Larry, The Mischievous Ghost. He started fire in my home, says Mr Stringer. “Evening News” Reporter. Larry, the Easter poltergeist was at work again today in a Camberwell house. Firemen were called for the 12th
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Formby, Merseyside (1985)
Mischievous ghost of Christmas past. Joe Riley with a spine-chilling tale about a poltergeist. Only now can the story be told. Because only now has the poltergeist which brought terror to a group of Formby
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Couple say ghost is firebug. Ronald Atkins and his wife Ethel are certain they know the identity of the firebug who is making their life a nightmare. He’s a ghost, they say. The ghost of
Continue ReadingWeedon, Northamptonshire (1903)
What is described as a “ghost” is said to have made its appearance at a lonely house at Weedon, Northamptonshire. Villagers declare that its knocks are quite audible at night. Coventry Evening Telegraph, 3rd July
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Council House “Ghost.” A ghost is reputed to walk at Weedon. Mr C.E. Gibbes told Daventry R.D.C. today that he had been given the definite assurance that a council house, built to fill up a
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The bath that leaked petrol! By Paul Tyrrell. Pensioners Bill and Edie Ithell thought they had struck it lucky when they found their bath was leaking… petrol! But the couple’s hopes of having their own
Continue ReadingPortishead, Somerset (1738)
A Somerset “Witch” Exposed. In view of the examinations which are at present being made at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research, South Kensington, into the mysterious powers of the Roumanian poltergeist girl, Eleonore Zugan,
Continue ReadingSheffield, South Yorkshire (1938)
Phantom appears in city house. Uncanny happenings in a house in the Greystones road district of Ecclesall, Sheffield, have caused the occupants to wonder if it is haunted. The mysterious, unexplained incidents include the appearance
Continue ReadingHampsthwaite, North Yorkshire (1844)
Country News. Harrogate. Mysterious Affair. The village of Hampsthwaite and its neighbourhood, has of late been thrown into a state of considerable excitement, owing to a report that a farm-house in that neighbourhood, occupied by
Continue ReadingSizewell, Suffolk (1885)
A Sizewell Ghost Story. During the past seven weeks the usually quiet little village of Sizewell has been in a great state of excitement through the stories afloat that a cottage occupied by a man
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