing spirit and his journey to obtain written absolution.
Insufficient evidence#0195
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Observations
Documented events, historical claims and public reports. Event dates and review status are listed separately; unidentified does not mean extraterrestrial.
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The Athenian house in chains: Pliny’s Athenodorus story
A philosopher rents a suspiciously cheap house and follows an apparition to a place where the letter says human remains were discovere…
Insufficient evidence#0193
The Hammersmith ghost: when a ghost hunt ended in tragedy
A white figure, armed night patrols and a real court case that outlasted the rumour behind it.
An explanation exists#0115
The Cock Lane ghost: knocks, an accusation and the 1762 investigation
A supposed spirit answered through knocks and appeared to accuse a living man of murder.
An explanation exists#0113
Domovoi: the invisible household master and the stories around him
Why families invited a household spirit into a new home, and what ethnographic records actually preserve.
Insufficient evidence#0111