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Emily Saage was a perfectly ordinary school teacher.

Attractive and diligent, she upheld a reputation of impeccable conduct.

But there was something a little off about Emily.

For one thing, she had had over 19 different teaching jobs in just 16 years.

And then there was the story that whilst teaching embroidery on aid summer's afternoon, she popped out to the

gardens pick some flowers. While she walked through the beds, her pupils looked on, open

mouth as the ghostly visage of her was seen by the 42 girls in the class, sitting casually

at her desk, doubling back out of the window, she could still be seen at the very same time

in the garden completely unawares.

The Doppelganger or spiritual apparition of a living person is a staple in Gothic literature

and modern fiction. It too boasts deep roots in folklore and history,

spawning tales for hundreds of years. The now infamous case of Emily Sais is is one of the most famous and is both fascinating

and chilling, but does it have any basis in reality?

This is dark histories where the Facts are Worst and Fiction.

Welcome, season 2, episode 11 of Dark Histories histories I'm Ben I hope this finds you all

doing exceptionally well this week I think we're just going to crack straight into this

one because it's a bit of a long one. I wanted

to do an episode that was sort of saying a little bit weird this week and I picked one that is quite well trodden.

However, always I found quite quickly copy and pasted and almost never, in fact, never sourced or never correctly sourced, I should say.

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