Frank R. Paul – 'The Radio Ghost' Poltergeist Chair, Amazing Stories 1927

A possessed armchair stalks a terrified man across a Victorian drawing room in this eerie pen-and-ink illustration for 'The Radio Ghost.' The man scrambles across the floor in a panic while a well-dressed couple observes from the sofa with detached curiosity. The animated furniture moves with uncanny menace, its carved wooden legs casting dramatic shadows. A classic haunted-technology premise executed with clean Edwardian linework and deadpan social comedy.