Weird Shitology

    Newspaper clipping collection

  1. 1980-03-05 The ghost dog of the gunpowder The Evening Sun (Baltimore, MD), p. A15
  2. 1988-10-31 [Part 1] [Part 2] The Sun (Baltimore, MD), pp. B1 & B4
  3. 1974-05-05 In the footsteps of Charles Fort The Sun Magazine (Baltimore, MD), p. 12
  4. 1999-08-09 Water sniffer [Part 1] [Part 2] Lancaster New Era (Lancaster, PA), pp. A1 & A5
  5. 1903-10-11 Expects "ghost" to clear up a murder mystery The St. Paul Globe (Saint Paul, MI), pp. 1
  6. 1936-12-21 Ghost music The Winnipeg Evening Tribune (Winnipeg, MB), p. 13
  7. 1935-02-13 No title The Winnipeg Evening Tribune (Winnipeg, MB), p. 11
  8. 1935-02-13 No title The Winnipeg Evening Tribune (Winnipeg, MB), p. 11
  9. 1954-10-04 Vampire with the iron teeth St. Joseph Gazette (St. Joseph, MO), p. 4
  10. 1949-03-04 Scotland Yard hunts for 'vampire' slayer The Odessa American (Odessa, TX), p. 1

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    Weird Astrometry

  11. 1922-04-23 "I created life from salt!" Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, TX), Magazine Section, p. 2

  12. 1904-10-09 There is life on the Moon [Page 1] [Page 2] San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, CA), American Magazine, pp. 6 & 7

  13. 1905-11-12 HOW we are heading for returns and destruction at 184,000 miles an hour [Page 1] [Page 2] San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, CA), American Magazine, pp. 6 & 7

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    Paranormal Culture

  14. 2008-07-07 Fair at Fort Knox delves into unknown [Part 1] [Part 2] Bangor Daily News (Bangor, ME), pp. B1 & B5

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    Creationism

  15. 1926-10-19 Man and the ape Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH), p. 6

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    Flat Earth

  16. 1905-03-05 He says the Earth is flat and floats in water The Inter Ocean Magazine (Chicago,IL), p. 7

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    Sink Holes

  17. 1974-06-16 Tacoman sick of the ‘hole’ thing [Photo] Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA), p. A4

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    Ghosts

  18. 1883-04-12 A peddler’ ghost [Part 1] [Part 2] The Huntington Argus (Huntington, WV), p. 6

  19. 1891-08-22 It beats the Shawnee Ghost The Daily Journal,(Crawfordsville, IN), p. 5

  20. 1897-10-03 Ghost story from England The Sunday Chronicle (Chicago, IL), p. 26

  21. 1921-11-20 Gripped by ghosts The Sunday Sun (Newcastle upon Tyne, ENG), p. 7

  22. 1948-02-23 British ghosts now haunt supermarkets Kitchener-Waterloo Record (Kitchener, ON), p. 8

  23. 1962-09-12 Phantoms of history haunt British castles The Edmonton Journal (Edmonton, AB), p. 30

  24. 1963-10-30 'Ghost' returned to life The Western Weekly Supplement (Ponoka, AB), p. 2

  25. 1947-07-07 Mystery of flying discs deepens [Headline] Winnipeg Free Press (Winnipeg, MB), p. 1
  26. 1947-07-13 Stories (like the saucers) go round and round [Banner] The Sunday Sun (Sydney, NSW), pp. 1 & 4

  27. 1957-04-01 Police hunt town ghost Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH), p. 1
  28. 1998-08-08 Maritime olden times [Part 1] [Part 2] The Vancouver Sun (Vancouver, BC), pp. C1 & C2

  29. 1998-10-16 Ghost stories don't materialize The Republic (Columbus, IN), p. A4
  30. 2017-06-05 Looking back 1947: 'flying diecs' seen over Cumberland [Part 1] [Part 2] Cumberland Times News (Cumberland, MD), pp. A1 & A3
  31. 2006-07-24 Stories of gl6sts and odd happenings debunked [Part 1] [Part 2] Daily American (Somerset, PA), Our Town, pp. 14 & 15

    1947

  32. 1987-08-27 Bulletin from a Swedish bog Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL), p. 5-1

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    1963

  33. 1963-04-13 The ghostly friends of Dr. Helen Creighton The Edmonton Journal (Edmonton, AB), p. 17

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    1989

    Ghostly tales for Halloween

  34. 1989-10-31 Ghostly tales for Halloween - Blurb The Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, FL), p. 1A

  35. 1989-10-31 The legend of Otto's doll [Part 1] [Part 2] The Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, FL), pp. 1D & 13D
  36. 1989-10-31 Spooky stories are all in the telling [Part 1] [Part 2] The Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, FL), pp. 1D & 14D

    2010

  37. 2010-10-24 Pirate booty [Part 1] [Part 2] [Blurb] The Telegraph (Nashua, NH), pp. D1, D12 & D11

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    Lindley Street Poltergeist

  38. 1975-03-02 A haunted house or hoax at 966 Lindley Street? [Part 1] [Part 2] [Banner] Bridgeport Sunday Post (Bridgeport, CT), pp. A1, F1 & F2
  39. 1975-03-02 A good night hunt ghosts [Part 1] [Part 2] Bridgeport Sunday Post (Bridgeport, CT), pp. F1 & F7
  40. 2022-12-15 The Lindley Street Poltergeist — Wayback Machine

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    Michigan

  41. 2015-10-25 Ghostly adventures [Part 1] [Part 2] Times Herald (Port Huron, MI), p. 1C & 2C

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    Edmonton

  42. 1963-01-04 'Ghost' shunned visitors [Photo] The Edmonton Journal (Edmonton, AB), p. 3
  43. 2022-10-29 Paranormal investigators give substance to Edmonton ghost stories — Wayback Machine

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    Vancouver

  44. 1997-10-27 Vancouver's favorite haunts [Part 1] [Part 2] The Province (Vancouver, BC), p. B6

  45. 1998-10-30 House haunted? [Blurb] The Province (Vancouver, BC), pp. A1 & A19
  46. 1998-10-30 They spent a night with the ghosts of Galbraith The Province (Vancouver, BC), p. A19

  47. 2005-07-19 Eerie web photo sparks ghost hunt The Province (Vancouver, BC), p. 14

  48. 2007-10-25 Boo! to you [Part 1] [Part 2] [Cover] [Blurb] The Vancouver Sun (Vancouver, BC), p. A1, D1, D17 & D19

  49. 2008-10-31 Ghosts in Metro? Be skeptical if you like, but there are all these signs . . . The Vancouver Sun (Vancouver, BC), p. C3

  50. 2011-05-13 Our 10 favourite haunts The Vancouver Sun (Vancouver, BC), p. A4

  51. 2012-10-28 Vancouver's 10 Scariest Spots Trolley tour not for fraidy cats [Part 1] [Part 2] The Province (Vancouver, BC), pp. A8 & A9

  52. 2018-12-13 The spooky side of Canada Vancouver Sun (Vancouver, BC), p. B1
  53. 2018-12-13 Who doesn't like a good ghost story? The Province (Vancouver, BC), p. 29

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    Ghost Hunting

  54. 2006-08-17 ‘Ghost hunt’ to blame for fire in wood mill Bangor Daily News (Bangor, ME), p. B8

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    Ghosts Identified

  55. 1932-02-12 How a Porcupine got frank Bonnin’s Goat thought it was the ghost of an old friend The Sault Star (Sault St. Marie, ON), p. 8

    Ghosts IDed as Rabbits

  56. 1896-02-28 No title Xenia Daily Gazette and Torchlight (Xenia, OH), p. 2
  57. 1896-02-28 No title Xenia Daily Gazette and Torchlight (Xenia, OH), p. 2

  58. 1907-06-13 His specialty to hunt ghosts Evansville Courier (Evansville, IN), p. 5
  59. 1907-03-25 Ghost hunting his business Owensboro Daily Inquirer (Owensboro, KY), p. 3
  60. 1907-03-26 Makes regular business of hunting down ghosts Evansville Journal-News (Evansville, IN), p. 2

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    Falls

  61. 1974-02-27 Fish rain from sky The Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa, ON), p. 28

  62. 1999-09-27 Flying feces Mystery messes have ceased — but not theories The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, UT), p. A1

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    Hoaxes

  63. 1963-02-27 Russians admit revived lizard story is fantasy The Fresno Bee (Fresno, CA), p. 1A
  64. 1963-02-27 Soviet prof tags lizard revival tale a fantasy The Modesto Bee (Modesto, CA), p. A1
  65. 1963-02-27 5,000 year-old lizard story pure fantasy, professor says Eureka Humboldt Standard (Eureka, CA), p. 2
  66. 1963-02-27 Russians calls frozen lizard tale fantasy The Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, CA), p. A1

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    Psychics

  67. 1979-05-18 Psychics hope to boost Skylab with good thoughts Evening Express (Portland, ME), p. 19

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    Vampires

  68. 1934-09-14 "Vampire" executed The Leader-Post (Regina, SK), p. 20

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  69. 2025-08-29 Newly uncovered medieval document adds evidence that Shroud of Turin is fake — Wayback Machine — archive.today

  70. 2025-09-26 The Carolina pale crawler tale that got my attention — Wayback Machine — archive.today

    Columnists

    Kevin P. Phillips

  71. 1977-08-21 Here's a monster of a tale San Antonio Light (San Antonio, TX), p. 6L

  72. 1979-06-04 New science: anomalies San Antonio Light (San Antonio, TX), p. 6B

  73. 1979-06-08 Why not make a science of things not scientific? The Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville, FL), p. A13

  74. 1979-06-25 Pay attention to anomalies The Laredo Times (Laredo, TX), p. 8

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