Case file · Haunting
Lucida Mansi, the ghost of Lucca
The noblewoman Lucida Mansi died of plague in Lucca on 12 February 1649. Legend says she sold her soul for beauty and that the devil carried her off in a burning carriage that plunged into the pond of the botanical garden, where she is seen.
1649 CE · 43.84, 10.51 · status: legend
The sceptical view
Records show she died of plague; the devil and lover-killing stories are later folklore.