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A ghost robs a bank (revisited)…
October 29, 2015 by GuyHeilenman · Leave a Comment
And just in time for Halloween, a report from “The Observer” of London, January 1, 1797 (original post, 2010):
Filed under: The 1700's, Unusual, Fun & Bizarre
Tagged: 1700's, 18th Century, ghost story, halloween