Ghosts and Spirit Rapping in Derry. We (Derry Guardian) subjoin a copy of a letter which was lately found by a gentleman in Coleraine when examining a number of old family papers. It refers to
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Aughrim, County Wicklow (1868)
Extraordinary Hoax. For more than a fortnight the quiet little village of Aughrim was kept in a condition of excitement and suspense by curious nocturnal rappings, and other noises in the house of one of
Continue ReadingKing’s Lynn, Norfolk (1846)
Lynn. Ghost Rumour. During the past week some little excitement was occasioned in Norfolk Street, by the report that a house, inhabited by a poor woman, was haunted; and the lovers of the marvellous assembled
Continue ReadingHorwich, Bolton, Lancashire (1888)
Remarkable Credulity A Horwich joiner and builder, named Christopher Riley, died a fortnight ago from blood-poisoning caused by inhalation of foul sewer gases, and since the burial it is freely stated that his house is
Continue ReadingBridgend, Perth, Perth and Kinross (1815)
To Correspondents. – We have received a letter in favour of small farms, which, on account of its contents, we should have been willing to insert, had it not been defective in composition. We have
Continue ReadingCentral London (1901)
A City of London Poltergeist. The following curious narrative giving an account of disturbances occurring in 1901 upon certain business premises in the heart of the city of London seems worthy of permanent record. The
Continue ReadingStratford, Connecticut, USA (1850)
Case of Dr. Phelps. The case of Dr. Phelps, of Stratford, Connecticut, is of equal notoriety [to the Prunay case], but it is not a case of stone-throwing, but of his windows broken before his
Continue ReadingQuincy, Coldwater, Michigan, USA (1865)
A Haunted House. Strange noises are heard of nights at the house of Mr Graves, residing a little east of Quincy Centre, usually in or about the sleeping room of his little son, about twelve
Continue ReadingWorth, Chicago, Illinois (1888)
A Family Troubled By A Ghost The reporter of the Chicago Times commences by describing the scene of the late disturbances as being on the farm of a wealthy gentleman, one Mr Peter Cure. His
Continue ReadingMoldgreen, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire (1866)
Moldgreen. Something like a ghost story. On Sunday the inhabitants of Kilner-bank, Moldgreen, became much excited by the report that some unheard, unseen, unknown, and invisible persons had paid that locality a visit, but whether
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