HISTORIC GHOSTS
AND
GHOST HUNTERS

HISTORIC GHOSTS
AND
GHOST HUNTERS BY
H. ADDINGTON BRUCE
Author of "The Riddle of Personality" NEW YORK
MOFFAT, YARD & COMPANY
1908

Copyright, 1908, by
MOFFAT, YARD & COMPANY
NEW YORK

Published, September, 1908

The Plimpton Press Norwood Mass. U.S.A.

To
THE MEMORY OF MY FRIEND
JOHN J. HENRY

CONTENTS

PAGE
Preface[ix]
I.The Devils of Loudun[1]
II.The Drummer of Tedworth[17]
III.The Haunting of the Wesleys[36]
IV.The Visions of Emanuel Swedenborg[56]
V.The Cock Lane Ghost[81]
VI.The Ghost Seen by Lord Brougham[102]
VII.The Seeress of Prevorst[120]
VIII.The Mysterious Mr. Home[143]
IX.The Watseka Wonder[171]
X.A Medieval Ghost Hunter[198]
XI.Ghost Hunters of Yesterday and To-Day[216]