tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post1373674863817637340..comments2024-03-29T07:19:50.366-07:00Comments on Strange Company: Newspaper Clipping of the DayUndinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-55265478662970309422023-03-30T04:43:21.423-07:002023-03-30T04:43:21.423-07:00Thank you! And thanks for the additional info abo...Thank you! And thanks for the additional info about this story. I was hoping to find the photographer's name somewhere!Undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-52694427011261313552023-03-29T14:42:24.801-07:002023-03-29T14:42:24.801-07:00The extra long fingers were a creepy touch, and th...The extra long fingers were a creepy touch, and the arms reaching for the man's food. But the rattling chains and ringing bells are straight from old ghost stories. That poltergeist was a blend of routine and sensational.John Bellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946140614088069665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-41215985593713914322023-03-29T14:12:30.517-07:002023-03-29T14:12:30.517-07:00There is a little more info on this case, but sadl...There is a little more info on this case, but sadly not much. The haunted photographer of St. Peter Port was a Mr. Basil Colenette, and the story was enough of a nine days' wonder to attract the attention of a wealthy local eccentric, a Mr. Henry Turner, who had once worked as the personal bookbinder of Victor Hugo. (Yes, *that* Victor Hugo, who is probably Guernsey's most-famous-ever resident.) Turner began a series of 'investigations'/personal publicity events at the house in question. <br /><br />There is also a Daily Express article dated 31 March, 1903, and which can be read in part here https://www.priaulxlibrary.co.uk/articles/article/henry-turner-ghosthunter, although its text is identical to the Glen Elder Sentinel article you posted, with only the addition of Turner's later involvement. <br /><br />The case was also discussed in Season 6, Episode 26: Under the Rocks & Stones (Part 1) of Richard MacLean Smith's podcast Unexplained: http://www.unexplainedpodcast.com/episodes/2022/12/2/season-06-episode-26-under-the-rocks-and-stones-pt1-of-2 (Relevant details start at the 6:30 mark.) <br /><br />Thank you so much for all your incredible research and writing. This blog has been a source of wonder, joy, and occasional terror for many years, and I hope it will continue to be so for many more! tinymanticorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02268771246620671711noreply@blogger.com