SOURCES
SOURCES
Every source behind the map, the stories and the registry — the ones we used, the ones we checked and set aside, and the leads not yet read, each with the reason. Where a work is under copyright you see only the passage we relied on and a link to the rest; public-domain books open in full in the Reading Room.
663 OF 1077 SOURCES · FIRST 200 SHOWN — NARROW THE SEARCH
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USED1561 celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg
Wikipedia (English)
Whatever such signs mean, God alone knows.
Glaser's broadsheet text, Jung, Vallée, Magin, Schwarte; broadsheet image (public domain).
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USED1566 celestial phenomenon over Basel
Wikipedia (English)
At the dawn of August 7, we saw large black spheres coming and going with great speed and precision before the sun
Coccius's broadsheet, the dates, the Wickiana; broadsheet image (public domain).
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USED1905 Basin Park Hotel — Ghost tours & paranormal investigation (official)
basinpark.com
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USED1905 Basin Park Hotel — History (official)
basinpark.com
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USED1986 Brazilian UFO incident
Wikipedia (English)
Technically, I'd tell you gentlemen that we have no explanation.
The Air Force commander's words at the 23 May 1986 press conference; the scrambles, the 21 radar plots and the report declassified in 2009.
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USED30 East Drive — official site
30eastdrive.com
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USED50 Berkeley Square
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDActun Tunichil Muknal
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDAïsha Kandisha
Wikipedia (French)
The El Jadida origin story, condessa, Westermarck 1926, Pâques 1991, her titles.
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USEDAisha Qandicha
Wikipedia (English)
Lalla Aisha has neither a tomb nor a grave, her soul roams the place according to the prevailing beliefs
Description, homes by water, Westermarck and the critique, the El Jadida 'countess', the Buffi Aishas.
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USEDAix-en-Provence possessions
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDAkershus Fortress
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDAle's Stones
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDAlice Kyteler
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDAllegheny Land Trust — Dead Man's Hollow
alleghenylandtrust.org
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDAlyoshenka
Wikipedia (English)
In April 2004, scientists conducted DNA testing and made an official statement that the "Kyshtym creature" was a premature female human infant
Discovery, examinations, DNA, the lost remains.
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USEDAm Fear Liath Mòr
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDAncient Aliens
Wikipedia (English)
Originally broadcast as two-hour documentary special in 2009
Date of Ancient Aliens (History) (2009) on THE TIMELINE's media overlay (shown as correlation only).
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USEDAncient Ram Inn
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDAnneliese Michel
Wikipedia (English)
She died of malnutrition, for which her parents and the priest who performed the exorcism were convicted of negligent homicide.
Diagnoses, the exorcisms, the trial. Its lead gives 'six years in jail' and 'died of demonic incursions' — both contradicted by the German article and the court record it describes; not used.
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USEDAnneliese Michel
Wikipedia (German)
verurteilte sowohl die Eltern als auch Renz und Alt am 21. April 1978 wegen fahrlässiger Tötung jeweils zu sechsmonatigen Haftstrafen, die auf drei Jahre zur Bewährung ausgesetzt wurden
Klingenberg, the exhumation in the town cemetery, the verdict, the Bishops' Conference statement, the 2013 fire.
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USEDArdgillan Castle
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDASSAP — Blue Bell Hill phantom hitch-hiker
assap.ac.uk
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDAston Hall
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDAtacama skeleton
Wikipedia (English)
Scientific studies published in 2018 concluded that the remains were human.
Discovery, the Sirius documentary, the 2018 genome and Halcrow's response, the repatriation debate.
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USEDAthcarne Castle
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDAthelhampton
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDAthelhampton House — Ghosts (official)
athelhampton.com
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDAthenodorus Cananites
Wikipedia (English)
the ghost was said to have never haunted that house again
Pliny's haunted house in Athens (LEGEND); tale type ATU 32.
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USEDAtlas Obscura — Coiba Island Penal Colony
atlasobscura.com
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDAtlas Obscura — Fortress of San Fernando de Omoa
atlasobscura.com
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDAtlas Obscura — Selatangar
atlasobscura.com
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDAvvistamenti di UFO in Italia
Wikipedia (Italian)
The Italian list; Turin 1942, Alitalia 1973, Torrita di Siena 1978 and the Cecconi photographs 1979 recorded as LEADS.
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USEDAvvistamento di UFO a Firenze
Wikipedia (Italian)
Gli spettatori distolsero lo sguardo dal campo per osservare il passaggio di due oggetti volanti ad alta quota
The two sightings, the 'angel hair', the CICAP chaff explanation, the BBC retellings.
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USEDAzzurrina
Wikipedia (Italian)
le prime menzioni della storia di Azzurrina risalgono appena al 1989
The legend, the missing manuscript, Polidoro, Molari, the CICAP recordings of 21 June 2010.
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USEDBaker Mansion
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDBallygally Castle
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDBallygally Castle Hotel — its ghost room (official)
ballygallycastlehotel.com
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDBamberg witch trials
Wikipedia (English)
Over an extended period around 1,000 people were executed after being accused of witchcraft in Bamberg
The 1626 frost, the Witch Commission, the Haan family, Junius's letter, Dorothea Flock, Anton Winter, the end in 1632.
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USEDBarbara Erni
Wikipedia (English)
Known in Liechtenstein legend as Golden Boos
Life, the legend of the chest, the 1785 execution.
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USEDBarbara Erni
Wikipedia (German)
Ihr Schicksal fand schon bald Eingang in die Liechtensteiner Sagen
Arrest 'auf Müsnen', the Rofenberg trial, Güdigen, the saga books, the street name.
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USEDBaron Empain Palace
Wikipedia (English)
which would later contribute to the belief that the Hindu Palace was haunted
Empain, Marcel's design, the abandonment, the 1990s 'Satanism' backlash, the 2005–2016 restoration; the rumours behind the haunting (HEARSAY).
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USEDBasilica and Convent of San Francisco, Quito
Wikipedia (English)
Once urged to reveal the secret of the goods he spent lavishly despite being only an indigenous person, Cantuña said he had made a pact with the devil.
The Cantuña legend as collected by Father Juan de Velasco; the chapel; lead image.
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USEDBasque witch trials
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDBattle of Belchite (1937)
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDBattle of Culloden
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDBeast of Gévaudan
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDBeatrice Cenci
Wikipedia (English)
It is related that every year on the night before the anniversary of her death, she comes back to the Sant'Angelo Bridge
Her life, the trial, the executions of 11 September 1599, the legend, the literature.
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USEDBelchen Tunnel
Wikipedia (English)
The tunnel; its link to the Volksstimme report of 25 January 2001.
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USEDBelchite
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDBelgian UFO wave
Wikipedia (English)
The Belgian UFO wave began in November 1989, in the city of Eupen.
The sightings, the 30 March 1990 F-16 night, the Petit-Rechain photo and Maréchal's 2011 admission, Dunning, Hallet, Meessen, De Brouwer.
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USEDBelize Institute of Archaeology (NICH)
nichbelize.org
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDBélmez Faces
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDBen Macdui
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDBérenger Saunière
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDBerry Pomeroy Castle
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDBerthe de La Roche
Wikipedia (French)
La nuit qui suit les noces, la mariée poignardée est retrouvée dans les douves du château de La Roche.
The legend and the summer sound-and-light show.
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USEDBibi Costa Mansion
Wikipedia (English)
…with "dozens of testimonies of the noise of chains dragging across the floor, sudden screams, figures, and voices."
The mansion, José Júlio de Andrade, and the haunting tradition; the image.
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USEDBíldudalur
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDBilly Meier
Wikipedia (English)
In interviews with author Gary Kinder, Meier admitted to using models to recreate scenes
Claims, the fraud verdict, the admission.
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USEDBilly Meier
Wikipedia (German)
domiziliert im Semjase-Silver-Star-Center in Hinterschmidrüti im Zürcher Oberland
FIGU's seat; contact dates.
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USEDBirmingham Museums — Aston Hall: Most Haunted
birminghammuseums.org.uk
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDBlack Aggie
Wikipedia (English)
The Agnus family, disturbed by the attention the statue received, donated it to the Smithsonian in 1967.
Installation in 1926 and the legends.
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USEDBlack Orlov
Wikipedia (English)
In 1932, diamond dealer J. W. Paris reportedly took the diamond to the United States, and soon after committed suicide.
The legend as told, Winson, and Petimezas's 2004 purchase.
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USEDBlack Shuck
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDBlackwell's — Peggy the Doll: A Very Different Haunting (Jayne Harris)
Source for the entry (LEGEND (claimant's account)), entered 2026-10-07 under the nothing-left-out rule.
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USEDBlair County Arts Foundation — the Mishler
mishlertheatre.org
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDBlair County Historical Society
blairhistory.org
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDBlickling Hall
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDBlockula (Blåkulla)
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDBlue Bell Hill
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDBock (Luxembourg)
Wikipedia (English)
The fortress and the 1867 Treaty of London; no Melusine passage (LEAD).
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USEDBodmin Jail
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDBodmin Jail — official site
bodminjail.org
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDBodmin Moor
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDBolling Hall, Bradford
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDBonnybridge
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDBorgund Stave Church
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDBorley Rectory
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDBowman's Castle
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDBradford District Museums & Galleries — Bolling Hall
bradfordmuseums.org
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDBritish big cats
Wikipedia (English)
with sightings of the creature reported as early as 1970
The Beast of Exmoor section: Eric Ley's sheep in 1983, the Royal Marines, the dog explanation.
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USEDBritish big cats (Beast of Bodmin)
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDBrocéliande
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDBrocken
Wikipedia (English)
Goethe may have gained inspiration from two rock formations on the mountain's summit, the Teufelskanzel (Devil's Pulpit) and the Hexenaltar (Witches' Altar).
Name, first ascent 1572, the Cold War listening posts and wall, reopening 3 December 1989, the Brocken spectre; summit image.
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USEDBrosno dragon
Wikipedia (English)
It is described as resembling a dragon and is the subject of a number of regional legends
The whole (stub) article.
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USEDBrown Lady of Raynham Hall
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDBrownsville Historical Society — Nemacolin Castle
nemacolincastle.org
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDBrujos de Chiloé
Wikipedia (Spanish)
El año 1880, en el Juzgado de Ancud se condujo el "proceso a los brujos de Chiloé"
The trial held at the Ancud court. Its bibliography (Galleguillos 2018, Rojas Flores 2002) are leads for the court record itself.
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USEDBube's Brewery — official site
bubesbrewery.com
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDBucks County — Ringing Rocks Park
buckscounty.gov
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDBunyip
Wikipedia (English)
Wonderful Discovery of a new Animal
The Geelong Advertiser of July 1845 (first use of 'bunyip' in print) and the Balranald skull of 1846 (EXPLAINED); lead image (1890, public domain).
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USEDBurg Bernstein (Burgenland)
Wikipedia (German)
Einer Sage nach soll auf der Burg die Weiße Frau von Bernstein spuken.
Castle history, the hotel, the torture chamber; castle image.
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USEDBurg Frankenstein (Odenwald)
Wikipedia (German)
Die Quellen des Burgschreibers Scheele wurden wiederholt als fehlerhaft oder schlichtweg erfunden bezeichnet.
The 1252 record, the 1662 sale, the botched 19th-century restoration, the dragon legend's dating, the Dippel legends traced to Scheele (1999).
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USEDBurg Rodenstein
Wikipedia (German)
Castle history c. 1240–1671, the ruin, the Wildweibchenstein; ruin image.
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USEDCa' Dario
Wikipedia (Italian)
Si tratta di una diceria priva di riscontri documentari, costruita dalla stampa e smentita dalle ricerche condotte sulle fonti d'archivio.
Owners, the 1970 killing, Lollo's 1993 article, the refutations owner by owner, the 2025 'fake news' book.
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USEDCaleuche
Wikipedia (English)
two large, white lights (each about the size of a lantern).. hovering no more than one metre above surface, with no vessel in sight
Agustín Prat's letter (escampavía Huemul, c. 1909), the 1911 Copiapó testimony, Quicaví as a port of call, the explanations.
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USEDCarbon County Jail
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDCarlow Tourism — Duckett's Grove
carlowtourism.com
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDCarnac stones
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDCasa Matusita
Wikipedia (English)
Years later, in his book El cazador de fantasmas, the TV host denied the urban legend, saying that such events never happened.
The building's dates, the legends, and the retraction that makes it vetted = false; lead image.
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USEDCastel dell'Ovo
Wikipedia (English)
had this egg been broken, the castle would have been destroyed
Virgil's egg (LEGEND); coordinates and image.
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USEDCastello di Bardi
Wikipedia (Italian)
History, the museums, the 1995 photographs and the dispute, the Moroello legend; castle image.
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USEDCastello di Carini
Wikipedia (Italian)
comparirebbe, su un muro della stanza dove venne uccisa Laura, l'impronta della mano insanguinata
Laura Lanza 1563, Salomone Marino, the handprint legend; image.
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USEDCastello di Montebello (Poggio Torriana)
Wikipedia (Italian)
Castle history 1186–1989; castle image.
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USEDCastello di Mussomeli
Wikipedia (Italian)
presunto fantasma del maniero
The castle, the three walled-up women, Guiscardo de la Portes; image. Its bibliography (Messina 1997, Mistretta 2003) are LEADS.
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USEDCastello Malaspina (Fosdinovo)
Wikipedia (Italian)
Diversi testimoni raccontano di aver assistito a fenomeni paranormali nel castello e di aver visto il fantasma di Bianca Malaspina.
History 1084–1340, Dante and the Peace of Castelnuovo, the trapdoors, the legends; castle image.
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USEDCastillo de Jagua — Wikipedia
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDCastillo Pittamiglio
Wikipedia (Spanish)
La historia del castillo está rodeada de mitos y leyendas, incluyendo las que afirman que albergó el Santo Grial entre 1944 y 1956
Pittamiglio, Piria, the will, the restoration, the legends, the visits.
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USEDCastle Leslie
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDCastle Leslie Estate — Norman's Room (the family's own account)
castleleslie.com
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDCastle Leslie Estate — The Red Room
castleleslie.com
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDCatacombe dei Cappuccini
Wikipedia (English)
The catacombs, Silvestro of Gubbio 1599, the methods, the 1939 last burial, the TV visits; corridor image.
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USEDCatacombs of Paris
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDCatatumbo lightning
Wikipedia (English)
It occurs for 140 to 160 nights a year, nine hours per day, and with lightning flashes from 16 to 40 times per minute.
Rates, the colonial names, Humboldt and Codazzi, and the competing explanations; lead image.
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USEDCaves of Hercules
Wikipedia (English)
The cave was long thought to be bottomless.
The cave, the tunnel-to-Gibraltar legend, the Hercules myths, the history 6000 BC–2015; image.
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USEDCentral Hotel (Mount Joy, Pennsylvania)
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDCerro María Lionza Natural Monument
Wikipedia (English)
Location, the 1960 declaration and coordinates; lead image.
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USEDCerro Rico
Wikipedia (English)
It is known as the "mountain that eats men" because of the large number of workers who died in the mines.
The mine, the colonial death toll and its estimates, coordinates.
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USEDChariots of the Gods?
Wikipedia (English)
a book written in 1968 by Erich von Däniken
Date of Chariots of the Gods? (Erich von Däniken) (1968) on THE TIMELINE's media overlay (shown as correlation only).
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USEDCharleville Castle
Wikipedia (English)
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USEDCharleville Castle Heritage Trust
charlevillecastle.ie
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USEDChâteau d'Antoing
Wikipedia (French)
Au deuxième étage se trouve une petite chambre avec un miroir (véridique)
History, the Lignes, de Gaulle's schooling, the 1971 film, the legend.
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USEDChâteau de Brissac
Wikipedia (English)
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USEDChâteau de Brissac — official site
chateau-brissac.fr
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USEDChâteau de Fougeret
Wikipedia (English)
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USEDChâteau de Horst
Wikipedia (French)
le fantôme du seigneur de Rode revient tous les soirs à minuit dans un carrosse tiré par six chevaux sauvages
History and both versions of the legend (marked 'réf. nécessaire'); Almeric I Pynnock.
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USEDChâteau de La Roche-en-Ardenne
Wikipedia (French)
History 844–1944.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-31
USEDChâteau de Puilaurens
Wikipedia (French)
on l'appelle la Tour de la « Dame Blanche »
The tower's name and the Blanche de Bourbon identification only (HEARSAY, UNVETTED); image.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT)
USEDChâteau de Trécesson
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDChestnut Hill Local — the nation's most haunted house is hidden in Chestnut Hill
Source for the entry (LEGEND), entered 2026-10-07 under the nothing-left-out rule.
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USEDChickies Ridge
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDChico Xavier
Wikipedia (English)
…some of the letters were used as evidence in four criminal trials.
His life, Uberaba as a pilgrimage centre, the letters, and the fraud accusations (Mori 2010, Skeptical Inquirer; Stollznow).
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT)
USEDChillingham Castle
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDChillingham Castle — Ghosts (official)
chillingham-castle.com
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDChilton Cantelo
Wikipedia (English)
The skull at Higher Chilton Farm and the Codd quotations.
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USEDChopper (Gespenst)
Wikipedia (German)
Ein Polizeibeamter hatte bemerkt, wie zeitgleich zu einem Chopper-Phänomen synchrone „Lippenbewegungen der Auszubildenden in einem Spiegel“ zu beobachten waren.
The 1981–82 case, the exposure, the fines; the assistant's name is in the article but left off the map row.
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USEDChupacabra
Wikipedia (English)
The analysis identified the creature as a coyote.
The Cuero carcass of 2007 and the other Texas canids with mange (EXPLAINED).
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USEDCimitero delle Fontanelle
Wikipedia (Italian)
The anime pezzentelle rite, the 1969 decree, the 2010 reopening, the Captain and Donna Concetta legends.
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USEDClach na Bratach
Wikipedia (English)
If it clouded over, it foretold ill-fortune in battle.
The crystal, Duncan Ard 1315, the powers, the museum.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT)
USEDClairvius Narcisse — Wikipedia
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDClan Donnachaidh Museum
Britain Express
The museum in Bruar opened in 1969
The museum's opening year.
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USEDClan Lockhart
Wikipedia (English)
The Lee Penny is kept in a gold snuffbox which was a gift from Maria Theresa of Austria, Empress of Austria to her general Count James Lockhart in 1789.
The Penny, the snuffbox, its fame as a healing charm.
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USEDClick2Houston, 5 May 2016 — 'Ghost of doctor caught on camera at hospital in Honduras'
click2houston.com
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USEDClose Encounters of the Third Kind
Wikipedia (English)
a 1977 American science fiction drama film written and directed by Steven Spielberg
Date of Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) on THE TIMELINE's media overlay (shown as correlation only).
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USEDCoillte — Hellfire Club / Massy's Estate
coillte.ie
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USEDCommunards' Wall
Wikipedia (English)
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USEDCommunion (Strieber book)
Wikipedia (English)
Communion: A True Story (1987) is a book by American ufologist and horror author Whitley Strieber.
Date of Communion (Whitley Strieber) (1987) on THE TIMELINE's media overlay (shown as correlation only).
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USEDCortijo Jurado
Wikipedia (Spanish)
la casa encantada más famosa de España
History, the tunnels, the paranormal claims and urban legends (LEGEND); image.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT)
USEDCoudersport Ice Mine
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDCrumlin Road Gaol — Paranormal tours (official)
crumlinroadgaol.com
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USEDCueva de los Tayos
Wikipedia (English)
The consensus from the archeological community is that the "golden library" was a hoax.
Móricz's claim, the 1968 and 1976 expeditions, and the verdict; lead image.
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USEDCueva del Guácharo National Park
Wikipedia (English)
This cave, home of nocturnal birds, is for the Indian a mystical place; they believe that the souls of their ancestors live in its depths.
The Chaima belief, the piaches and Ivorokiamo, and Humboldt's 1799 visit; lead image.
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USEDCurse of the pharaohs
Wikipedia (English)
Despite popular misconceptions, no curse was found inscribed in the Pharaoh's tomb.
Old Kingdom curses, Corelli's letter, Carnarvon's death, the Lancet review, the 58-people count, the list of deaths.
WEB
USEDDaily Post — 'Axe-wielding ghost helps North Wales hotel win title of one of Britain's most haunted'
dailypost.co.uk
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WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-30
USEDDargavs
Wikipedia (English)
one being that any man who dared to walk in would never come out alive
The necropolis, the boat burials, the coin custom, tourism.
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USEDDead Man's Hollow
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT)
USEDDelaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Station (Scranton)
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDDendera light
Wikipedia (English)
some light bulb remains (glass shards, metal sockets, filaments...) should have been discovered during archaeological excavations
The Harsomtus reliefs and captions, the fringe reading, Stern and Feder; relief image.
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USEDDepartment for Communities (NI) — Dunluce Castle
communities-ni.gov.uk
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WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT)
USEDDevil's Footprints
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDDiario El Salvador — La Puerta del Diablo: crónica de una leyenda salvadoreña
diarioelsalvador.com
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-30
USEDDifunta Correa
Wikipedia (English)
Every year since its origins in 1840, miracles are said to have occurred at the shrine
The legend, the shrine at Vallecito, the 2026 Church-university investigation, the 1865 El Zonda advertisement.
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USEDDimmuborgir
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDDjebel Toubkal
Wikipedia (French)
un sanctuaire lui est consacré sur le chemin menant depuis Imlil
Toubkal as a holy place of Sidi Chamharouch; the trek from Imlil.
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USEDDobhar-chú
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDDokter Faust van Waardenburg
Wikipedia (Dutch)
de bloedvlekken aan de muur wilden niet verdwijnen
Both versions of the tale; recorded by Henk Kooijman for the Meertens Institute in the 1960s from five men near Waardenburg.
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USEDDoorwerth Castle
Wikipedia (English)
In 2004, the Castle was investigated for the ghosts allegedly haunting it by the British paranormal television show Most Haunted.
Castle history 1260–1983.
WEB
USEDDorset History Centre blog, 30 Oct 2020 — 'A Dorset House and its Ghosts'
news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-07
USEDDover Demon
Wikipedia (English)
I, Bill Bartlett, swear on a stack of Bibles that I saw this creature.
The three witnesses of 21–22 April 1977 and the explanations offered.
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USEDDowningtown, Pennsylvania
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDDragsholm Castle
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDDrangey
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDDread Central — The Anguished Man is not for sale
Source for the entry (LEGEND (owner's account only)), entered 2026-10-07 under the nothing-left-out rule.
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USEDDrosoulites
Wikipedia (English)
In 1890 a transient Turkish army took the images for rebels and fled away.
The procession, the 1828 battle, Dalianis, the mirage and clairvoyance readings (DISPUTED).
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USEDDrudenhaus
Wikipedia (German)
Das Drudenhaus stand auf der heutigen Franz-Ludwig-Straße, etwa auf der Höhe der heutigen Häuser Franz-Ludwig-Straße 8 und 10
The 1627 prison, the etching and its inscriptions, the April 1631 catalogue, the site, the demolition; etching image (public domain).
WEB
USEDDublin.ie — Supernatural Dublin: Marsh's Library
dublin.ie
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USEDDuckett's Grove
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDDunluce Castle
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDDunmore Cave
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDDyatlov Pass incident
Wikipedia (English)
The investigation concluded that a "compelling natural force" (elemental force) had caused the deaths.
The 1959 inquiry, the 2019 reopening, the 2020 prosecutor's avalanche finding, the 2021 Gaume–Puzrin model and the objections. Its lead image (the grave in Yekaterinburg) rejected: not the site.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT)
USEDEckley Miners' Village
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
WEB
USEDEckley Miners' Village — official site
eckleyminersvillage.com
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT)
USEDEdinburgh Castle
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT)
USEDEdinburgh Castle, Jamaica — Wikipedia
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT)
USEDEdinburgh Vaults
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDEl Dorado
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDEl Ghriba Synagogue
Wikipedia (English)
It is known as «the cave of the girl»
The founding traditions and the girl's uncorrupted body (LEGEND); image.
WEB
USEDEl Tiempo, 2024 — the seven 'most haunted' places in Central America
eltiempo.com
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USEDEl Tío
Wikipedia (English)
Miners put up rude statues of El Tío in front of the mineshafts, and make offerings and greet the statue before entering.
El Tío, the offerings, the k'araku (June Nash, 1970); the image of the statue.
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USEDelsalvador.com, 2025 — 'Mitos y hechos: cómo se construyó la leyenda de la familia y mansión Guirola'
elsalvador.com
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WEB
USEDEncounter ghosts at the Edinburgh Castle — Jamaicans.com
jamaicans.com
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WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-07
USEDEnfield Monster
Wikipedia (English)
It had three legs on it, a short body, two little short arms, and two pink eyes as big as flashlights.
McDaniel's reports, the admitted prank, the arrests, and the social-contagion study.
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USEDEnfield poltergeist
Wikipedia (English)
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WEB
USEDEnglish Heritage — Berry Pomeroy Castle
english-heritage.org.uk
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USEDEnglish Heritage — Whitby Abbey
english-heritage.org.uk
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT)
USEDErie Cemetery
Wikipedia (English)
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
WEB
USEDErie Reader — 'Eerie Erie'
eriereader.com
Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).
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USEDErie Reader — 'Exhuming the Hollow'
eriereader.com
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USEDEwiger Jäger
Wikipedia (English)
He haunted the woods around Wijnendale until they were cut down and then retreated to still-forested heights.
Bechstein's Belgian version of the eternal hunter.