The 1890s · paranormal events
The Spooky Valley archive holds 61 documented paranormal cases during the 1890s. The earliest dates to 1890 and the most recent to 1899, a span of 9 years.
Reporting during the 1890s is led by the haunting, with 32 hauntings, 14 cryptid encounters and 5 UFO sightings on file. Of these, 28 are verified against primary-source documentation. Every entry below records what was reported and the sources behind it, rather than asserting a conclusion.
Featured · 1890s
H.M.S. Caroline UFO Sighting (May 25, 1893) — FBI Files
H.M.S. Caroline
An 1893 maritime report from the H.M.S. Caroline describes unusual lights forming irregular lines and crescent shapes, later released via the PURSUE program.
The SS Naronic and the Bottles in the Atlantic
North Atlantic Ocean, between Liverpool and New York
A six-thousand-ton White Star livestock carrier disappeared on a routine winter crossing with seventy-four souls aboard, its only trace a series of message bottles washed ashore on three continents over the following months, each describing a different account of her loss.
The Great Airship Mystery of 1896-1897
United States (California to Midwest)
Before the Wright Brothers flew, thousands of Americans reported seeing cigar-shaped airships with lights and propellers cruising across the night sky.
Le Roy Cow Abduction
Le Roy, Kansas, USA
Farmer Alexander Hamilton swore in an affidavit that he witnessed a cigar-shaped airship steal one of his cows with a rope. The story became famous before being revealed as a tall tale.
Joseph Vacher and the Demonic Defense
Lyon, France
The French serial killer Joseph Vacher, condemned to death in 1898, mounted what amounted to a possession defense, claiming that his crimes had been committed under the compulsion of a demonic force that entered him through a rabid dog's bite.
Black Knight Satellite
Earth Orbit
Conspiracy theorists claim an alien satellite called the Black Knight has been orbiting Earth for 13,000 years. It allegedly traces back to Nikola Tesla's radio signals in 1899. NASA photos from 1998 show a dark object that believers say is the satellite. NASA says it's a lost thermal blanket.
Archive · 1890s
- 1890 Cryptid The Thunderbirds of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, USA
- 1890 Cryptid The Tombstone Thunderbird Tombstone, Arizona, USA
- 1890 Other The Lost Thunderbird Photograph American Southwest, USA
- 1890 Haunting The Haunted World of H.P. Lovecraft's Providence Providence, Rhode Island, USA
- 1890 Haunting Scottish Mining Museum - Lady Victoria Colliery Newtongrange, Midlothian, Scotland
- 1890 Cryptid The Thunderbird Photograph Mystery Tombstone, Arizona, USA
- 1890 Cryptid Thunderbird Photo Mystery American Southwest
- 1891 Cryptid Big Grey Man of Ben MacDhui Ben MacDhui, Scotland
- 1891 Cryptid Crawfordsville Monster Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA
- 1891 Cryptid The Big Grey Man of Ben MacDhui Ben MacDhui, Cairngorms, Scotland
- 1891 Haunting Sedamsville Rectory Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- 1892 Haunting Borden House Hauntings Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
- 1892 Haunting The Borden Murder House Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
- 1892 Haunting The Lizzie Borden House Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
- 1892 Haunting Lizzie Borden House Haunting Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
- 1892 Haunting Lizzie Borden House Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
- 1892 Haunting The Lizzie Borden House Haunting Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
- 1892 Haunting Manresa Castle Hauntings Port Townsend, Washington, USA
- 1892 Other The Mercy Brown Vampire Incident Exeter, Rhode Island, USA
- 1892 Poltergeist The Cardiff Poltergeist Cardiff, Wales
- 1893 Haunting Chicago World's Fair Ghost Legends Jackson Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- 1893 UFO H.M.S. Caroline UFO Sighting (May 25, 1893) — FBI Files H.M.S. Caroline
- 1893 Other The SS Naronic and the Bottles in the Atlantic North Atlantic Ocean, between Liverpool and New York
- 1893 Haunting Pfister Hotel (Baseball Haunting) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
- 1894 Haunting The Blind Beggar: Where Ronnie Kray Made Murder and the Krays Still Haunt Whitechapel, London, England
- 1894 Cryptid Pressie: The Lake Superior Monster Presque Isle, Lake Superior, Michigan, USA
- 1894 Haunting The Haunting of Belcourt Castle Newport, Rhode Island, USA
- 1894 Possession Hélène Smith: The Martian Medium Geneva, Switzerland
- 1894 Haunting Woodhorn Colliery Ashington, Northumberland, England
- 1895 Cryptid Wild Man of Connecticut Winsted, Connecticut, USA
- 1895 Possession The Bridget Cleary Case Ballyvadlea, County Tipperary, Ireland
- 1895 Haunting Hartwood Hospital Shotts, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
- 1896 UFO The Great Airship Mystery of 1896-1897 United States (California to Midwest)
- 1896 Haunting The Ghosts of Blackpool Pleasure Beach Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Lancashire, England
- 1896 Cryptid Globsters St. Augustine, Florida, USA
- 1896 Cryptid Globster Strandings Worldwide Worldwide coastlines
- 1896 Cryptid The Globster Phenomenon Worldwide
- 1896 Haunting Mansfield Reformatory Ghosts Mansfield, Ohio, USA
- 1896 Haunting Ohio State Reformatory Haunting Mansfield, Ohio, USA
- 1896 Haunting Ohio State Reformatory Mansfield, Ohio, USA
- 1896 Haunting St Mary's Hospital, Newport Newport, Isle of Wight, England
- 1896 Haunting St Mary's Hospital Newport, Isle of Wight, England
- 1897 UFO Le Roy Cow Abduction Le Roy, Kansas, USA
- 1897 UFO Lubbock, Texas UFO Sighting, 1897 — FBI Files Lubbock, Texas
- 1897 Apparition Adelphi Theatre Ghost London, England
- 1897 Haunting Covent Garden Station William Terriss Ghost Covent Garden, London, England
- 1897 Cryptid Nahuelito the Patagonian Monster Nahuel Huapi Lake, Argentina
- 1897 Haunting The Greenbrier Ghost Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA
- 1897 Apparition The Greenbrier Ghost Court Case Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA
- 1897 Cryptid Nahuelito: Patagonia's Lake Monster Nahuel Huapi Lake, Patagonia, Argentina
- 1897 Poltergeist The Maidstone Poltergeist Maidstone, Kent, England
- 1897 Haunting Rauceby Hospital Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England
- 1897 Haunting Sheffield Lyceum: The Victorian Ghost Tudor Square, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
- 1898 Haunting Beelitz-Heilstätten Brandenburg, Germany
- 1898 Haunting People's Palace Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
- 1898 Haunting The Philharmonic Dining Rooms Liverpool, Merseyside, England
- 1898 Possession Joseph Vacher and the Demonic Defense Lyon, France
- 1899 Haunting Aleister Crowley and Boleskine House Foyers, Loch Ness, Scotland
- 1899 Haunting Birmingham Hippodrome: Phantom Applause Hurst Street, Birmingham, England
- 1899 UFO Black Knight Satellite Earth Orbit
- 1899 Haunting Prudhoe Hospital Prudhoe, Northumberland, England