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  1. SimonBurchell

    Phantom Battles & Battlefield Ghosts

    It occurred to me earlier that we don't seem to have a dedicated thread for battlefield ghosts and phantom battles, and posts are scattered through other ghost threads, the timeslip thread and elsewhere. The Battle of Edgehill was reportedly replayed in the sky, such that participants in the...
  2. Middlecoat

    A Visit To Gettysburg

    I've just come back from the US. Posted this on my Facebook page. Thought y'all would also enjoy it; make of it what you will. OK, so tonight we did a tour; always a jolly way to finish off a trip. At the end the guide told us the following story. A while back he was sitting in a bar when he...
    • Middlecoat
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    • 1863 battlefields gettysburg ghosts & hauntings history military the american civil war the united states wilmington
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    • Forum: Ghosts: General
  3. rynner2

    History Rewritten: Myths Busted & New Truths Uncovered

    http/tinyurl.com/yqr5sy (Mod Edit: Original link is broken. Archived version found via The Wayback Machine here: https://web.archive.org/web/20090130100439/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1545177/Caravaggio-was-actually-Merisi-of-Milan.html) rynner the ubiquitous
    • rynner2
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    • Forum: Urban Legends & Folklore
  4. M

    WWI Battlefield Ghosts

    If, as is generally accepted, a ghost is a some combination of intense emotion, unfinished business, and ignorance of death--abetted by some sort of psychogeography--shouldn't the abandoned trenches of the Western Front be rife with spooks? American Civil War battlefields are replete with...
    • minordrag
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    • battlefields ghosts & hauntings history the great war the military
    • Replies: 57
    • Forum: Ghosts: General
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