Amherst Ghost
Who cursed the quiet Amherst household?
4.4 (28)
39 mins
Discover the unsettling 1878 poltergeist case that terrorized a quiet Nova Scotia household. Explore the strange phenomena surrounding Esther Cox as flying objects, mysterious noises, and sudden illnesses disrupted her home. Learn about the eyewitness accounts and curious investigators who tried to unravel Canada's most famous hauntings.
Ep 1:
The Girl, The Box, The Horror Begins
In 1878 Nova Scotia, eighteen-year-old Esther Cox survives a terrifying assault, only to be plunged into inexplicable horrors—jumping boxes, swelling fits, and ghostly writing that even a skeptical doctor can't explain.
Ep 2:
Fire, Fury, and the Phantom Knife
The haunting of Esther Cox escalates into deadly territory: falling matches, raging fires, a flying saloon door, and a knife that stabs her twice from inside a locked pocket.
Ep 3:
The Skeptic Who Couldn't Debunk a Ghost
Scientists uncover a roster of malevolent spirits led by a cruel ghost named Bob—and a professional debunker named Walter Hubbell arrives to expose a hoax, only to become a believer himself.
Ep 4:
A Life Destroyed, A Mystery Unsolved
Branded an arsonist and imprisoned despite relentless unseen torment, Esther Cox's tragic life unravels—while decades later, theories of trauma, psychokinesis, and possession still fight to explain her nightmare.
Discussions (5)
Malachi
Level 9 · 10 hours agoA traumatized girl gets stabbed, burned, imprisoned and exploited while the guy who wrote her story made 55,000 sales. Victorian society really said suffer in silence OR suffer publicly for free.
Rick
Level 6 · 10 hours agoso bob mcneill pulled a gun on esther, she never told anyone, and then a ghost named bob showed up claiming to own her. that is not a coincidence
Remus
Level 4 · 10 hours agoHubbell sold 55,000 copies yet Esther saw nothing. That checks out, copyright law barely protected subjects then.
