Who knows if this is fictional or not. It’s quite detailed if it is. And it’s not particularly like other things I’ve found, although it does perfectly fit the mould. Strange freaks in a Nottingham
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Drinkstone, Suffolk (1912)
Ghost Scare At Drinkstone. Excitement amongst the villagers. “Mysterious” knockings. The “Spirit” laid. The peaceful parish of Drinkstone, with its picturesque surroundings, has during the last week or two been the scene of much consternation
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Tapping wherever she goes. A mysterious spirit visitation, which has caused tremendous excitement in the village of Oppau, in the Landeshut district of Germany, centres round the nine-year-old daughter of a farmer named Rasche. Wherever
Continue ReadingCranbrook, Kent (1896)
Cranbrook. Mysterious. To the residential inmates of one of our country residences, occupying a pleasant position within Cranbrookian precincts, the past week, and part of the present one, has been a time of curiously mixed
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To the Editor of the Champion. Sligo, Sept. 21, 1881. Dear Sir, – Allow me, through the medium of your influential journal to call attention to a matter which has lately caused a great deal
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“Haunted House” Tenants’ Stories. Heavy footsteps: figure of man on stairs. Mysterious knocks and door that swings open. Remarkable stories of ghostly figures and mysterious footsteps sounding in empty passages were told to the “Evening
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A Brixton Ghost Story. A correspondent of the Spiritualist, writing from an address in South London, communicates to that journal the following story, which he adduces as evidence of the reality of spiritual phenomena: –
Continue ReadingOld Wolverton, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire (1890s)
A Stony Stratford Debate. Indigestion or –? “Is there such a thing as a ghost?! This was the subject of a serious debate at a largely-attended meeting of members of the Stony Stratford Literary Society.
Continue ReadingHebden Bridge, West Yorkshire (1859)
Excitement of a most remarkable character prevailed at Hebden Bridge fifty years ago in connection with certain mysterious knockings which were said to have been heard at a well-known residence, both by day and night.
Continue ReadingMorton and Hanthorpe, Lincolnshire (1907)
The Haunted House. A good deal of excitement and curiosity are being caused by a mystery associated with a house at Morton, which is now designated “The haunted house.” For some considerable time, the occupiers
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