The newspapers of a hundred years ago – September 1821 – recorded a marvellous ghostly visitation at Rhosbenbwa Farm, in the pretty Montgomeryshire village of Meifod. The occupier of the house was Mr Thomas Jones,
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Blackpool, Lancashire (1910)
“Spook” or “Spoof” Could not resist the holidays. Weird doings are reported from a boarding house in Blackpool, and although spiritualists in the town insist that they are genuine manifestations of the unseen world, practical
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An Old Colwyn Ghost. By our own special spook hunter. Old Colwyn is specially favoured these days. It enjoys the exalted privilege of being the local habitation of a ghost. But the ghost belongs to
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Mysterious Raps in a Leeds House Words “Spelled” Incidents set family wondering Strange sounds have been heard at a house in Walmsley Road, Leeds. It is a terrace house. At night when Mr and Mrs
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“Knock! Knock!” at Huddersfield. Strange rappings in house. An “Evening Post” Reporter Investigates. From our own Reporter, Huddersfield, Friday. Mysterious knockings heard on the walls and doors of a Huddersfield terrace house in the early
Continue ReadingAberystwyth, Ceredigion (1852)
Aberystwith. A Haunted House. The inhabitants of this town were surprised on the night of St. David’s Day, to hear that a house was haunted with ghosts, in Baker Street, where thousands of people were
Continue ReadingEllesmere Port, Cheshire (1977)
Couple are blamed for ghostly taps. Eerie knocking noises on the wall of their council home have landed an elderly Ellesmere Port couple in hot water with their neighbours. For the neighbours say that the
Continue ReadingVienna, Austria (1860s)
A curious example occurred recently at Vienna, where the British representative, Lord —, rented a noble old mansion, the Palace L—. One fine suite of apartments had been for some years wholly disused, and although
Continue ReadingBlackrock, County Dublin (1847)
A Ghost in Blackrock. During the last four or five weeks, the residents in Blackrock have been kept in a state of excitement by the constant nocturnal visitations of a rival of the ancient spectral
Continue ReadingWelton, Daventry, Northamptonshire (1658)
Contained in a letter of Mr G. Clark, to Mr M.T. touching an house haunted in Welton near Daventry. Sir, I send you here a relation of a very memorable piece of witchcraft as I
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