Ghost of Mississippi barber in ncr

Soon after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in December 1941, able Americans had started going to Europe to fight the Nazis. Women had joined factories to assemble arms and ammunition. In a small town of Pascagoula in Mississippi, they found a peculiar prowler in their midst. The locals called him the “Phantom Barber”. Pretty blondes suddenly found their hair being chopped off. The police suspected that a miscreant had been using a chloroform soaked rag to make women lose consciousness in order to go about his dastardly deed. After a hectic manhunt, a German chemist was arrested and sentenced to 10 years, though he denied his involvement. As similar incidents are being reported from the National Capital Region of Delhi and nearby areas, one wonders whether the “Ghost of the Phantom of Mississippi” is here on a visit. For the past one month, many young girls and married women have been complaining that their braids have been chopped off in mysterious circumstances. People are convinced that it is the handiwork of ghosts. The police are clueless; they think it is “mere superstition”. Babas and maulvis are offering special tabiz— price ranging between Rs 500 and Rs 1,000—to ward off the braid cutter. The women’s stories are similar. They say they were out in the jungle to cut grass or fetch water or were offering namaz when they suddenly fell unconscious. When they woke up, they found their chopped off braids lying nearby. The police suspect that in some cases a mischief maker, using a chloroform handkerchief, might be involved. The other cases could be of “cookedup stories”—women cutting their own braids believing that by doing so they can have a son or an early marriage.