“Witchcraft” in East Lothian. The good folks at the farm steading and in the vicinity of Southfield, Gladsmuir, are being very much exercised int their minds just now about a little girl named Annie Nisbet.
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Poplar, London (1818)
Extraordinary Ghost. A respectable lady, named Jervis, residing in Regent’s-street, Poplar, applied to Mr Bennett, the sitting Magistrate, on Thursday last, for advice how to act under the following ludicrous circumstances: She stated, that she
Continue ReadingKennington, South London (1818)
A Ghost. The inhabitants of Kennington Cross have, within these few days back, been much alarmed by the report of a Ghost haunting a house occupied by a Widow Lady, of the name of Robbins,
Continue ReadingCuneo, Piedmont, Italy (1879)
A Haunted House. The Roman correspondent of Saunders writes:- There is, it is said, a haunted house at Cuneo, at least so says the Gazette of Turin. Like in most Italian houses, there are many
Continue ReadingSheffield, South Yorkshire (1881)
“Spirit-rapper” in Sheffield. Extraordinary Scene. In this practical age it is the custom to pooh-pooh ghosts and spirit-rappers, but certain residents in Johnson’s yard, Pearl street, off Sheffield moor, are becoming convinced, like Hamlet, that
Continue ReadingCoventry, West Midlands (1968)
Ghost gets the blame for a blaze. Paul Connew. Barbara Mills knew who to blame when a mystery fire broke out in her kitchen… a mischief-making ghost. Today, 37-year-old Barbara hopes to get rid of
Continue ReadingGamlingay, Cambridgeshire (1891)
A Genuine Haunted House. Mr John Sarll, of the Cock Inn, has lately had two cottages near the church made into one, and a family of 10, including father and mother, grown up sons and
Continue ReadingPlaistow, East London (1645)
Strange and fearfull newes from Plaisto. In the parish of West-ham, near Bow, four miles from London, in the house of one Paul Fox, a silk weaver, Where is daily to be seen throwing of
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Relat. XX. A house haunted some Thirty years ago or more at or near Bow, not far from London, and strangely disturbed by Daemons and Witches. A certain gentleman about thirty years ago or
Continue ReadingSandbank, Argyll (1945)
Dishes Defy Law of Gravity ‘Ghosts’ Scare Girls in Sandbank Hut By “Daily Record” Reporter. Naval officers at Sandbank, in the Holy Loch, are having more trouble with ghosts than they ever had with Hitler.
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