Seasonable and startling intelligence has just reached me from Horspath, a quiet but somewhat isolated village, well-known to many of your readers as situated within a couple of miles of the Wheatley railway station and
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Tintwistle, Derbyshire (1938)
Mystery of “Knocking” Boy. Schoolmates run after 11 years old Ernest Hinchliffe in the tiny village of Tintwistle, in Hyde, Cheshire, calling him “Knock-Knock” Ernest because of mysterious noises his mother says are heard when
Continue ReadingBoroughbridge, West Yorkshire (1909)
A Girl Medium Mysterious Rappings and Noises A Boroughbridge Spiritualistic Sensation The residents in the old market town of Boroughbridge are at the present moment greatly perturbed by spiritualistic visitations, which have been in evidence
Continue ReadingRheidol Valley, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion (1925)
Haunted Cottage at Devil’s Bridge. Occupiers Scared. There have been strange happenings in a lonely cottage situate in the Rheidol Valley, midway between Aberystwyth and Devil’s Bridge. In this sparsely populated hill country of Cardiganshire
Continue ReadingCrumlin, Caerphilly (1925)
Troubled by Spirits. Crumlin wife’s story of ghosts. Ghostly tappings and scratchings in the stilly night, caperings indulged in by crockeryware, and mysterious writings on envelopes – these are some of the manifestations which have
Continue ReadingKempsey, Worcestershire (1849)
The Cock-Lane Ghost at Kempsey. In the road leading down to the church stands, in a garden and alone, a small house tenanted by Benjamin Amphlett, butcher, with a wife and three children, and one
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Who’s Dat Knocking? A mysterious, and as yet unexplained occurrence has set the good people of Penryn “all agog.” On Thursday evening last, much alarm was caused by a strange knocking in a house opposite
Continue ReadingBeccles, Suffolk (1848)
Beccles. Witchcraft. A poor man of this town, named Samuel Spalding, is said to be suffering under the influence of witchcraft. The outward manifestations of possession are thus described by his neighbours, who, it may
Continue ReadingRuskington, Sleaford, Lincolnshire (1928)
Ruskington. Spooks and Ghosts. Much excitement has been caused in the village, and many young persons have had their nerves unstrung, by reports of mysterious knockings to be heard in a house in High Street.
Continue ReadingAncoats, Manchester (1930)
An Ancoats “Ghost” Laid. Stolid neighbours who wanted their rest. Three young men of Italian extraction are having an unhappy time in a house in Blossom Street, Ancoats. During the past week or so their
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