The 1920s · paranormal events
The 1920s contain 82 documented cases on file, with the majority of recorded activity occurring between 1920 and 1929. The archival data from this decade is primarily characterized by sightings of cryptids and various instances of hauntings.
The records include diverse phenomena ranging from the Carroll A. Deering Ghost Schooner and the Ahool Giant Bat to the Mongolian Death Worm. Other notable entries within the decade include the presence of activity in Al Capone's Cell at Eastern State, the Vampire's Tomb in Hollywood Cemetery, and the Mount Pleasant Egg-Shaped UFO.
Featured · 1920s
The Mount Pleasant Egg-Shaped UFO
Mount Pleasant, Iowa, USA
Clark Linch was fishing when a transparent blue egg-shaped object descended silently and landed 15 feet from him. After watching for 15 minutes, it rose and disappeared. The incident was documented in the Iowa City Press-Citizen.
The Carroll A. Deering Ghost Schooner
Diamond Shoals, Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States
A five-masted American schooner ran aground off the Outer Banks with sails set, food on the galley stove, and not a single member of her eleven-man crew aboard, producing a maritime mystery that drew in the FBI, the Treasury Department, and the State Department.
The Marseilles Abduction of 1921
Marseilles, France
An 8-year-old boy was grabbed by humanoid figures in diving suit-type clothing and forced into a strange craft. He experienced missing time - only five minutes passed subjectively, but he returned to a different location and had to walk for most of the afternoon to get home.
The Hubbell Nebraska Creature
Hubbell, Nebraska, USA
William Lamb discovered strange tracks, heard a high-pitched sound, and witnessed a circular object land in a clearing. Shortly after, he observed an 8-foot-tall creature flying through the air, apparently having emerged from the landed craft.
The Peoria Exorcism of Father Theophilus Riesinger
Peoria, Illinois, United States
Five years before his celebrated Earling case, the Capuchin friar Theophilus Riesinger conducted a quieter exorcism in central Illinois on a young farm woman whose afflictions reportedly resisted both medical and spiritual remedies.
Hollywood Cemetery Vampire's Tomb
Richmond, Virginia, USA
A collapsed mausoleum in Richmond's Hollywood Cemetery has been the focus of a tenacious local legend identifying its occupant as a bloody-mouthed figure responsible for a series of strange deaths in the 1920s.
Archive · 1920s
- 1920 Possession Carmine Mirabelli: Brazil's Greatest Medium São Paulo, Brazil
- 1920 Cryptid The Ahool Java, Indonesia
- 1920 Cryptid The Phantom of Ashdown Forest Ashdown Forest, East Sussex, England
- 1920 Cryptid The Trinity Alps Giant Salamander Trinity Alps, California, USA
- 1920 Other Snake Island: The Cursed Ilha da Queimada Grande Ilha da Queimada Grande, Brazil
- 1920 Haunting Imperial War Museum London, England, United Kingdom
- 1920 UFO The Mount Pleasant Egg-Shaped UFO Mount Pleasant, Iowa, USA
- 1920 Possession The Possessed Child of Udine Udine, Italy
- 1920 Possession The Roberson Family Possession Jackson, Tennessee, USA
- 1920 Cryptid The Skunk Ape: Florida's Stinking Swamp Monster Everglades, Florida, USA
- 1920 Cryptid The Skunk Ape Florida Everglades, USA
- 1921 Other The Carroll A. Deering Ghost Schooner Diamond Shoals, Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States
- 1921 UFO The Marseilles Abduction of 1921 Marseilles, France
- 1921 Poltergeist The Hopfgarten Poltergeist Hopfgarten, Tyrol, Austria
- 1922 Cryptid Mngwa of Tanzania Tanzania, East Africa
- 1922 Cryptid Nahuelito Nahuel Huapi Lake, Argentina
- 1922 Other Curse of King Tut Valley of the Kings, Egypt
- 1922 Other Curse of the Pharaohs Valley of the Kings, Egypt
- 1922 Haunting The Ghosts of Chartwell Chartwell, Kent, England
- 1922 Other Hinterkaifeck Farm Murders Kaifeck, Bavaria, Germany
- 1922 Other Hinterkaifeck Murders Bavaria, Germany
- 1922 Other The Hinterkaifeck Murders Hinterkaifeck, Bavaria, Germany
- 1922 UFO The Hubbell Nebraska Creature Hubbell, Nebraska, USA
- 1922 Other The Hinterkaifeck Farm Murders Hinterkaifeck, Bavaria, Germany
- 1922 Poltergeist The Epsom Racing Stables Poltergeist Epsom, Surrey, England
- 1922 Poltergeist The Mulhouse Poltergeist Mulhouse, Alsace, France
- 1922 Haunting Providence Biltmore Hotel Providence, Rhode Island, USA
- 1922 Cryptid Trunko: The Margate Sea Monster Margate, South Africa
- 1923 Cryptid Kongamato Zambia-Zimbabwe Border, Africa
- 1923 Cryptid Kongamato of Africa Jiundu Swamps, Zambia
- 1923 Cryptid Short Man of Sumatra Kerinci, Sumatra, Indonesia
- 1923 Cryptid Kongamato: Africa's Living Pterosaur Zambia, Congo, Angola
- 1923 Other Coral Castle Homestead, Florida, USA
- 1923 Other The Mystery of Coral Castle Homestead, Florida, USA
- 1923 Poltergeist The Haywards Heath Poltergeist Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England
- 1923 Possession The Peoria Exorcism of Father Theophilus Riesinger Peoria, Illinois, United States
- 1924 Cryptid Ape Canyon Attack Mount St. Helens, Washington, USA
- 1924 Haunting Cecil Hotel (Stay on Main) Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1924 Cryptid Trunko South African Sea Monster Margate, South Africa
- 1924 Cryptid Trunko: The South African Sea Monster Margate, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- 1924 Cryptid Albert Ostman Kidnapping Toba Inlet, British Columbia, Canada
- 1924 Apparition The SS Watertown Ghost Faces Pacific Ocean
- 1924 Cryptid Trunko Margate, South Africa
- 1924 Haunting West Park Hospital Epsom, Surrey, England
- 1925 Cryptid The Ahool: Java's Giant Bat Java, Indonesia
- 1925 Cryptid The Ahool of Java Java, Indonesia
- 1925 Cryptid Ahool Java, Indonesia
- 1925 Cryptid Ahool Giant Bat Java, Indonesia
- 1925 Cryptid Ahool of Java Java, Indonesia
- 1925 Haunting Hawthorne Hotel Salem, Massachusetts, USA
- 1925 Apparition Hollywood Cemetery Vampire's Tomb Richmond, Virginia, USA
- 1925 Haunting Liverpool Empire Theatre: Phantom Performers Lime Street, Liverpool, England
- 1925 Other Portmeirion - The Village of Strange Phenomena Portmeirion, Gwynedd, Wales
- 1925 Possession The Eleonore Zugun Poltergeist Possession Talpa, Romania
- 1925 Apparition Richmond Vampire Richmond, Virginia, USA
- 1926 Other The Agatha Christie Mystery at Newlands Corner Newlands Corner, Surrey, England
- 1926 UFO The Bolton Humanoid Encounter Bolton, Lancashire, England
- 1926 Cryptid The Mongolian Death Worm Gobi Desert, Mongolia
- 1926 Cryptid Olgoi-Khorkhoi Death Worm Gobi Desert, Mongolia
- 1926 Cryptid Mongolian Death Worm Gobi Desert, Mongolia
- 1926 Haunting The Body Chute of Waverly Hills Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- 1926 Haunting Waverly Hills Death Tunnel Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- 1926 Haunting Waverly Hills Body Chute Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- 1926 Haunting Lake Shawnee Amusement Park Rock, West Virginia, USA
- 1926 UFO The Maitland Lights Wave Maitland, Ontario, Canada
- 1927 Haunting Borgvattnet Vicarage Borgvattnet, Sweden
- 1927 Haunting The Hotel Monte Vista Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
- 1927 Haunting Kiyotaki Tunnel Kyoto, Japan
- 1928 Other Hex Hollow Murder York County, Pennsylvania, USA
- 1928 Poltergeist The Poona Poltergeist Poona (Pune), India
- 1928 Possession The Possession of Anna Ecklund Earling, Iowa, USA
- 1928 Possession The Possession of Earling Iowa Earling, Iowa, USA
- 1928 Possession The Iowa Exorcism Earling, Iowa, USA
- 1928 Possession The Earling Possession Earling, Iowa, USA
- 1928 Possession The Marathon Exorcism of Emma Schmidt Earling, Iowa, USA
- 1928 Possession The Earling Exorcism Earling, Iowa, USA
- 1928 Possession The Earling Exorcism: America's Most Documented Possession Earling, Iowa, USA
- 1928 Poltergeist The Sumatra Poltergeist Sumatra, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)
- 1929 Other Wall Street Crash Premonitions New York City, New York, USA
- 1929 Haunting Edinburgh Playhouse: Albert the Friendly Ghost Greenside Place, Edinburgh, Scotland
- 1929 Haunting Al Capone's Cell - Eastern State Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- 1929 UFO The Ward Colorado UFO Photograph Ward, Colorado, USA