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.
58 OF 1077 SOURCES
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-04
CONSULTEDAbydos, Egypt
Wikipedia (English)
Coordinates.
ARTICLE · CHECKED 2026-09-29
CONSULTEDAncient Egyptian statue mysteriously rotates at museum
ABC News · June 2013
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-31
CONSULTEDAyia Napa
Wikipedia (English)
Nothing on the 'sea monster'. LEAD for Cyprus.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-31
CONSULTEDBaalbek
Wikipedia (English)
No ancient-astronaut or paranormal claims. LEAD for Lebanon.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-31
CONSULTEDBaronessa di Carini
Wikipedia (Italian)
A stub; nothing beyond the castle article.
WEB · CHECKED 2026-10-07
CONSULTEDBurials & Beyond — the debatable haunting of the Basano vase
Source for the entry (LEGEND), entered 2026-10-07 under the nothing-left-out rule.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-07
CONSULTEDBurton Agnes Hall
Wikipedia (English)
According to legend, the skull of Sir Henry's youngest daughter Anne is bricked up in the Great Hall.
The source for burton-agnes-skull (LEGEND).
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-31
CONSULTEDBuskett Gardens
Wikipedia (English)
Setting only; nothing on the ghost.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-04
CONSULTEDCave of Swimmers
Wikipedia (English)
Almásy 1933, the rock art and its readings, visitor damage since 1996. Not mapped on its own (scholarship, not a paranormal claim).
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-30
CONSULTEDChiloé Archipelago
Wikipedia (English)
Background on Chilote mythology and the 1880 trial.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-30
CONSULTEDChilote mythology
Wikipedia (English)
Region-wide; checked for a mappable place.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-24
CONSULTEDCláudio, Minas Gerais
Wikipedia (English)
Coordinates only.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-24
CONSULTEDColares, Pará
Wikipedia (English)
Coordinates only; its image is a locator map, not used.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-31
CONSULTEDDavelis Cave
Wikipedia (English)
History of the cave and hermitage; nothing on the paranormal reputation. LEAD.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-30
CONSULTEDDifunta Correa
Wikipedia (Spanish)
Spanish article, read for comparison.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-31
CONSULTEDDomus de Janas
Wikipedia (English)
The name 'house of the fairies/witches' only; no tradition recorded. Not mapped.
WEB · CHECKED 2026-10-07
CONSULTEDDr Dee's Magical Mirror (1966,1001.1)
The British Museum
The collection record; refused a direct read (403) on 2026-10-07 — museum number from the URL and search results.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-01
CONSULTEDFolklore of Italy
Wikipedia (English)
Searched for Montebello and Poveglia; nothing beyond the sites' own articles.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-31
CONSULTEDFrangokastello
Wikipedia (English)
Coordinates, the fort's position on the south coast; image.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-24
CONSULTEDGeneral Cemetery of La Paz
Wikipedia (English)
Coordinates.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-04
CONSULTEDGnawa music
Wikipedia (English)
The lila and the mluk; a practice, no fixed site in the article.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-04
CONSULTEDGreat Sphinx of Giza
Wikipedia (English)
Coordinates.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-31
CONSULTEDĦal Saflieni Hypogeum
Wikipedia (English)
The vanished-schoolchildren story is not in the article. LEAD.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-01
CONSULTEDHamelin
Wikipedia (English)
Town context only.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-01
CONSULTEDKasteel Doorwerth
Wikipedia (Dutch)
No haunting passage.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-01
CONSULTEDKasteel van Wijnendale
Wikipedia (Dutch)
Coordinates; no legend passage.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-07
CONSULTEDLegends of Myrtles Plantation
Wikipedia (English)
there are no known records of the Woodruffs owning a slave named Chloe or Cloe.
The source for myrtles-mirror (HOAX): no record of Chloe; yellow fever, not poison.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-07
CONSULTEDLoch Morar
Wikipedia (English)
The loch monster has been dubbed Mòrag.
One line only; the 1969 encounter is not in the article. Mòrag NOT mapped — LEAD for a real source.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-01
CONSULTEDMelusine
Wikipedia (English)
Luxembourg appears only through Luther's 'Melusina of Lucelberg'. LEAD for the Bock.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-30
CONSULTEDMuseo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio
Wikipedia (Spanish)
Coordinates for the SEFAA anchor; its lead image rejected (not the office).
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-30
CONSULTEDNahuel Huapi Lake
Wikipedia (English)
Coordinates and lead image.
WEB · ODBL · CHECKED 2026-09-30
CONSULTEDNominatim (OpenStreetMap) place search
OpenStreetMap
Coordinates for Petrozavodsk, Voronezh and Kyshtym (Kaolinovy itself is not in Nominatim; the row says it is anchored at Kyshtym).
MAP · AISHA QANDISHA — THE GOAT-FOOTED JINN OF THE HAMADSHAMAP · ANCUD — THE TRIAL OF THE WARLOCKS OF CHILOÉ (1880)MAP · ESCHEN — THE GOLDEN BOOSMAP · BASEL 1566 — THE BLACK SPHERES BEFORE THE SUNMAP · THE BASILISKENHAUS — THE BASILISK IN THE WELL, 1212MAP · THE BELGIAN UFO WAVE — EUPEN, 1989–1990MAP · BENEVENTO — THE WALNUT TREE OF THE WITCHESMAP · HINTERSCHMIDRÜTI — BILLY MEIER AND THE 'BEAMSHIPS'MAP · CENNINA — ROSA LOTTI AND THE TWO LITTLE MEN, 1 NOVEMBER 1954MAP · 'CHOPPER' — THE GHOST VOICE IN THE DENTIST'S SURGERY, 1981–1982MAP · THE SHRINE OF THE DIFUNTA CORREA — VALLECITOMAP · FLORENCE, 27 OCTOBER 1954 — THE DAY UFOS STOPPED PLAYMAP · THE SANCTUARY OF THE GAUCHITO GIL — MERCEDESMAP · HAD KOURT AND FEDALA — THE SAUCERS OF JULY 1952MAP · HAMELIN — THE 130 CHILDREN WHO LEFT IN 1284MAP · THE HEKSENWAAG — OUDEWATER'S WITCHES' SCALESMAP · KLINGENBERG — THE DEATH OF ANNELIESE MICHEL, 1976MAP · KYSHTYM — 'ALYOSHENKA', THE KYSHTYM DWARFMAP · THE LOST ARMY OF CAMBYSES — 50,000 MEN UNDER THE SANDMAP · MAGENTA 1933 — 'MUSSOLINI'S UFO' AND THE GABINETTO RS/33MAP · THE MUSEUM OF THE SOULS IN PURGATORY, ROMEMAP · NAPLES CATHEDRAL — THE BLOOD OF SAN GENNAROMAP · NUREMBERG 1561 — THE BATTLE 'OUT OF THE SUN'MAP · ASSIUT — THE GLOWING PICTURES, 2000–2001MAP · WARRAQ — THE LIGHT OVER THE CHURCH TOWERS, 2009MAP · ZEITOUN — THE LIGHTS OVER ST MARY'S CHURCH, 1968–1971MAP · PETIT-RECHAIN — THE TRIANGLE PHOTOGRAPH, 1990MAP · PETROZAVODSK — THE PHENOMENON OF 20 SEPTEMBER 1977MAP · PILATUS — PONTIUS PILATE'S LAKEMAP · THE STIERCHEN — LUXEMBOURG CITY'S GHOST BRIDGEMAP · PONTE SANT'ANGELO — BEATRICE CENCI, 11 SEPTEMBER 1599MAP · SIDI CHAMHAROUCH — THE SHRINE OF THE KING OF THE JINNMAP · JABBAREN, TASSILI N'AJJER — THE 'GREAT MARTIAN GOD'MAP · THE DEVIL'S BRIDGE — SCHÖLLENEN GORGEMAP · TRIORA — THE WITCH TRIAL OF 1587–1589MAP · THE UNTERSBERG — THE SLEEPING EMPEROR'S MOUNTAINMAP · VILLA DE VECCHI — THE 'VILLA OF GHOSTS'MAP · VORONEZH — THE PARK LANDING OF 27 SEPTEMBER 1989MAP · ZERZURA — THE LOST WHITE OASISWEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-29
CONSULTEDPanacea Society
Wikipedia (English)
Background on the Society and the Trust.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-01
CONSULTEDPier Fortunato Zanfretta
Wikipedia (Italian)
The 2007 television appearance with the 'sphere' photographs.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-01
CONSULTEDPilatus (mountain)
Wikipedia (English)
No legend passage.
WEB · CHECKED 2026-10-07
CONSULTEDPuzzle Box Horror — Basano Vase (a retelling)
Source for the entry (LEGEND), entered 2026-10-07 under the nothing-left-out rule.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-31
CONSULTEDSantorini
Wikipedia (English)
Atlantis only; nothing on vrykolakas. Not mapped.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-24
CONSULTEDSão José dos Campos Airport
Wikipedia (English)
Coordinates for the anchor.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-01
CONSULTEDSchöllenen
Wikipedia (German)
Bridge history; lead image.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-29
CONSULTEDScreaming skull
Wikipedia (English)
List of English screaming skulls; checked for other candidates (Burton Agnes, Bettiscombe and Calgarth are already recorded or rejected).
WEB · COPYRIGHT · CHECKED 2026-09-24
CONSULTEDSkeptoid #637: Cueva de los Tayos and the Lost Metal Library, Part 1
Brian Dunning · Skeptoid · 21 August 2018
Cited by the Wikipedia article; linked from the map entry as further reading. Part 2 is #638.
ARTICLE · CHECKED 2026-09-29
CONSULTEDSpelling it out (Spellbound at the Ashmolean)
Mary Wakefield · The Spectator · 25 October 2018
The 2018 loan to the Ashmolean.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-01
CONSULTEDSpukhaus
Wikipedia (German)
List of German haunted houses: Geistervilla Verden, Villa Oppenheim, Kloster Marienborn, Scheifenhaus, Villa Puth, Kloster Wessobrunn — LEADS, unsourced in the list.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-04
CONSULTEDTassili n'Ajjer
Wikipedia (French)
Sefar and Oued Djerat; nothing on the 'Martian'.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-07
CONSULTEDTatzelwurm
Wikipedia (English)
Alpine dragon folklore and the 17th-century Swiss testimonies (Wagner 1680, Scheuchzer 1723); no single place. NOT mapped — LEAD.
OTHER · CHECKED 2026-10-07
CONSULTEDThe Basano vase (blogs, podcasts and listicles)
Searched again 2026-10-07: no primary source and no known whereabouts; the retellings contradict each other. Entered as basano-vase (LEGEND).
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-07
CONSULTEDThe Crying Boy
Wikipedia (English)
The source for crying-boy-prints (EXPLAINED): The Sun 1985 and the BBC Punt PI 2010 fire test.
WEB · CHECKED 2026-10-07
CONSULTEDThe Curse of Ötzi?
James M. Deem · Mummy Tombs (Web Archive copy via Magonia)
But the simple truth of the matter is: there is no such curse, no matter what the media reports.
The seven deaths 1992–2005 and the case against a curse — the source for otzi-curse (HOAX).
ARTICLE · CHECKED 2026-09-29
CONSULTEDThe Hand of Glory at Whitby Museum
Atlas Obscura
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-24
CONSULTEDTrindade and Martim Vaz
Wikipedia (English)
Coordinates, the Navy garrison, and the island image.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-01
CONSULTEDTriora
Wikipedia (English)
Its 'last witch trials held in Italy' line is not supported by the Italian articles; not used. Village image.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-24
CONSULTEDUberaba
Wikipedia (English)
Coordinates for the city anchor.
BOOK · PUBLIC-DOMAIN · CHECKED 2026-09-24
CONSULTEDUnwritten Literature of Hawaii: The Sacred Songs of the Hula
Nathaniel B. Emerson · Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 38 · 1909 · Project Gutenberg #20299
Fetched 2026-09-24, not yet used. The next source for Pele, Hiʻiaka and the hula.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-04
CONSULTEDValley of the Kings
Wikipedia (English)
Nothing on the 'phantom pharaoh'; that is in the haunted list only. LEAD.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-31
CONSULTEDVrykolakas
Wikipedia (English)
The revenant; no place on Santorini. LEAD.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-10-01
CONSULTEDWürzburg witch trials
Wikipedia (English)
Read in full; no site named. The twin persecution is mapped at Bamberg. LEAD for a Würzburg site.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-24
CONSULTEDXingu Indigenous Park
Wikipedia (English)
Coordinates for the area anchor and the park-boundary image.
WEB · CC BY-SA 4.0 (WIKIPEDIA TEXT) · CHECKED 2026-09-30
CONSULTEDБросно
Wikipedia (Russian)
Coordinates.