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CONTENTS

WHAT IS A GHOST? 2–3

RESTLESS SOULS 4–5

UNKNOWN FORCES 6–7

HOLY GHOSTS 8–9

THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT 10–11

SPECTRAL ARMIES 12–13

PHANTOM SHIPS 14–15

LITERARY SPOOKING 16–17

GHOSTLY BEASTS 18–19

PARALLEL WORLDS 20–21

THIS HAUNTED ISLAND 22–23

GLOBAL HAUNTINGS 24–25

GLOBAL ATTITUDES 26–27

MODERN GHOSTS 28–29

GHOSTBUSTING 30–31

DID YOU KNOW? 32

INDEX INSIDE BACK COVER

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WHAT THE DICKENS? IT WAS A GHOST THAT TOOK SCROOGE BY SURPRISE AND CHANGED HIS LIFE FOREVER IN CHARLES DICKENS’ FAMOUS BOOK, A CHRISTMAS CAROL. BUT GHOSTS DON’T JUST APPEAR IN FICTION. THERE ARE MANY RECORDS OF REAL SIGHTINGS AROUND THE WORLD. Ghosts IFC_01:Ghosts IFC_01 8/25/09 9:19 AM Page 1 GHOSTSGHOSTS BY JOHN GUY Ghosts_Int_02-31:Ghosts 02-31 8/24/09 3:07 PM Page 2

WHATWHAT ISIS AA GHOST?GHOST?

obody really knows what a ghost is. Even with a long N history of recorded sightings, no basic facts have ever been established. Modern researchers continue to study ghosts. Until more is known, the question of whether or TRICKS & PRANKS not ghosts really exist is largely a matter of faith. Perhaps the most constant belief is that ghosts are spirits Many photographs of ghosts have turned out to be fakes. of the dead. This connects the subject of ghosts with the Ghostly pictures were popular larger issues of religious belief, superstitions, and at the end of the nineteenth scientific theory. Whatever our views, the many century when photography stories of unusual ghostly sightings and events was a new technology. The easiest photographic trick is makes this interesting phenomenon (event) hard to double exposure. This is when ignore. Why are there reports of ghosts nearly two separate shots are taken everywhere in the world? What on the same piece of film. truth is behind these strange One image is placed on top of the other. Then both images sightings? appear on the same photograph. MEETING GHOSTS The image of a ghost that comes to mind for most people is a sad figure, clothed in a white gown, rattling chains, and perhaps dragging a ball and chain behind it. In reality, many ghosts don’t look like this. Most ghosts seem to appear only once. This is usually at the moment of their death. They never return to haunt their former home. Many people who claim to have seen a ghost report the experience as a positive and uplifting one. They feel fear only at first, when the ghost begins to appear.

THE AFTERLIFE Throughout history, most societies have believed in some form of life after death, or afterlife. The ancient Egyptians prepared for the journey into the afterlife by mummifying and preserving a body after death. The Christian church promises that the human soul will be reborn after death. Ghosts are sometimes thought to be souls or spirits trapped on Earth. They are unable to pass over to the next life.

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AMAZING LIGHTS Some ghosts may be caused by natural phenomena (events). In the past, amazing lights such as the northern lights around the North Pole could have been mistaken for visits from spirits. A common phenomenon known as will-o’-the-wisp has often been mistaken for ghosts. For centuries, people saw these mysterious pale lights floating over marshes. But these lights aren’t ghosts; they are actually made by the natural burning of marsh gasses.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT People near death have reported seeing a tunnel of strange white light. They think this light leads them into the afterlife. Now scientists think they can explain these near-death experiences. Lack of information to the senses can produce hallucinations (seeing things that aren’t there). Also, lack of oxygen to the brain could cause the tunnel and white light effect. Ghosts_Int_02-31:Ghosts 02-31 8/24/09 3:07 PM Page 4

ASTRAL BODIES Most religions believe in a spirit world (or astral plane) that souls of the dead return to. It is not a separate place but is thought to be all around us. Some believe it is always there, we just aren’t aware of it. The astral body, or spirit of a person is said to leave the body during sleep and at death to enter this other level of being. Ghosts may be astral bodies of dead people that are trapped between this world and the next. Until released in some way, they can’t pass fully into the spirit world.

FOOD FOR ISLE OF THE BLESSED THOUGHT In Celtic mythology, when King Arthur was about to die he was taken in a Maybe victims of violent boat to Avalon, Isle (or Island) of crimes, such as murder, the Blessed. According to produce a lot of chemicals legend, Arthur survived. He like adrenaline. Or maybe swore to return to fight the they have a high charge of enemies of his country electrical activity in their whenever he was needed. bodies. In some way this may Arthur is unable to rest send an image or energy field because he may be called into the air around them. upon. Some people have Sometimes, this image might seen the ghost of Arthur in be seen like a hologram the Cam Valley in Somerset, (three-dimensional picture). A England. This is supposed to be hologram is only an image the site of his last battle. with no real substance.

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RESTLESSRESTLESS SOULSSOULS

he most common reason given for a T ghost appearing is that the spirit or soul of the dead person is troubled and unable to rest. These ghosts are often connected to a sense of injustice (unfairness). Injustice might be felt by the victim of a violent murder who returns again and again to the scene of the crime. The victim’s spirit is unable to rest until the killer has been caught. It could also PHANTOM CARGO be that the ghost In Papua New Guinea, natives felt guilty about are often seen watching the something it did in horizon for “phantom cargo.” life. Or a ghost They wait for dead relatives might simply be to come in big canoes (nowadays, ships and planes someone who was too) full of goods. In the not ready to die and past, missionaries who felt sad that their brought items from home time on Earth had were sometimes allowed to been cut short. settle in Papua. This was because the natives mistook the missionaries for the ghosts of their dead ancestors.

HEADLESS HAUNTINGS Headless ghosts are common, perhaps because they feel a strong sense of injustice about meeting such a violent end. In the past, many executions happened at the Tower of London. It is said to be the most haunted place in the world. In Paris at the time of the French Revolution (1789–99), many people were executed by having their heads cut off. The site of the executions is said to be haunted by several headless ghosts. The ghosts include King Louis XIV and Queen Marie Antoinette. MYTHICAL GODS In Norse mythology, one of the most feared ghosts was Odin, the god of war. Leading a pack of dogs on the “Wild Hunt,” Odin rides across the night sky in search of lost souls. Seeing this ghost usually meant that a death would happen soon.

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UNKNOWNUNKNOWN FORCESFORCES

ost ghosts appear to be kind, or M at least cause no physical harm. However, some spirits seem to be able to cause actual bodily injuries or, in some cases, death. These spirits are called poltergeists. There are also many reports of people being hurt by invisible attackers. One case in 1761 in Ventimiglia, Italy, involved a woman who was attacked by an unseen force. Her body was torn apart. Four people with her saw the event, but remained unharmed. HAIR TODAY, GONE TOMORROW Between 1876 and 1879 in Nanjing, China, a strange phenomenon occurred POLTERGEISTS several times. An invisible Poltergeist activity often includes objects being attacker cut off many thrown through the air. Sometimes they also people’s pigtails. Sometimes seem to appear out of nowhere. In 1998, all a shadowy figure was the items shown here “fell” into a house in glimpsed. At other times the Northern Territory of Australia in a the hair was grabbed from period of 2 to 3 hours. The knife flew past an behind and cut off but investigator who was in the house at the time. nothing was seen. Similar It just missed his ear. happenings were reported in Canada in 1899 and in London in 1922.

CAUGHT ON CAMERA FOOD FOR This frame from 1967 video THOUGHT footage taken in Rosenheim, There is plenty of evidence of Germany, shows a light fixture poltergeist activity, but the in a lawyer’s office swinging on source of this “power” is still a its own. No physical cause mystery. Much poltergeist could be found. The telephone activity happens around young system also acted strangely. All teenage girls at the time when four of the office telephones their bodies are changing. The would suddenly ring without girls may be the source of the reason. Strange power surges poltergeist activity. This is were recorded. The lawyer because there may be more called in experts to help. The mental and chemical activity source of these mysterious affecting the environment happenings seemed to be his around them. clerk, a 19-year-old woman. When she left, the activity stopped.

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HOUSE CLEARANCE The furniture in this house in Dodleston, England, was repeatedly piled into one corner of the room by an unknown force. This happened while the owners were out of the room. On one occasion in 1983, computer messages were also received. These were said to be sent by a man living in the sixteenth century. Perhaps this is a case of parallel worlds, where people from other times or dimensions appear to be sharing the same space with us.

BODILY HARM In 1926, this 13-year-old Romanian girl, Eleonore Zugun, was badly injured by an invisible force. Witnesses describe seeing her throat being squeezed as though she were being choked. On other occasions, bite and scratch marks appeared on her face and neck.

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SPIRIT IN THE SKY It is not uncommon for religious visions or holy spirits to appear in the clouds. This vision of Christ is said to have been photographed during a bombing mission in the Korean War HEAVENLY VISIONS (1950–53). Ghosts are often described From time to time, someone reports seeing as cloud-like. Like a miraculous vision. These visions come in clouds, they can many forms. The possible forms include appear for a few dreams, ghostly appearances, and moments before miraculous images. In 1980, Mrs. Ivy drifting away into Wilson photographed this rainbow at thin air. The soul has Woombye in Queensland, Australia. also been described When she had the film developed as being like a cloud she noticed this image of the that breaks apart as Virgin Mary and child. The it leaves the body. photograph was not taken through glass, so it could not have been a reflection. Ghosts_Int_02-31:Ghosts 02-31 8/24/09 3:08 PM Page 9

HOLYHOLY GHOSTSGHOSTS

he Catholic Church is usually associated T (connected) with sending away unwelcome spirits. However, it also has its fair share of ghosts. Many of these take the form of miraculous images, or visions of Christ, the Virgin Mary, or the saints. Apart from these religious visions, the Church tends to explain ghosts as restless spirits. They believe that the GETTING THE HABIT ghosts’ souls, for one reason or another, are unable to pass There are many ruined over into the afterlife. The Church blames the bad behavior churches and abbeys said to be of poltergeists on the Devil. Most religions classify good and haunted by monks and nuns. A bad spirits in much the same way. The Christian church Siberian peasant monk, Grigori calls the spirit of God the Holy Ghost. Rasputin, is said to haunt the old royal palace in Moscow. METHODIST IN THEIR MADNESS Rasputin became a friend of Czar Nicholas II and his wife Toward the end of the seventeenth century, the Wesley family Alexandra. He basically ruled moved into the Old Rectory at Epworth in Yorkshire, Russia before the Revolution. England. Years earlier, the Wesley family founded the He made many enemies and Methodist Church. The rectory became the center of was murdered by a group of much activity and religious excitement. This may have noblemen in 1916. His ghost unsettled a Catholic spirit. For a short period during still walks the halls of power, 1715–16, the house suffered what may have been perhaps to seek revenge. poltergeist activity. Many strange things happened. A corn grinder and a mechanical spit started up on their own. Sounds of a rocking cradle and mysterious knocking noises were heard. Doors suddenly flew open. Headless FOOD FOR animals were seen, and members of the family were thrown THOUGHT against walls. The activity slowly stopped, but strange things still sometimes occur there. Seeing visions in cloud shapes has a simple explanation. Such visions can be very clear, but are DREAMTIME thought to be recalled Aboriginal Australians from something seen treat their dead before. If we stare long relatives with honor. and hard at some surface, They have no fear of many of us will begin to death. The ghosts of see things. For example, their dead are we might see faces in the welcome to join in patterns on wallpaper or their rituals and in the flickering flames of celebrations. a fire. This is true of Aboriginals sometimes images in the sky. The perform magic rituals human mind works hard to to renew their “read” what is being seen. relationship with their It may decide that shapes dead ancestors who are a familiar object or are encouraged to perhaps a ghost the visit their earthly person wants to see. tribal lands.

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT THINGSTHINGS THATTHAT Early Church teachings were probably used to tie ghosts and GOGO BUMPBUMP ININ haunting music to the Devil. This could have been one way the Church tried to pull people away THETHE NIGHTNIGHT from pagan religions. Many European legends tell of ghosts haunting the ancient stone trange sounds often come with ghosts. Indeed, monuments. These were centers of S some ghosts seem only to be spirits that can pagan religions. Some say the be heard but not seen. Sounds that were part of stones themselves are the remains of dancers who were turned to stone by the earthly life of the ghost are common. So too the Devil as they danced on the is music. Sometimes, especially with poltergeists, Sabbath. a haunting is accompanied by bad language or statements against the Church. The poltergeist often speaks through living people, as if the ghost was using them as a way to show its anger. When people hear ghosts they often feel a sense of dread. It is as if they are predicting a tragic event. In Irish folklore, wailing banshees are female spirits said to warn of a death that will happen soon. Such spirits are common in many other societies, including India and South America.

A PLANE MYSTERY Many people think the American musician Glen Miller was the finest band leader of his day. On December 15, 1944, he took a plane from England to Paris to arrange a series of concerts for the U.S. troops in France. The plane disappeared into thick fog and was never seen again. Several reports have described the outline of a small aircraft flying in the area where the plane is believed to have gone down. The sightings are accompanied by the ghostly sounds of a trombone. Ghosts_Int_02-31:Ghosts 02-31 8/24/09 3:09 PM Page 11

THE DEVIL’S MUSIC In more religious times, ghosts were often seen as the Devil himself in physical form. They were considered to be evil, especially if music accompanied them. There are many old stories of the Devil going to parties. He would disguise himself as a musician to tempt people to dance on the Sabbath (the seventh day of the week, a holy day). He played demonic music until the dancers either dropped from exhaustion or died.

HAUNTING SEA SONGS Mermaids are creatures said to have no soul. In some stories, ghosts are turned into mermaids and condemned to roam the Earth in search of a soul. Legend tells of the sad, haunting songs these creatures sang to bring people to them. Scientists have recently suggested that these “ghosts of the sea” are no more than mirages (false images).The mirages are formed by changes in the air caused by differing sea temperatures.

THE SCENTED SPIRITS DRUMMER OF Some ghosts make their TEDWORTH presence felt by smells, as well as by sound. At At Tedworth in Cotehele House in Wiltshire, England, Cornwall, England, a famous ghost has several ghosts have been been making reported over the years. regular One of them is the spirit appearances since of a white lady. Ghostly music the seventeenth century. is sometimes heard, but visitors often ask The ghostly outline of a figure in the about the strong, herbal scent that seems full military uniform of the day has to be everywhere in the house. often been seen on the old road The scent seems to come and to Devizes. He is heard playing go throughout the day. a drum.

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CITY OF GOD While camped outside Rome in 312 CE, Emperor SPECTRALSPECTRAL ARMIESARMIES Constantine saw a vision of a fiery cross in the midday sky. Writing on it urged him to attack the city. He carried out the attack and won. Constantine was very grateful to n the past, when more people believed in myths and the holy spirit that he claimed to have I legends, ghosts tended to be of a more remarkable seen. He was so thankful that he made nature. People reported visions of gods or heroic figures. Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire. They also commonly claimed to see spectral (or ghostly) armies fighting battles in the sky. Today, such visions are rare. In modern hauntings, people tend to see just one ghost. This would seem to suggest a link between the kind DRAKE’S DRUM of apparition (ghostly image) seen and the background and Sir Francis Drake (1540–96) used a experience of the person who sees it. There are stories of drum to call the crew of the CUSTER’S King Arthur and the ancient gods Odin and Thor fighting Golden Hind for battle. According LAST STAND great ghostly battles. These spectral events could have to legend, when he was dying In June 1876,American been mirages of actual battles. Others were perhaps signs Drake promised to return and fight for England if the drum was Civil War hero General of battles yet to be fought. Custer was killed beaten at the approach of an fighting the Sioux at the enemy. During World War II, Battle of Little Bighorn. BOWMEN OF MONS stories were told of warships being One month earlier, saved from disaster after the During World War I (1914–18), ghostly sounds of drumming were Custer and his men had the first battle fought by ridden out of Fort heard. However, Drake’s drum has British forces was at never been carried aboard any ship Abraham Lincoln at the Mons in Belgium. start of the since its return to England in the They were sixteenth century. expedition. As they outnumbered by the were leaving, people in German army. A report in the fort saw half of the the newspapers told of a soldiers rise up into the sky and miraculous vision that appeared in FOOD FOR then vanish. It may have been a the sky above the battlefield. The THOUGHT mirage caused by the heat of vision urged on the British troops. The the sun, but about half report claimed the vision was St. George and his bowmen. The power of a life-or-death the 7th Cavalry Eyewitnesses from both sides told of an army carrying battle causes the release of were later killed swords, projected onto the sky like a film. No sounds were large amounts of adrenaline in in the battle. heard but the vision was witnessed by many people the fighters. Stories such as on the battlefield. the Bowmen of Mons may have been the result of group panic. Or they may have come ACTION REPLAY out of a shared memory of In August 1942, during World War some long-past scene. People II, allied troops launched an attack often see what they want to on the German-held town of see. Three different observers Dieppe. Dieppe is on the of the same event, such as a coast of Normandy in soldier, a priest, and a scientist, France. It was before will each explain it in their the D-Day landings. own way. The soldier may see The mission was a success. Nine years later, two an army of ghost soldiers in the women on vacation near Dieppe were woken early sky. The priest may see the one morning by the sound of gunfire. For the next divine light of God. The three hours, they listened in stunned silence as the scientist may see ball lightning battle of nine years before was re-enacted. Their or interpret the others’ visions accounts were compared to official records of the battle as products of their minds. and were found to be very similar.

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THE FLYING FOOD FOR DUTCHMAN THOUGHT In 1680, the Flying Dutchman set sail from Amsterdam for Batavia The most obvious in the Dutch East Indies. The explanation for ghosts ship was badly damaged in a seen at sea is that sailors violent storm off the Cape of on long voyages can Good Hope. The captain refused become confused or to turn back and the ship was unbalanced. This could lost. His pride and bad behavior change their senses and were said to have caused God to lead them to believe they condemn him to sail the seas are seeing things that are forever. Now considered a bad not there. Their visions omen (sign), the phantom ship are much like has since been seen many times. hallucinations. Even the future king of England, George V, reported seeing the ghostship in 1881.

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ver the centuries, the world’s O oceans have been the scene of many shipping disasters. The loss of life has often given rise to tales of ghosts and phantom ships. One area ALL AT SEA particularly connected to mystery is the This rare photograph is said to show the Bermuda Triangle in the north Atlantic. images of two dead sailors seen by the ship’s Hundreds of ships (and planes) have entire crew. In the 1920s, the oil tanker SS simply disappeared there without trace. Watertown was sailing from the Pacific coast Several ghostships have been reported of America to the Panama Canal. Two of the crew died in an accident and were buried at in the area. Sometimes sightings of sea. The next day, and for several days after, phantom ships are reported by the rest of the crew saw two phantom faces believable witnesses. For example, King that looked like the dead sailors in the George V saw the Flying Dutchman as a waves behind the ship. They always young naval officer. When this happens, appeared in the same position for a few moments, then disappeared. The likenesses we are forced to take the stories appeared during the next two voyages of the seriously rather than dismiss them as ship but were never seen again. the strange thoughts of sailors who have been at sea too long. AIR SHIPS From all corners of the globe there have been reports of mysterious airships. These are not the great gas-filled zeppelins of the early twentieth century. Instead they are wooden sailing ships drifting across the sky. In 1959, one such apparition was witnessed in Papua New Guinea by the entire staff of a religious mission. SEA RESCUE In 1895, Joshua Slocum, the first man to sail around the world alone, claimed A VENGEFUL GHOST? that he was rescued by a fifteenth- In 1908, the British warship HMS Gladiator century ghost. When he was sick (left) sank in Portsmouth harbor after during a fierce storm in the hitting the American steam liner St. Azores, the American seaman Paul. Twenty-seven people died. collapsed on his bunk. When he Incredibly, exactly ten years later to woke up, Slocum saw a sailor at the hour, the St. Paul capsized in the the helm of his ship, the Spray. Hudson River in New York and sank. The sailor said he was the pilot Four people died. The accident was of the Pinta, a caravel (like this never explained. Some people claimed replica) that had sailed with that somebody damaged the ship on Columbus in 1492. The vision could purpose. But because of the amazing be dismissed as a hallucination, except coincidence of date and time, many people that the Spray had remained on course believed that the ghost of a dead seaman from for about 90 miles (144 km). the Gladiator was responsible.

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LITERARYLITERARY SPOOKINGSPOOKING

eople who have never seen a P ghost find it very hard to believe in them. However, many of us keep an open mind about their existence. We certainly GHOST STORIES enjoy fictional ghosts in books Sometimes ghosts and plays. A ghostly haunting were used in stories to can be a useful way for authors present an idea or to force a character to make up message. This usually for bad behavior. In such plots, happened in politically sensitive times. During the haunted characters usually these periods, the feel so guilty that they cause government may not their own downfall. These have allowed people to literary ghosts can take on a real describe actual events. This Japanese woodcut and familiar presence in our shows a ghost imagination. We almost believe appearing to the in them. This may help to keep Samurai warrior Kingo alive the possibility of ghosts Chunagon Hideaki during the nineteenth- really existing. century civil wars in Japan.

GHOULISH GHOSTS Ghosts are big business. Many films about ghosts have been very popular. Some, like Casper the Friendly Ghost (right) and Ghostbusters, are light-hearted and make fun of ghosts. Others, such as The Exorcist, are said to be based on real events. The Exorcist tells the story of a young girl possessed by the Devil. When the film was shown in one theater in Australia, several people left before the movie started because of strange events in the theater.

GHOSTLY INTERVENTION Dante’s celebrated poem The Divine Comedy may never have been published if not for the intervention of his own ghost. When he died in 1321, everyone thought his poem was unfinished. This was because, in spite of a long search, the missing part of the poem could not be found. One night, however, Dante’s ghost appeared to his son, Jacopo, in a dream. The ghost told him the secret hiding place. It has been suggested that Jacopo may have finished the poem himself and used the story of the ghost to pass off the work as his father’s.

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GUILTY CONSCIENCE Many authors have used a ghost in their plots to make their characters face up to their past actions. Shakespeare used a ghost scene to make Macbeth regret the murder of Banquo. In A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Scrooge is visited by the ghosts of Christmases past, present, and future. The ghosts come to convince Scrooge to stop being a greedy old miser. Dickens himself was buried at Westminster Abbey in London. However, his ghost is said to haunt a graveyard in Rochester where the author had wanted to be buried.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT Humankind seems to enjoy mystery. In the past, religions helped us to explain what we didn’t understand. People feared God and believed in demons, evil spirits, and the afterlife. Science has explained away many of the mysteries of life and death. This GHOSTLY VISIT makes some people miss The Swiss psychologist Carl Jung believing in something outside (1875–1961) was very interested in the themselves. Perhaps this is why afterlife. He wrote about it in his some people believe in ghosts. autobiography. He once claimed that Also, it is comforting to think the ghost of a friend who had there could be some life after recently died had visited him in a death. Books and movies about dream. The ghost took him on a ghosts both entertain us and tour of the friend’s study. The seem to feed a spiritual need. following day, Jung visited the man’s However, as far we know they widow and asked to see the study. have no basis in fact. Jung had never seen the study before. To his amazement, it was exactly as it had looked in his dream.

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nimals are often included in accounts of ghost sightings. A Sometimes, ghosts of dead pets appear in much the same way as those of people. Some ghost animals are seen as being bad omens. Perhaps more interesting is that animals seem to sense the presence of ghosts before humans are aware of them. This may mean that animals have a kind of extrasensory WHITE BIRDS perception (ESP). ESP is White doves are often the ability to sense things associated with love, peace, most people cannot, such as and with life itself. But sometimes they are said to be ghosts. Dogs often will not enter signs of death. Ghostly white a haunted room or, if they do, their birds have been seen fluttering neck hair will rise as if they know above the beds of those near something is there. Animals often to death. Sometimes they are seen by the dying person. sense things way beyond the normal Other times they’re seen by human range. This means they may detect other witnesses. They always the changes to electro-magnetic fields that predict a death in the are often connected with reports of ghosts. household. Similar sightings have been reported from widely different places such as THE DEVIL Ireland and Japan. Most societies of the world believe in some evil being. In Christianity, this FOOD FOR being is called the Devil. THOUGHT He usually represents the opposite of all that is good. When something To see him is to bring bad unexpected happens, luck or death. He often most people react with takes the form of a fear. Large black cats creature who is half man, have been seen in half beast. Many people places around the world believe that all animal where such wild animals ghosts are really the should not live. It is Devil in disguise. very easy to say these beasts are in some way supernatural or ghostly. PHANTOM DOGS However, evidence The most commonly seen animal phantoms are suggests that large wild black dogs. These are usually, but not always, cats, such as black associated with evil. They are often believed to panthers, may have be from the Devil. Those who meet them are escaped from zoos or often injured. Black dog ghosts are also said private collections. to predict death. However, it used to be These animals somehow the custom in medieval Europe to bury a managed to survive in dog in new graveyards to protect the cities. souls of the dead.

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SACRED RATS The temple of Karai Ma at Bikaner in the Indian state of Rajasthan is crowded with rats. Karai Ma is the goddess of a group of poets called Charans. Whenever a Charan dies he is believed to return to the temple as a rat. When a rat dies, it is said to return as a poet.

GHOSTLY CATS Not all ghostly sightings of animals are thought to be bad or evil. Guests at King John’s Hunting Lodge in Somerset, England, have reported seeing the ghost of a friendly tabby cat. This cat was probably the much- loved pet of a previous owner. It enters a first- floor paneled room through a closed door. Then it happily curls up on the floor before disappearing.

SCREECHING OWLS Owls have often been associated with death. Ghosts of owls that appear at the window of a house and then just disappear are thought to predict a death in the family. Ghosts_Int_02-31:Ghosts 02-31 8/24/09 3:11 PM Page 20

KIRLIAN PHOTOGRAPHY Some people who study paranormal, or ghostly and unexplained, events think that many of the so- called supernatural powers are actually natural to us. These may include the use of electrical and other energy fields. In 1939, a Russian engineer, Semyon Kirlian, invented a medical device that photographed the energies in the human body. Although it is not A SHADOW accepted by many, a OF OURSELVES number of doctors Another popular theory is now use the method that ghosts are human auras to diagnose some somehow trapped on this cancers and mental Earth long after the people disorders. After have died. Apparently, each of death, a person’s us has an invisible electro- energies might leave magnetic energy field. In the behind a ghostly past only people such as image. clairvoyants (psychics) were able to see these auras. Modern science has confirmed that the human body gives off a field of energy. This energy has been described as an aura.

BEINGS FROM OTHER WORLDS Reported sightings of ghosts are often similar to those of aliens coming to Earth in unidentified flying objects (UFOs). Both are visible only at certain times and by certain people. Perhaps they are different parts of the same phenomenon. “Aliens” may be ghosts, human spirits THE LITTLE PEOPLE from Earth rather Folk stories are full of tales of mythical creatures such as than from outer fairies, elves, and dwarves. These “little people” are seen space. as purely fictional now. However, it is possible that they began as distant memories of creatures who did actually live alongside humans. Perhaps they still do and remain hidden, but when they are seen we think they are ghosts. Ghosts_Int_02-31:Ghosts 02-31 8/24/09 3:11 PM Page 21

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hosts may not be the spirits of dead people from this G world. Perhaps they are beings from a parallel world. They are not normally visible to our human senses but occasionally we may catch a glimpse of them. The idea of other worlds existing hidden alongside our own is a very old one. Some people like to think the creatures of folk tales and mythology are not just the product of human imagination. They think these creatures TIME TRAVEL may be from memories of a long time ago when there was For centuries humankind has contact between our worlds. This can be like the animal kingdom. been interested in the idea of Animals have a different range of senses and see an entirely the past, present, and future different world than we do. We experience things differently even all being together in parallel, or side-by-side, worlds. though we are in the same space and time on Earth. Authors and filmmakers have CIRCLE OF HANDS often used the idea. The physicist Albert Einstein A long-established method of getting in (1879–1955) used his theory touch with the spirit world is to of relativity to prove that the conduct a séance. A group of people existence of parallel time and sit around a table in a quiet, space is possible. If it is, then darkened room. A medium, someone sightings of ghosts may be who is sensitive to the spirit world, glimpses of people’s past or acts as a go-between. Rituals are future lives in another performed until the medium makes dimension. Still, many people contact with a spirit. The medium receives a don’t believe in parallel message for one of the people in the group. worlds.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT Some people may be able to communicate thoughts without actually speaking. This telepathy may be most likely if the people are closely related. Perhaps mediums can also pick up thoughts and feelings about a dead friend or relative from those at a séance. If so, they would of course be true. However, mediums may just be very good judges of character. Over the years they may have become experts at telling people what they want to hear.

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or some reason, the British Isles appear to F be the focus of a lot of ghostly and other strange activity. People there have recorded more sightings of UFOs and ghosts than any other area of similar size in the world. Every year, there are MULTIPLE HAUNTINGS almost more sightings of ghosts Many sites in Britain are reported in Britain than in the rest of haunted by more than one ghost. Destroyed by fire in the world put together. This makes 1939, Borley Rectory in Essex Britain the unofficial ghost capital of was haunted by several ghosts, the world. including a poltergeist. Some doubt whether the sightings are real. Pluckley is said to be the most haunted village in Kent, or perhaps in all England. The most frequently seen ghost is the Red Lady. She haunts the local churchyard shown above. There are at least a dozen other ghosts, as well. FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN Ancient sites, such as Stonehenge in England, are often said to be haunted by spirits that protect them. One of the most common of these is the Devil himself. It is said that anyone who harms the monument will meet an early end—they might even be turned to stone. Ghosts_Int_02-31:Ghosts 02-31 8/24/09 3:12 PM Page 23

THE WHITE LADY Almost every castle in Britain is said to be haunted. Many are haunted by unknown spirits. Rochester Castle in Kent is haunted by the ghost of Lady Blanche de Warenne. During a battle at the castle in 1264, she was attacked by a rejected suitor, Gilbert de Clare. Ralph de Capo, to whom she was engaged, shot an arrow at de Clare. It bounced off de Clare’s armor and unfortunately killed Lady Blanche. Her ghost is now said to walk the castle every year on the anniversary of her death.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT LORE AND ORDER Well-known for their At Bramshill House in England, now used as a police imaginations, the academy, there have been so many ghosts reported that British have produced even the cadets have accepted that the house must be some of the world’s haunted. In addition to the more usual ghosts, there are greatest works of rooms in the house that dogs will not enter. There is even literature. Perhaps a path on the grounds that is haunted. One of the saddest their lively minds want of the several ghosts that haunt the house is a young girl. She to see mystery where died when she hid in a chest during a game of hide-and-seek one none exists. The often Christmas. When she closed the chest, she didn’t have enough air cloudy weather of the to breathe. British Isles could be the cause of some of the strange, shadowy shapes that are sometimes thought to be ghosts. Ghosts_Int_02-31:Ghosts 02-31 8/24/09 3:13 PM Page 24

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lthough certain places seem to be a focus A for ghostly activity, nowhere on Earth is off- limits to ghosts. Wherever there are people, you will find stories of ghosts. It seems like many ghosts repeatedly act out particular events from their previous lives. Others SEEING DOUBLE seem to be kind and sometimes There are many stories of people try to warn strangers of danger. who seem to have a double (or However, occasionally ghosts identical twin) and are seen in can be evil or harm people. two places at once. In 1845, in Livaria, Russia, one woman’s double image actually appeared next to her. A school teacher THE SWEET SMELL OF VIOLETS called Madame Sages was able to During the nineteenth-century Zulu wars project an image of herself in South Africa, the Prince Imperial of beyond her body. She used the France was killed. His body was returned method in her classroom to keep to his family for burial. A pile of stones was students in order. While her set up as a memorial on the site where he ghostly image sat in front of the died. The following year, the prince’s class, she would walk around or mother, Eugenie, wanted to visit the write on the blackboard. Her battlefield where her son died. She could actions were seen not only by not find the memorial. While searching the field she her students, but also by other became aware of the scent of violets. Violets had been teachers. The other teachers the prince’s favorite flower. Eugenie followed the scent eventually asked for her to and was guided to the memorial. be fired. CAR 42, WHERE ARE YOU? CAUGHT IN TIME In 1963, the first Grand Prix held in Japan since In August 1901, two women World War II took place visiting the Palace of Versailles at the Suzuka circuit in walked toward the small Nagoya. The favorite private cottage of the queen was Masao Asano. He of France, Marie Antoinette drove a car with the (1755–93). Along the way, number 42. During the they felt a change in the air race, Asano’s lost and passed gardeners control of his car. He wearing odd clothes. A died in the crash. In woman was sketching in the Japanese the number 42 garden as they arrived. On a translates as shi ni, which means “to die.” Racing later visit, the layout of the officials afterward banned the use of the number 42. palace and gardens was different. They believed they In the next year’s Grand Prix event, marshals must have slipped back in time on their first visit. They checking the cars as they passed saw a car with the later identified the lady sketching as Marie Antoinette. number 42 in 8 out of the 25 laps. Remarkably, the gardeners and the lady had stared at them, as though they were actually there.

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COFFINS THAT MOVED FOOD FOR In 1808, in Christ Church, Barbados, a THOUGHT plantation owner, Mr. Chase, bought the family tomb of a Mrs. Goddard. Human actions could The Chases buried two daughters explain many supposed in the stone tomb. One had hauntings. The coffins that killed herself. The tomb was seemed to move by reopened in 1812 to bury Mr. themselves could have been Chase, who also had killed moved by surviving relatives himself. When people looked of the previous owner of the in the tomb, they found that tomb. They might not have the heavy lead coffins inside liked the fact that strangers had been upended. The same were being buried in the thing happened at two more family grave. Tired minds burials. In 1819, the governor can also create a dream-like of Barbados ordered the tomb state. In it, we can easily to be sealed. It was creating confuse the real world with fear among the local people. that of daydreams. Then After noises were heard from people may believe that inside, the tomb was reopened and they have seen things the coffins were again upset, except when, in fact, there is for Mrs. Goddard’s. There was no sign nothing there. of forced entry.

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A HOUSE BUILT BY GHOSTS Winchester House in California was built to settle the spirit world. William Winchester, founder of the famous gun company, died in 1881. His widow, who had recently also lost their only child, became troubled by spirits. A spiritualist told her that the souls of all the people killed by Winchester rifles had joined together to seek revenge. The spirits wanted her to continue building a house as they instructed until she died. In 1884, Mrs. Winchester bought a small farmhouse. Day and night for the rest of her life, she worked on it according to the strange instructions of the spirits. It has many odd features such as staircases that rise to the ceiling and doors that lead nowhere.

DAY OF THE DEAD In Mexico, the Purepecha Indians perform ceremonies to honor the memories of dead ancestors. The Purepacha also encourage their ancestors’ spirits to appear. In November of each year the dead have divine permission to visit their living relatives during the Day of the Dead celebrations. FOOD FOR THOUGHT Exorcisms are commonly performed by priests of all religions. These ceremonies are done to rid people and places of evil spirits. This could be simply mind over matter. Superstitious people can be possessed by a spirit just because they are willing to believe such a thing is possible. Then they can go to a priest they trust. They convince themselves that the priest is able to exorcise the evil spirit. In reality, they were probably never possessed at all. It was all in their own mind. Ghosts_Int_02-31:Ghosts 02-31 8/24/09 3:13 PM Page 27

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ocieties around the world have different attitudes toward ghosts. S Westerners often fear ghosts as the restless spirits of the dead. In many societies the ghosts of ancestors are celebrated and welcomed. However, if the spirits of the dead are in some way harmed, they might take some form of revenge. In 1942, a man named SPIRIT Adrian Brooks was district officer at Kasama in what is POSSESSION now Zambia. He took photographs of the sacred People who perform voodoo ceremonies burial ground of the chiefs of a local tribe, the encourage the ghosts Wemba. Witch doctors warned him that or spirits of the dead he had angered the spirits of to possess them. The their leaders by taking the drumming sends dancers into a frenzy. photographs. They said They go into a trance- that the chiefs’ like state. The ghosts would return powerful suggestions to kill him. He did from the witch not believe the doctor produces a strong effect. warning. Three days later he had a strange accident. A flag pole fell on DEMONIC him and he died. POSSESSION Exorcisms are performed in all religions to get rid of unwelcome spirits. This Dayak shaman from Borneo in Indonesia is performing an exorcism on an unfortunate person who has been possessed by a demon.

HALLOWEEN In ancient times, October 31 marked the end of the old year. Some believed this world was closest to the afterlife on this day. During the night, the spirits of the dead were able to leave their graves and wander the Earth. The Christian church kept the festival as All Hallows’ Eve. Although it started as a pagan ritual the night is still celebrated. In the United States it involves the light-hearted ritual of “trick or treat.” Ghosts_Int_02-31:Ghosts 02-31 8/24/09 3:14 PM Page 28

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n this scientific age, we might think that I most mysteries have been solved. One certainly might expect that fewer people CAUGHT IN THE BEAM believe in ghosts, but this is not the case. There has probably never been more In 1965, at Bluebell Hill in England, three young girls were killed in a car accident. The ghost of one of interest. Ghostly sightings continue to be them still wanders the stretch of road. The local reported. Many of these may be hoaxes, or police station often gets reports from drivers who fakes. But there is a growing amount of think they have knocked someone down. When evidence to suggest that ghosts do exist. they go to investigate they find no one there. Sometimes the girl hitches a ride and gets into a passing car but then mysteriously disappears. A story like this is told in Norway. There the police placed a sign on the roadside warning drivers not to pick up the ghostly hitchhiker.

MESSAGES FROM THE GRAVE The answering machine of Jules and Maggie Harsch-Fischbach from Luxembourg is said to be haunted. It regularly receives complex messages from dead scientists. Research into the life force that seems to be in some objects suggests that they could be haunted by a previous owner. The previous owner may have left a mental imprint on them.

FACES OF DEATH In 1971, in the village of Bélmez in southern Spain, a ghostly human face suddenly appeared on the pink floor tiles of a kitchen. When the family tried to rub off the troubled-looking face, its eyes opened wider and its expression saddened. The owner tore up the tiles and laid a concrete floor. Another more clearly- defined face appeared. Experts in the paranormal were called in to investigate. Strange moaning sounds were recorded. Later, the house was found to be above an old cemetery.

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THE WHITE HOUSE The White House in Washington, D.C., is haunted by a number of the past presidents of the United States. Several of the sightings are said to be Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was killed in 1865. Famous people, like Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, claim to have seen his image. He was also seen by President Reagan’s daughter. Lincoln himself believed in spiritualism and attended several séances at the White House. This may be the reason his strong presence is still being felt there today.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT Wishful thinking can have a strong effect on the human mind. This may be why there are so many ghost sightings. The power of positive thought is very real. This power is taken seriously by doctors and scientists. After the death of a famous and much- loved person, we really want them to live again. This sense of grief may be so strong that it could cause the human mind to create a familiar image. We may allow ourselves to believe it is the ghost of the person we love.

DOES THE KING LIVE ON? Elvis Presley (1935–77) was one of the most famous and loved entertainers of his time. To many people he remains the ultimate rock- and-roll star. When he died, many of his devoted fans refused to accept it. Since 1977, he has supposedly been sighted in many places worldwide, not just in the United States.

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owever skeptical we may be H about ghosts, the large number of reported sightings has encouraged some to take the subject seriously. Scientists have investigated these and CAUSE AND EFFECT other paranormal phenomena. They CHILL FACTOR Ghostly sightings often use different equipment and One of the most commonly occur with changes in the reported experiences during recording methods. Current research Earth’s electro-magnetic poltergeist activity is a large suggests that some form of energy fields. These can be change in temperature. (related to electricity or magnetism) recorded. Researchers use special equipment (above) When ghosts appear, the might produce ghosts. Until more electro-magnetic field is to measure such changes. altered. Also, the air evidence can be found, however, many Some believe that these temperature can drop by will continue to believe in ghosts as show the presence of 63ºF. People who see ghosts beings from another dimension. ghosts. Others, including often report feeling cold. scientists at Laurentian Such a drop in temperature University in Sudbury, can be recorded on special Canada, believe that natural thermometers. A chill was changes in the Earth’s recorded during an electro-magnetic field can investigation at Mulhouse cause the human brain to in France. hallucinate. When this happens, the brain “creates” its own ghosts. If this is true, then sites subject to FOOD FOR magnetic changes are likely THOUGHT to seem particularly haunted. Even with modern technology, there is no real proof of the existence of ghosts. If they exist, some form of hard evidence must exist. After all, many ghosts are said to wander the Earth. It seems unlikely that ghosts are the spirits of dead people. Most reported ghosts are probably no more than CAUGHT ON FILM images in people’s Some researchers use infrared cameras to “see” radiation from spirits. These minds. These images cameras use a type of light we cannot see (infrared), and can take pictures in may be imagined out of the dark. More commonly, ghostly figures are unexpectedly caught in a long-held superstitions. photograph. The example shown here was taken in 1995. The photographer was taking a picture of a fire at Wem Town Hall, Shropshire, England. When the picture was developed, this ghostly image appeared. It is thought that this could be linked with a previous fire at Wem in 1677. That fire was caused accidentally by a young girl. Critics suggest that such photos are merely accidental double-exposures, reflections, or even frauds.

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ARE YOU SITTING COMFORTABLY? This famous picture of a séance in 1872 shows John Beattie in a trance state. He was said to contact spirits. Even though such images may convince some people, not one photograph of a ghost or spirit has ever been beyond argument. Many mediums have been exposed as frauds. Skeptics believe that people who go to séances are easily tricked because they see and hear what they choose to. Ghosts 32_IBC:Ghosts 32_IBC 8/25/09 8:13 AM Page 32 DID YOU KNOW?

Ghosts may be responsible for two of the In certain parts of Africa, if a married man most important inventions of modern times. died without having children, his widow could Alexander Graham Bell, who invented the be “married” to the memory of his name. To telephone, and the radio pioneer Guglielmo do this she became his brother’s wife. If she Marconi were both interested in the study of later had children by the brother, they were ghosts. It is thought they were both working legally those of the dead man. It is known as a on electric machines to record the voices of “ghost marriage.” ghosts when they made their technological breakthroughs. In Japan, ghosts are often thought to take the form of goblin foxes. One of the simplest When people eat too much or definitions of the word worry about their ghost is “something that appearance, they are said to doesn’t exist.” In the study be possessed by foxes. It is of words, “ghost words” still not accepted to keep are words that do exist but foxes in Japan. Anyone who shouldn’t. They usually does so may be accused of evil started as printing errors. Some magic. This may have been an have been repeated in dictionaries attempt by past religious leaders to so often that they have become accepted. encourage people not to be selfish. Tweed, for example, should really be called “tweel.” Tweel is the Scottish word for a In China, it is still widely believed that the woven fabric called twill. Due to a printing ghost of anyone who has been murdered will error, it was misspelled as “tweed” because return on the seventh night after their death the Tweed River runs through the main area to seek revenge. Modern researchers believe where it is made. the story was started by the police to scare anyone who might be thinking of killing someone.

You can find out more about ghosts on the Internet. Why not check out these Web sites? www.ghosts.org www.ghostvillage.com www.theshadowlands.net www.ghoststudy.com

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A The Divine Comedy 16 L S Dodleston 7 Aboriginals 9 Laurentian Sages, Madame 24 afterlife 2, 3, 17 dogs 18, 23 University 30 St Paul (ship) 15 air ships 15 double images 24 Lincoln, Abraham 29 scents 11, 24 ancestors 5, 9, 27 Drake’s drum 13 little people 20 animals 18–19 dreams 8, 25 London 5, 6 Shakespeare, William 17 Arthur, King 4, 13 Dreamtime 9 Louis XIV, King 5 shamans 27 Drummer of Tedworth 11 Asano, Masao 24 M ships 14–15 astral body 4 E Macbeth 17 Slocum, Joshua 15 auras 20 Egyptians 2 Marie Antoinette, sounds 10 Australia 6, 8, 16 Einstein, Albert 21 Queen 5, 24 Avalon 4 energy field 4, 20, 30 marsh gas 3 South America 10 B Epworth, Yorkshire, England 9 mediums 21, 31 spectral armies 12–13 Eugenie 24 mermaids 11 banshees 10 Spray 15 exorcisms 27 Methodists 9 Barbados 25 standing stones 10, 22 The Exorcist 16 Mexico 26 Battle of Little Bighorn 12 Miller, Glen 10 Stonehenge 22 Beattie, John 31 F Mons 13 T Bélmez, Spain 28 Flying Dutchman 14, 15 murder 4, 5 Bermuda Triangle 15 folklore 20 music 10, 11 Tedworth, Wiltshire 11 birds 18, 19 G mythology 4, 5, 13, 20, 21 telepathy 21 Bluebell Hill 27 George, St 13 N temperature 30 Borley Rectory 22 George V, King 14, 15 Nanjing 6 Bowmen of Mons 13 Thor 13 ghost stories 16–17 near-death experiences 3 Bramshill House 23 time travel 21 Ghostbusters 16 Nordic mythology 5 Brooks, Adrian 27 Tower of London 5 Gladiator, HMS 15 northern lights 3 C Grand Prix, Japan 24 Norway 28 U Canada 6, 30 H O UFOs 20, 22 Casper the hair 6 Odin 5, 13 Friendly Ghost 16 V Halloween 27 owls 19 cats 18, 19 hallucinations 3, 14, 27, 30 P Ventimiglia, Italy 6 Celtic mythology 4 Harsch-Fischbach, Jules Virgin Mary 8, 9 Charans 19 Papua New Guinea 5, 15 & Maggie 28 Chase family 25 parallel worlds 20–21 visions 8, 9, 12, 13 headless ghosts 5 China 6 Paris 5 voodoo 27 Holy Ghost 9 “phantom cargo” 5 Christ 8, 9 hysteria 13 phantom ships 5, 14–15 W Christian church 2, 9, 10, I photography 2, 6, 20 12, 18, 27 Warenne, Lady Blanche Pinta 15 A Christmas Carol 17 India 10, 19 de 23 Pluckley, Kent 22 clouds 8, 9 Ireland 10, 18 poltergeists 6–7, 9, 10, Watertown, SS 15 Columbus, Christopher 15 J 20, 22, 30 Wem, Shropshire 30 Constantine, Emperor 12 Japan 16, 18, 24 Presley, Elvis 29 Wesley family 9 Cotehele House 11 Jung, Carl 17 Purepecha Indians 26 Custer, General 12 White House 29 K R D will-o’-the-wisp 3 Karai Ma temple 19 Rasputin, Grigori 9 Wilson, Ivy 8 Dante 16 King John’s Hunting rats 19 Day of the Dead 26 Lodge 19 Red Lady 22 Winchester House 26 demonic possession 26, 27 Kingo Chunagon research 2, 28, 30 witch doctors 27 Devil 9, 10, 11, 16, 18, 22 Hideaki 16 Rochester, Kent 13, 23 Z Dickens, Charles 17 Kirlian, Semyon 20 Rosenheim, Germany 6 Dieppe 13 Korean War 8 Russia 9, 24 Zugun, Eleonore 7