Case file 025The Unexplained
Sherlock Holmes and the Fairies
Two Yorkshire cousins photographed paper fairies, drawing Arthur Conan Doyle into a public campaign that outlived their joke and ended in conflicting admissions.
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The Unexplained
Ghosts, cryptids and psychic claims, examined through the accounts and evidence behind them.
Case file 020The Unexplained
The Vampire with Iron Teeth
In 1954, Glasgow children hunted an iron-toothed vampire through a cemetery, setting off an argument about horror comics and older fears.
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Case file 009The Unexplained
The Ghost They Invented
A Toronto séance group invented a dead man, then reported knocks and moving tables: had they created a ghost, or misunderstood what answered them?
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