Christmas ghost waking up again. Licensee Paul Harris turned a ghastly shade of pale when he heard banging and bumping downstairs in his pub near Bridgnorth. The midnight manifestation was the latest act of the
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Dudley, West Midlands (1995)
Ghost on Record. Report by Pete Wood. Bemused staff at a Dudley record shop have appealed for help in tracing the origins of a ghost which they claim is haunting their town centre premises. Liz
Continue ReadingSidcot, Somerset (1790s?)
About a hundred years ago, there lived in a cottage, still standing, nearly opposite the old Friends’ meeting-house at Sidcot, a real Conjurer of the old school. His name was Beecham, and he had a
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The strange case of the startled prefab. dwellers. Haunted granges and enchanted cottages are out of fashion, or maybe the housing shortage has hit the astral world. Now “things that go bump in the night”
Continue ReadingBorgonato, Lombardy, Italy (1938)
Five Haunted Children. A strange case of the supernatural in which four children who were separated were still pursued by “phantoms” is occupying the attention of spiritualist circles (says a Rome message). A man living
Continue ReadingLeagrave, Luton, Bedfordshire (1976)
Looking at the archives: Thursday, March 11, 1976. A Luton vicar exorcised a house of a spirit that had terrorised two young women for seven weeks. Judy Thomson and Rosita McFadden called in the Rev
Continue ReadingMellifont, County Louth (1922)
Mysterious Fires at Mellifont Rectory. The most curious stories are being told of a number of fires which broke out at Mellifont Rectory on Sunday last, and the general opinion of the neighbours, who rendered
Continue ReadingBarreiro, Lisbon, Portugal (1923)
Spirit Demands Song. Ghost beats time on the wall. A weird story comes from Barreiro. An old woman named Guilhermina Lopes died and was buried. The night of the funeral her grandchild, a girl of
Continue ReadingElgin, Moray (1867)
Latest Manifestation From The Spirit World. A correspondent says – We have often heard of the extraordinary performances of spirits when summoned back to the world by the potent spell of some “medium,” but as
Continue ReadingSpalding, Lincolnshire (1919 and previously)
Haunted House in Spalding District. Singular manifestations. Clock jumps from the mantelpiece. By “Hathart”. In these days when so much talk of spiritualistic manifestations makes the hair stand on end, and the thoughtful reader is
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