A Greenwich Ghost. Strange statements about the noisy spirit of a murdered woman. A remarkable “ghost” story comes from Greenwich. It appears that Mr Peter Bothwick, in the employ of the South Metropolitan Gas Company,
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Skipton, North Yorkshire (1847)
Who Can Lay A Ghost? The lovers of the marvellous at Skipton and its neighbourhood (says a correspondent) are being at present gratified to their full desire. A haunted house – a thing that belongs
Continue ReadingLiverpool (1841)
The Juvenal-street Ghost. Much annoyance has lately been occasioned to the inhabitants of Juvenal-street and the neighbourhood, owing to the crowds of persons who nightly resort thither in consequence of the rumour that “some phantom
Continue ReadingUpton, Cambridgeshire (1920)
Spectre in Cottage? Uncanny Incidents in the night. The village curate called in. A remarkable story of ghostly visitations at a cottage comes from Upton, a village of less than 100 inhabitants, seven miles from
Continue ReadingAskerswell, Dorset (1901)
Askerswell. A local ghost scare. Remarkable Occurrences. The little village of Askerswell is just now in a very perturbed state consequent upon some strange rumours of the doings of a supposed ghostly visitor at the
Continue ReadingStorrs, Stannington, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (1878)
A Ghost at Storrs Hall. For more than a week past the occupiers of this old hall have been alarmed by having the windows broken, rapping at and opening the doors, but as yet they
Continue ReadingKearsley, Farnworth, Lancashire (1906)
A Lancashire Ghost. An extraordinary story comes from Kearsley, near Farnworth, Lancs, the scene being laid in a house in Primrose-street, inhabited by a collier named William Jarvis, his wife, and family. One of the
Continue ReadingAylesbury, Buckinghamshire (1849 and 1856)
A Ghost! It is reported that a ghost has been tantalizing the nerves of some of the superstitious of Aylesbury. On Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, the neighbourhood of the Market-square, appeared to be
Continue ReadingTrenant Girt, Egloshayle, Wadebridge, Cornwall (1873)
The Wadebridge Ghost. For some time past a tale has been current among the superstitious of Wadebridge and neighbourhood, that a house situated in Trenant Gurt, in the parish of Egloshayle, is haunted by night.
Continue ReadingLurley, Tiverton, Devon (1886)
Strange Freaks of a Servant Girl. A servant girl employed by Mr James Wood, of Lurley Tiverton, builder, has been committing a series of foolish freaks at her master’s expense. Early one morning of last
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