Haunting of Coalbaggie

Haunting of Coalbaggie
General
Type	Ghost
Species	None
Theory	Haunting
Geography
Continent	Oceania
Location	Australia
Date	1894

The Haunting of Coalbaggie was an infamous haunting that took place during the 1890s in Coalbaggie in Australia. On 1 June 1894, the Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal published an interview with Jacob Stein conducted by the Dubbo Dispatch.

Overview

Around 1891, Peter Stein, a “hard headed, practical, frugal German,” sold his property at Wagga Wagga, packed up his family, including his adult son Jacob, and set off in search of new property in the Dubbo district of central western New South Wales. On arrival in the district, Peter and his son, Jacob, took up two areas of 2,560 acres each at Coalbaggie, just outside Dubbo. However, no sooner had the Steins settled in, than they began hearing at night “strange voices, loud cooeying, and awful screamings”. (weirdaustralia.com)