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Doppelgangers and the Strange Case of Emilie Sagée – In 1845, a school in Latvia became the scene of some disturbing paranormal activity as a newly employed teacher began to appear in two places at the same time.

Emilie Sagee took a job at the Neuwelcke boarding school. It was her 18th teaching position in 16 years. The girls of the school would soon find out why, when on numerous occasions, Emilie was seen wandering the halls or sitting at the front of class, even when she was known to be elsewhere.

Emilie Sagee was a perfectly ordinary schoolteacher. Attractive and diligent, she upheld a reputation of impeccable conduct, but there was something a little off about Emilie, 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 a languid summers afternoon, she popped out to the garden to pick some flowers. Whilst she walked through the beds, her pupils looked on open-mouthed at 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 Emilie Sagee is one of the more famous and is both fascinating and chilling, but does it have any basis in reality? This is Dark histories, where the facts are worse than fiction.