Case file · Haunting
Donna Olimpia's phantom carriage
Olimpia Maidalchini, the powerful sister-in-law of Pope Innocent X, fled Rome with the papal treasure on his death in 1655 and died of plague in 1657; Roman legend says her blazing carriage crosses Ponte Sisto on stormy nights.
1657 CE · 41.89, 12.47 · status: legend
The sceptical view
A folk image of greed punished.