Ghost in good spirits. A vicar whose home is haunted by a fun-loving ghost called Fred says the friendly phantom can drop in for a visit any time he likes. The Rev. Brian Butterworth ,46,
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Springfield, Kentucky, USA (1874)
A ghost on the “rampage”. It seems that a widow named Mrs Green, living at Springfield, Kentucky, has for some time past been pestered by the attentions of a ghost, who, with singular bad taste,
Continue ReadingSeyssuel, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (1930)
Have you read the news about the latest French ghost? He is a mysterious thing operating on a farm in the [?]. The farm is situated at Roche[piquet?] in the Commune of Seyssuel. If the
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A haunted house at Steeton. No little sensation has been caused in the village of Steeton, near Keighley, by a story that a cottage house at Lane Ends is haunted. The house is occupied by
Continue ReadingKenilworth, Warwickshire (1907)
An invisible ghost. To the editor of “The Referee”. Sir, – When I married in 1889 we went to live in a very pretty creeper-covered cottage in the Kenilworth district – a fuller description might
Continue ReadingCamblesforth, North Yorkshire (1860)
The Camblesforth Boggard. During the last week the peaceable village of Camblesforth, near Selby, has been kept in a state of the greatest excitement by the alarms created in a most unaccountable manner, in the
Continue ReadingBuckinghamshire (1892)
Local ghost stories and strange happenings. E. G— says: Within an hour and a half’s easy walk from Buckingham Town Hall stands my house, and its living persons comprise self, wife, and children . About
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Haunted houses are going out of fashion even in periodicals brought out especially for Christmas – a period of the years when stories of the kind used to be far more plentiful than they are
Continue ReadingWoolton, Liverpool (1974)
The ghost walks in Quarry Street. Ambulancemen tell of terror in training room. Story by Steve Oldfield. Pictures by Eddie Barford. Ambulancemen, who reckoned they had seen it all, are having to face up to
Continue ReadingLiverpool (1971 and long term)
Waiting for a ghost. By Chris Oxley. All last night, I sat up waiting to meet the ghost of Penny Lane. But he didn’t keep the appointment. With floorboards for a bed and a plank
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