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Slawensik Poltergeist

In the winter of 1806-7 Councillor Societies of Harmony Hahn and an officer named Charles Kern, living for the time in the Castle of Salwensik, Silesia, were disturbed by curious happenings which suggested that the Castle was haunted. Strange noises were heard, small objects were seen to rise from the table and fly through the room. The only account is by Councillor Hahn, and, as is generally the case in such circumstances, the most surprising occurrences were not witnessed by the recorder, but were told him by his friends. Thus Kern is said to have seen in the glass the apparition of a woman in white; while Hahn was not present when a jug of beer was raised from the table by invisible hands, tilted, and its contents poured down an invisible throat.