[November] 15th. – A letter was this day written to Derry by a gentleman in the county of Donegal, of which the following is an extract:- “Every body in this part of the country, man,
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Pontivy, Brittany, France (1922)
Shepherd Girl “Ghost.” Pranks of child of fourteen annoy whole village. For some time the inhabitants of the little Brittany village of Pontivy have been annoyed by what were locally described as ghosts. These ghosts
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A Playful Spook. Not being able to support its terrestrial fame, a modest ghost whose weird pranks have created a big sensation in the neighbourhood of Islington, Liverpool, mysteriously vanished. Probably its conscience prompted its
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Peckham Peckham Besieged By Ghosts! Extraordinary scenes in the streets. On Wednesday evening a mysterious affair – nothing less than a “ghost” hunt took place in North Peckham, and created some of the wildest excitement.
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Walney Ghost. For several months past, the inhabitants of the southern part of this isalnd have been sadly and seriously alarmed by the apparition of a ghost in the shape of a little fat man
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A Mystery. Mysterious stone throwing is getting so common a nuisance that it behoves the authorities to use a little more exertion, coupled with a slightly increased modicum of sagacity, to discover the perpetrators of
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Saturday evening usually no doubt has its many little wonders and “scenes,” but it is not often that one comes under one’s notice like that which came under one’s notice like that which came under
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Strange Knockings. After reading J.J. Brown’s letter headed “The night a spirit called,” I found it interesting to know someone else has had this experience also. My wife and I are often awakened during the
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Family in fear of a “spook”. By Tony Robinson. A family are walking the streets at night – because they are scared of a ghost. Wayne Bickerton and his wife, Marie, take their nine-month-old daughter
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Extraordinary Phenomenon. A Copenhagen telegram says – A mysterious occurence in a lonely little spot called Syversrud, in the province of Tolemarken, is attracting the attention of the whole of Noway. On the rocky coast
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