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the sun (new york [n.y.]) 1833-1916 — haunted house

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1896-06-22
Location: new york, new york, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the sun (new york [n.y.]) 1833-1916 · 1896-06-22 · page 03
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1896-06-22 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “haunted house”. This is historical reporting or commentary preserved by the Library of Congress; it is not treated as verification that the described event occurred.

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... nplrlts were about at the haunted house. On Friday night Frank Carlisle, a young farmer living the other tide of tho haunted house, while driving toward thla city to oall upon his sweetheart, met two men and a woman on the road near the haunted house. He passed them, paying no particular attention, except to note that they were strangers. All three were well dressed and the young woman was not moro than twenty-three or four. They were en gaged in conversation. After Carllslo had passed on a short distance he chanced to look back and saw the three enter tho yard of the haunted house. He noticed, too, that the two men had hold ...

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