A Ghost Story. Some few weeks ago, a small cottage, in the neighbourhood of Yiewsley, occupied by a poor man, his wife, and an only daughter, the latter in ill-health, was the theme of considerable
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Alloa, Clackmannanshire (1909)
The Ghost Scare at Alloa. The excitement at Alloa regarding the ghost scare continues, and throughout yesterday the Old Cemetery was visited by groups of men and women, who surveyed with curious interest the haunted
Continue ReadingLeamington Spa, Warwickshire (1972)
Leamington family flee from ‘presence’. A mother and daughter fled terrified from their Leamington terraced home at midnight after strange footsteps, bangs and crashes echoed round the house. The woman believes there is an “evil
Continue ReadingStockton-on-Tees, County Durham (1874)
Haunted building in Stockton. Rumours to a very ominous purport are current in Stockton to the effect that one of the most useful public buildings in the borough is haunted. Noises of dancing have been
Continue ReadingTharston, Norfolk (1937)
This Ghost is Knock-Knocking. Villagers of Tharston, near Norwich, have a ghost in their midst. It taps eerily and has so upset the tranquility of the district that parties of “hunters” are lying in wait
Continue ReadingNantwich, Cheshire (1991)
Terror of ghost boy. A terrified family say they have been haunted by the playful ghost of a 10 year old boy. Mum Pat Brown and her three daughters called in a churchman to exorcise
Continue ReadingLyme Regis, Dorset (c1840)
In the Spiritual Magazine for September is the following by Mr Newton Crosland, of Blackheath:- “Apropos to this subject – Rest in the Grave – I wish to lay before your readers a few facts
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A Haunted House. The peaceful little town of Kells has suddenly grown important through the undesirable possession of a female ghost, who is “gilding the sober twilight with colour of romance.” She has struck out
Continue ReadingGalashiels, Scottish Borders (1841)
A Galashiels Ghost. A case occurred in the year 1841, in the busy little manufacturing town of Galashiels. In Channel Street there, a one-storey house accommodated two families, while the garret above was occupied as
Continue ReadingCoupar Angus, Perth and Kinross (1937)
Council house “haunted.” Strange sounds and lights at Coupar Angus. A “ghost” in Coupar Angus has adopted the modern outlook. While other spooks haunt the baronial castle, the Coupar Angus spectre has taken over a
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