Other / Unknown · Richmond, Indiana · 1909

IN-1909ID case-b5978b7409Fallback locationAdded to map Oct 27, 2026

Creature: Other / Unknown
When: Mar 1909to the month
Where: Richmond, Indianafallback location
Reports: 23 documents1 independent

The account

The article describes the 'phantom doe specter' as one of the hardiest old English superstitions, citing Lady Howard who was said to be compelled to haunt Okehampton in the form of a deer.

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Details

Creature: Other / Unknown
Where: Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, 47374, United States
mapped to town level · from the newspaper's printing town, not where it was seen
Fallback location (drawn hollow on the map): this is the newspaper's printing town, not where it was seen.
When: Mar 1909
Account: Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
Backed by: 1 independent source (23 documents; copies and reprints are not confirmations)
Added to map: Oct 27, 2026
Case id: case-b5978b7409

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Source trail (1)

Down the rabbit hole → 23 documents, and how they connect

Every link goes to where we found the account. The earliest we found is marked; it is the earliest found, not necessarily the original.

Image 2 of The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram (Richmond, Ind.), March 30, 1909
Newspaper · 1909-03-30
Earliest found, not necessarily the original.

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