Welcome to The Unexplained Archives! This week-a 19-year-old girl. A violent haunting. A ghost that claimed her life belonged to it.In 1878, the quiet town of Amherst, Nova Scotia, became the scene of one of the most terrifying and well-documented hauntings in North American history. Esther Cox, a shy young woman living on Princess Street, found herself attacked night after night by an unseen force that scratched the walls, set fires, and carved threats into her room. Neighbors, ministers, doctors, and even investigators witnessed the events firsthand.
Was Esther the victim of a jealous ghost woman? Or did trauma invite something darker into her life?This chilling case—known as The Great Amherst Mystery—has baffled skeptics and believers for over a century. Explore the evidence, the eyewitness testimony, and the lingering questions that still haunt the town today.
Was Esther Cox haunted… or hunted?
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Sources for this episode: https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2021/10/28/the-great-amherst-mystery-1888/
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