The 1930s · paranormal events
The 1930s represent a significant era within the Spooky Valley archives, containing 78 documented cases. The majority of these recorded events occurred between 1930 and 1939. The decade is characterized by a high frequency of hauntings and sightings of cryptids, which comprise the bulk of the era's anomalous activity.
Notable entries from this period include the disappearance of the Vanishing Village of Angikuni Lake and the Judge Crater disappearance. Maritime and coastal phenomena are also well-represented, ranging from the Queen Mary Ghosts and the presence of Chessie in the Chesapeake Bay to the Cape Cod Spring Heeled Jack. Other recorded incidents include the Ghosts of Alcatraz, contributing to the decade's established pattern of paranormal occurrences.
Featured · 1930s
The Vanishing Village of Angikuni Lake
Angikuni Lake, Nunavut, Canada
A trapper named Joe Labelle is said to have stumbled into an Inuit settlement on Angikuni Lake to find every cabin empty, meals abandoned mid-cooking, sled dogs starved at their tethers, and graves dug up — though the story has unravelled under historical scrutiny.
The Chichester Tasman Sea UFO
Tasman Sea, between Australia and New Zealand
During his pioneering solo flight across the Tasman Sea, legendary aviator Sir Francis Chichester witnessed a pearl-shaped airship that flashed brilliantly as it approached his small aircraft, then vanished. He later connected this sighting to unexplained compass deviations during his flight.
Wright Patterson AFB UFO Sighting (01 MAR 1932) — AARO Records
Wright Patterson AFB
An early aviation case from Wright Patterson AFB. A journal article discusses the use of magnesium alloys in aircraft-engine construction.
The Magenta Italy UFO Crash
Magenta, Lombardy, Italy
A bell-shaped or saucer-like craft allegedly crashed near Magenta. Mussolini's government reportedly formed RS/33, a secret cabinet overseen by Guglielmo Marconi, to study the wreckage. The case gained new attention in 2023 when whistleblower David Grusch cited it as evidence of retrieved non-human craft.
The Scandinavian Ghost Fliers
Scandinavia (Sweden, Norway, Finland)
A major wave of sightings swept across Scandinavia as unmarked aircraft were observed flying in impossible conditions - through blizzards, without lights, in remote areas with no aerodromes. Despite extensive military searches, no bases or aircraft were ever identified.
The 'Astronauts' of Tassili n'Ajjer
Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria
In a remote canyon of the Algerian Sahara, French ethnographer Henri Lhote documented Neolithic rock paintings of large helmeted figures he privately nicknamed 'the Martian Gods,' setting in motion one of the twentieth century's most enduring ancient-astronaut controversies.
Archive · 1930s
- 1930 Other The Vanishing Village of Angikuni Lake Angikuni Lake, Nunavut, Canada
- 1930 Apparition The Blue Lady of Moss Beach Moss Beach, California, USA
- 1930 Apparition Resurrection Mary of Chicago Justice, Illinois, USA
- 1930 Apparition The Vanishing Hitchhikers of Route 66 Route 66, USA
- 1930 Cryptid Mapinguari Giant Sloth Amazon Rainforest, Brazil
- 1930 Haunting Dead Man's Curve Hauntings Various locations, USA
- 1930 Haunting The Moss Beach Distillery Ghost Moss Beach, California, USA
- 1930 Other Judge Crater Disappearance New York City, New York, USA
- 1930 Other La Pascualita Chihuahua, Mexico
- 1930 Other Mapimí Silent Zone Durango, Mexico
- 1930 Apparition Resurrection Mary: Chicago's Vanishing Hitchhiker Justice, Illinois, USA
- 1930 Apparition Resurrection Mary Justice, Illinois, USA
- 1930 Apparition Resurrection Mary: America's Most Famous Vanishing Hitchhiker Justice, Illinois, USA
- 1930 Haunting San Antonio Ghost Tracks San Antonio, Texas, USA
- 1930 Other Starchild Skull Chihuahua, Mexico
- 1930 Other The Starchild Skull Copper Canyon, Mexico
- 1930 Apparition Route 66 Vanishing Hitchhiker Various locations along Route 66, USA
- 1931 UFO The Chichester Tasman Sea UFO Tasman Sea, between Australia and New Zealand
- 1931 Other Gef the Talking Mongoose Isle of Man
- 1932 UFO Wright Patterson AFB UFO Sighting (01 MAR 1932) — AARO Records Wright Patterson AFB
- 1932 Cryptid The Kongamato of Africa Zambia, Angola, Congo
- 1933 Haunting British Museum Station Holborn, London, England
- 1933 Cryptid Cadborosaurus: The Pacific Sea Serpent Pacific Coast, North America (British Columbia to California)
- 1933 Cryptid Cadborosaurus British Columbia, Canada
- 1933 Cryptid Cadborosaurus (Caddy) Pacific Coast, British Columbia, Canada
- 1933 Haunting The Marlowe Theatre Canterbury: Christopher Marlowe's Connection The Friars, Canterbury, Kent, England
- 1933 Cryptid Cadborosaurus: The Sea Serpent of the Pacific Pacific Coast of British Columbia, Canada
- 1933 Cryptid Cadborosaurus of the Pacific Pacific Coast, North America
- 1933 Cryptid Cadborosaurus Sea Serpent Cadboro Bay, Vancouver Island, Canada
- 1933 UFO The Magenta Italy UFO Crash Magenta, Lombardy, Italy
- 1933 UFO The Scandinavian Ghost Fliers Scandinavia (Sweden, Norway, Finland)
- 1933 Other The 'Astronauts' of Tassili n'Ajjer Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria
- 1934 Cryptid Surgeon's Photo of Loch Ness Monster Loch Ness, Scotland, UK
- 1934 UFO United States UFO Sighting, 1934 — FBI Files United States
- 1934 Haunting Alcatraz Island San Francisco Bay, California, USA
- 1934 Haunting Alcatraz Cellblock D San Francisco Bay, California, USA
- 1934 Haunting The Ghosts of Alcatraz San Francisco Bay, California, USA
- 1934 Haunting Alcatraz Prison Haunting San Francisco Bay, California, USA
- 1934 Haunting National Maritime Museum Greenwich, London, United Kingdom
- 1935 Haunting Old Changi Hospital Singapore
- 1935 Other The Goddard Time Slip Drem, Scotland, UK
- 1935 Poltergeist The Heaton Poltergeist Heaton, Bradford, Yorkshire, England
- 1935 Poltergeist The Uckfield Poltergeist Uckfield, East Sussex, England
- 1936 Apparition The Queen Mary Ghosts: America's Most Haunted Ship Long Beach, California, USA
- 1936 Apparition The Ghosts of the Queen Mary Long Beach, California, USA
- 1936 Haunting The Beit She'arim Necropolis Hauntings Beit She'arim, Lower Galilee, Israel
- 1936 Cryptid Chessie: The Chesapeake Bay Monster Chesapeake Bay, Maryland/Virginia, USA
- 1936 Cryptid The Beast of Bray Road Elkhorn, Wisconsin, USA
- 1936 Cryptid Chessie - Chesapeake Bay Monster Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, USA
- 1936 Cryptid Thylacine Survival Sightings Tasmania, Australia
- 1936 Cryptid The Thylacine: Tasmania's Ghost Tiger Tasmania, Australia
- 1936 Haunting Queen Mary Ship Long Beach, California, USA
- 1936 Haunting The RMS Queen Mary Hauntings Long Beach, California, USA
- 1936 Haunting Queen Mary Ship Haunting Long Beach, California, USA
- 1936 UFO The Maria Incident Pacific Ocean
- 1936 Haunting RMS Queen Mary Haunting Long Beach, California, USA
- 1936 Apparition The Ghosts of the RMS Queen Mary Long Beach, California, USA
- 1936 Haunting RMS Queen Mary Long Beach, California, USA
- 1936 Haunting The Haunted Queen Mary Ship Long Beach, California, USA
- 1936 Haunting The Queen Mary Long Beach, California, USA
- 1936 Cryptid Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger) Sightings Tasmania, Australia
- 1937 UFO United States UFO Sighting, 1937 — FBI Files United States
- 1937 Other Amelia Earhart Disappearance Pacific Ocean
- 1937 Apparition The Grey Lady of Willard Library Evansville, Indiana, USA
- 1937 UFO John Frum Movement and the Cargo UFO Accounts Tanna Island, Vanuatu
- 1937 Other Wittenoom Ghost Town Pilbara, Western Australia
- 1938 Other War of the Worlds Broadcast Panic Grover's Mill, New Jersey, USA
- 1938 Cryptid The Cape Cod Spring Heeled Jack Provincetown, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA
- 1938 Poltergeist The Pearisburg Poltergeist Pearisburg, Virginia, USA
- 1938 Poltergeist The Thornton Heath Poltergeist Thornton Heath, Croydon, England
- 1939 UFO 1939 UAP Sighting — AARO Records Unknown location
- 1939 Apparition The Archer Avenue Ghost Justice, Illinois, USA
- 1939 UFO The Cordell Hull Capitol Aliens Washington DC, USA
- 1939 Cryptid Glawackus Glastonbury, Connecticut, USA
- 1939 Haunting HMS Belfast - WWII Warship's Phantom Sailors River Thames, London, England
- 1939 Possession The Maria Talarico Possession Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy
- 1939 Possession The Possession of Maria Talarico Catanzaro, Italy
- 1939 Haunting Ramsgate Tunnels Ramsgate, Kent, England