Plumstead. Mysterious Occurrence. During the present week almost the sole topic of conversation in Plumstead has been about some mysterious stone-throwing in the rear of Bloomfield road. It began at eight o’clock on Saturday
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Stockton Heath, Cheshire (1885)
A Cheshire Ghost Story. During the past few days the good people of Stockton Heath, have had their minds considerably agitated by some ghostly phenomena. Not very long ago the public of St Helens were
Continue ReadingSt Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex (1938)
Phantom Woman and Ringing Bells in “Haunted” Flat. Occupants of a flat in the vicinity of Warrior-square, St. Leonards, are mystified by a series of extraordinary happenings that have taken place there recently, and which
Continue ReadingShrewsbury, Shropshire (1883)
as part of an article about the Wem case: Shrewsbury, indeed, had a ghostly trouble of its own. For six whole months a gentleman and his family residing in the Cherry Orchard have been kept
Continue ReadingBurnham on Crouch, Essex (1900)
Burnham. Extraordinary outrage at Burnham. Mysterious breaking of Mr A Rome’s windows. Mr and Mrs A Rome, of Burnham-on-Crouch, have been victims of an extraordinary outrage. On Friday two or three panes of glass were
Continue ReadingPeterborough, Cambridgeshire (1853)
Spirit “Rapping.” A strange story is current that the houses occupied by Mr Hardy, brazier, Mr Palmer, draper, and Mr Sawyer, watchmaker, situate in Narrow-street, are nightly haunted by the spirit of the late departed
Continue ReadingClarendon, Quebec, Canada (1889)
A Canadian Spook. The township of Clarendon in Pontiac county has just been disturbed by a somewhat eccentric spook. A spook, it may be as well to observe at the outset, is a spirit. The
Continue ReadingGjøvik, Norway (1934)
Hospital Mystery. Antics of a jumping table. The authorities of the East Titen Hospital at Gjoervik, are at present mystified by the behaviour of a table which, as soon as it is dark, begins to
Continue ReadingBlackburn, Lancashire (1908)
Spooks at Blackburn. Story of a haunted family. A succession of mysterious events has occurred in a workman’s home in Blackburn. For several weeks, pots, ornaments, and vases have been flung about the rooms in
Continue ReadingPuttalam, Sri Lanka (1933)
Family “Haunted” From Home. Shower of stones fall on the roof. Colombo. A poor family have been compelled to leave their house in a small village near Puttalam, because they said, supernatural manifestations worried them
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