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Strange & Supernatural

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by Barbara Whitby


  headless, 61

  moving objects, 16, 17, 18, 31, 96–97

  opening and closing doors, 23, 24, 61, 77, 93

  responding to questions, 17, 18, 80–82

  sound of footsteps, 22, 61, 77, 99, 121

  speaking through people, 77, 80

  spiteful 20–25

  throwing objects, 18, 23

  touching or hitting people, 22, 78, 99

  walking from George’s Island to Birch Cove, 67

  ghost-busting equipment, 119–120

  Grand Manan Island, NB, 105

  hags, 24, 25–26

  H

  Halifax Explosion, 83–94

  Halifax Harbour, 9–15, 69–73, 83–86, 103

  Halifax Herald, 98–101

  Halifax, NS, 9, 20, 59, 66, 69, 83, 103, 105

  Harbour Breton, NL, 113

  Harris, John, 21–23

  Hart family, 43–57

  Hatfield, Captain George Albert, 116–118

  Hubbell, Walter, 19

  I

  Ismay, Bruce, 38, 49, 59

  J

  Jipugtug Bay, see Halifax Harbour

  K

  King’s College, 24–25

  L

  L’Ardin, Jean, 63–64

  M

  MacDonald

  Andrew, placing curse on family, 96

  Black John, Janet, and Mary Ellen, 95–102

  MacIntyre, N. Carroll, 96, 102

  Madeleine, 63–66

  McDonald, Randall and Rebecca, 107–113

  medium, see psychics

  Mi’kmaq curse, 11–12

  Milledge House, 60

  N

  Nova Scotia Supreme Court building, spirits of children in, 92

  P

  phantom, see ghost

  poltergeist, see ghost

  Port Royal, NS, 63

  possession, 20, 77

  premonition, 43–50

  presence, see ghost

  Price, Dr. Walter Franklin, 100–101

  Price, Harry, ghost-busting kit, 119

  protection

  holy objects as, 26, 78, 103

  praying as, 20, 104

  psychics, 18, 79

  radiance, protecting from demon, 21

  R

  radio broadcast of exorcism, 79

  recurring appearances, 67, 93–94, 105, 112–113

  Richmond School, 86, 92

  Robinson, Hazel and Olive, 87–92

  S

  seance, 18

  voices heard at, 18, 80–81

  shape of house changing, 25, 104

  shape-shifter, 25

  smell

  lilacs, 33–36

  unpleasant, 25, 78, 80–81

  Smith, Captain Edward J., 40, 41, 49

  sounds

  children playing, 93

  footsteps, 22, 61, 77, 99, 121

  knocking/pounding, 17, 29, 77

  music, 31–32, 76, 93

  South Shore, NS, 75

  spirit, see ghost

  spirit, spiteful 20–25

  spontaneous human combustion, 104–105

  Spook House, 95–102

  Strauss, Isidor and Ida, 48, 52, 58

  television, changing channels, 76

  T

  Titanic, 37–59

  bad luck before maiden voyage, 41–43

  behaviour of animals on board, 47–48

  rescue of survivors, 52–57

  uncanny events after disaster, 58–59

  typhoid/typhus, 70–73

  W

  weight on chest, 20, 22, 24

  writing, automatic, 96, 101

  Y

  Yarmouth, 108–113

  Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, 108

  Copyright ©2014, 2009 Barbara Whitby

  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

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  This digital edition first published in 2014 as 978-1-4594-0776-3

  Originally published in 2009 as 978-1-55277-410-6

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