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Can Such Things Be? · Character

Rev. Mr. Cummings

A reverend who encounters a ghostly figure.

minor

Also known as Mr. Cummings

First appearance: some haunted houses

Rev. Mr. Cummings shows up with force in Present at a Hanging. The page is where that presence becomes real.

A Baptist minister who encounters the ghostly peddler on the bridge and later discovers Baker's body.
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In Present at a Hanging: A Baptist minister who encounters the ghostly peddler on the bridge and later discovers Baker's body. Later, in That of Granny Magone: The Methodist minister who conducted the funeral and…

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  • Mysterious Tragedies
  • Supernatural Investigators

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  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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