The Nelly Butler Hauntings: A Documentary History

The history of the most famous haunting in early America, this is the tale of the Nelly Butler apparition, who appeared to more than one hundred individuals on the coast of Maine in 1799-1800. While this ghost is considered the most convincing apparition ever recorded, no other haunting created such a storm of controversy, sparking accusations of fraud, witchcraft, and demonism. For the ghost known as Nelly Butler orchestrated a wedding, a death, and a sensation unmatched to the present day. The hauntings remain one of the great mysteries of history.