Some ghost stories have exerted such a dramatic effect upon witnesses that they have cracked unsolved mysteries, sometimes even influencing legal decisions. Among the standout cases:
▪ In the June 1897 “Greenbrier Ghost” trial of West Virginia, the apparition of Zona Heaster motivated her mother to exhume her body, not only revealing that she had been murdered but allowing the state to charge her husband;
▪ In 1925’s Chaffin Will Case, a North Carolina father reappeared to one of his sons four years after his death to alert him to the existence of a secret will;
▪ In 1930, Irish medium Eileen J. Garrett solved the mystery of Britain’s R-101 airship disaster with the help of its victims, whose testimony from beyond the grave stirred troubling legal ramifications.
Up Next in Season Six
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Project ‘Stargate’, Ingo Swann,
While enrolled in the United States’ Stargate Project, psychic Ingo Swann was charged with remote viewing a set of coordinates on the dark side of the moon by a mysterious government agent named “Mr. Axelrod.” Swann’s successful track record came to an abrupt halt as he saw a vision which simply ...
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Unsolved Mystery of the Fort Mountain...
Perched atop Fort Mountain in northern Georgia stands a mysterious stone wall, stretching 885 feet. Today, no one knows who built the structure, nor what purpose it served. There exist several possible candidates, each more intriguing than the last: Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto, alleged ...
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The Mystery of Hengiform Forts… Irela...
Ireland’s countless Iron Age ringforts have engendered wonder among folklorists and historians alike. To the superstitious, they are commonly regarded as access points to the Otherworld, enjoying a close association with the country’s robust fairy folklore. One common architectural feature found ...
