Case file · Folklore / legend
The skulls of the Fontanelle cemetery
In 1872 Father Gaetano Barbati organised the bones of plague and cholera victims in a Naples quarry cave; locals 'adopted' skulls (the anime pezzentelle), cleaned them and asked them for help, lottery numbers and dreams. Cardinal Ursi banned the cult in 1969.
1872 CE · 40.86, 14.24 · status: account
The sceptical view
A documented popular cult of the dead, not a haunting.