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the morning news (savannah, ga.) 1887-1900 — haunted house

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1894-12-30
Location: savannah, georgia, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the morning news (savannah, ga.) 1887-1900 · 1894-12-30 · page 12
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1894-12-30 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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... such a thing as a haunted house I should Imagine it looking like the one on the can vas.” Donald glanced at his wife in a sig-' nlficant manner. "Very strange," he said, “but that is the picture of a haunted house. I painted tt from nature, shortly after having experi enced within its walls the most extraor dinary incidents of my life. You are the second person on whom this picture has had a peculiar effect. 1 suppose you are a medium?” “Not that I know of. In fact, I do not believe in spiritualism. Where is the cot tage located?” "It stood in Scotland near the romantic shores of Loch Lomond, but it ...

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