Was Marehay visitant out of this world? Police investigations at “haunted” cottage. Ripley and Alfreton area gossip. Weird and unnerving happenings within its walls have made a tiny cottage in Marehay into a house of
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Highgate, London (1975)
The Posta ghosta in the toasta. By Jack Lewis. Comedienne Adrienne Posta has a ghost in her toaster. She and her husband, songwriter Graham Bonnet, have discovered that their 300-year-old house in Highgate, London, is
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Admission to see a ghost. To make a round sum in dollars out of an apparition which declines to appear is worthy of Yankee cuteness. Mr Crocheron, of Staten Island has done it – and
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“Ghost” visits Norman Long. Norman Long is embarrassed. He is being “haunted.” And the ghost appears to be fond of shaving brushes, for they are whisked away during the night. When he is at home
Continue ReadingBarry, Glamorgan (1927)
Apparition in Form of a Man. Ghostly rappings in a block of flats at Barry Dock (Glamorgan) have startled the residents. Five families live in the building, and all of them have heard rappings on
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A Perth “Ghost.” Extraordinary Affair. A remarkable story, savouring strongly of the supernatural, has gained currency in Perth during the week-end. It contains all the elements of a good-going ghost yarn – an apparition, a
Continue ReadingHemington, Leicestershire (1973)
Is there a ghost in the house? A team of Long Eaton Advertiser reporters is carrying out a full investigation into claims that a council flat in Hemington is haunted. Tenants of the Castle Donington
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Expert probes 2 hauntings. A “haunted flats” claim by two terrified women is to be investigated by a university lecturer. Dr John Belloff, lecturer in the psychology department of Edinburgh University, wants to find out
Continue ReadingWaukon, Iowa, USA (1888)
John Beall, of Waukon, Iowa, a man about 40 years of age, committed suicide recently, by swallowing a dose of rat poison. The immediate cause was a charming young widow, at whose feet he had
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A haunted house in Dublin. A house in Clanbrassil Street, Dublin, is reported to be haunted. Within the last few months four tenants have occupied it, but left soon after taking possession. The landlord gave
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