@Max_B brought up the Treasurer's House, York Roman apparitions in this thread (https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-d...ion?page=4), which I'd never read or heard of before.
The key account seems to come from Harry Martindale, who reportedly was working in the cellar of the house in 1953 when he experienced apparitions of Roman soldiers with some improbable features given knowledge at the time of ancient Rome (e.g. they had round shields). Later excavations of the site are said to have confirmed the accuracy of what Martindale perceived.
I've been trying to establish if any documentation of Martindale's account was made before excavations occurred. The earliest record of a report on the case that I can find is from 1977, "York Man Saw Ghost Story Come to Life Before His Eyes," Palm Beach-Post Times.
The book Haunted Heritage: The Cultural Politics of Ghost Tourism, Populism, and the Past by Michele Hanks, seems to imply that the results of the excavation were already known by the time of Martindale's first documented telling of his story:
"When he eventually shared his story in the 1970s, the significance of his encounter was clearer. The men and horses that he saw might have been Romans. Many believed this because archaeologists had discovered the remains of the Roman Road Via Decumana Roman underneath the Treasurer’s House. That they walked on their knees seemed logical. The Roman Road was buried under layers of waste and development, which obscured their lower legs."
While this seemed like a very promising veridical apparition case, I don't think it can be assigned any particular value if there's no solid reason to think it really happened prior to the excavations. I searched the forum and found a few other mentions of it on this site, so hopefully someone on here is aware of more information that substantiates it.
The key account seems to come from Harry Martindale, who reportedly was working in the cellar of the house in 1953 when he experienced apparitions of Roman soldiers with some improbable features given knowledge at the time of ancient Rome (e.g. they had round shields). Later excavations of the site are said to have confirmed the accuracy of what Martindale perceived.
I've been trying to establish if any documentation of Martindale's account was made before excavations occurred. The earliest record of a report on the case that I can find is from 1977, "York Man Saw Ghost Story Come to Life Before His Eyes," Palm Beach-Post Times.
The book Haunted Heritage: The Cultural Politics of Ghost Tourism, Populism, and the Past by Michele Hanks, seems to imply that the results of the excavation were already known by the time of Martindale's first documented telling of his story:
"When he eventually shared his story in the 1970s, the significance of his encounter was clearer. The men and horses that he saw might have been Romans. Many believed this because archaeologists had discovered the remains of the Roman Road Via Decumana Roman underneath the Treasurer’s House. That they walked on their knees seemed logical. The Roman Road was buried under layers of waste and development, which obscured their lower legs."
While this seemed like a very promising veridical apparition case, I don't think it can be assigned any particular value if there's no solid reason to think it really happened prior to the excavations. I searched the forum and found a few other mentions of it on this site, so hopefully someone on here is aware of more information that substantiates it.
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