# Ghost in the wall? No... man in the chimney!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-in-the-wall-no-man-in-the-chimney/356811>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 15, 2006, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-in-the-wall-no-man-in-the-chimney/356811 "2006-05-15T08:00:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jeffr062](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f04885/32.png) [@Jeffr062](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeffr062)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-in-the-wall-no-man-in-the-chimney/356811/1 "2006-05-15T08:00:15Z")

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Well its happened again.

New York - A burglar who got stuck in a chimney on Sunday morning was rescued after a woman who lives in the building next door heard a voice coming from within the walls and called for help, police said.  
City emergency officials, who heard the whimpering, broke through the brick chimney of the residential building on the West Side of Manhattan and used ropes to pull out the man, who was arrested, police said.

Has there ever been a case where a burglar sucessfuly gained access to a house or business by the chimney?

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**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-in-the-wall-no-man-in-the-chimney/356811/2 "2006-05-15T17:00:50Z")

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Seems to happen every year down in Whoville…

(Sorry, but it was gonna happen sooner or later.)