“Misty” figures inquiry. Strange noises at almshouses. The Society of Psychical Research is to investigate incidents at a 300-year-old house at Seymour Almshouses, Langley, Bucks. It is occupied by Mrs Florence Buckland, her daughter, June
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Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk (1844)
A ghost story. A considerable number of elderly females which, in ungallant phraseology are styled “old women,” and a very considerable number of very young gentlemen, commonly called “little boys,” have been refreshing themselves in
Continue ReadingHounslow, London (1969)
The ghost did not want to be interviewd. Reporters’ 1a.m. ‘sit-in’. By Penny Hopkirk. There’s something peculiar going on in Hounslow. Once there were gibbets on Highwayman’s Heath where the hanged bodies were brought from
Continue ReadingMidgley, West Yorkshire (1909)
I imagine this could be ‘The Greaves’. Midgley Mystery. Curious visitation at ancient homestead. Unaccountable rappings. The superstitious and those believing in the uncanny who reside in Midgley have had a great topic for their
Continue ReadingBallymun, Dublin (1989)
Family flee ‘Satan’ home! By Dave Mullins. A family have fled from their north Dublin home after weird paranormal events involving mystery fires and a child’s ‘vision of Satan’. A priest was called to the
Continue ReadingTaunton, Somerset (c.1940s)
Uncanny hauntings. Paranormal door-banging. By H.J. Channon. Four years ago I wrote a series of articles for the Herald on uncanny hauntings. One house in particular, not three miles from Taunton, interested me. I got
Continue ReadingHounslow, London (1956)
£1 note thief is a spook. The thieving poltergeist has overdone it. He has taken £1 too many from the Hankins of Hounslow. For four years 28-year-old Clifford Hankin and his wife have been missing
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Family bid to rid home of spirit presence. By Marianne Jones. A family today claimed they were being plagued by a ghost that leaves patches of water which then vanish throughout their Leicester home. The
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The ghosts of two children are believed to be haunting a Lincoln home. And the hauntings centre around the airing cupboard of the Tilt family’s Victorian property off Monks Road. The couple told the L
Continue ReadingHampstead, London (1948)
Charlie the ghost takes a fancy to fish. It isn’t safe to leave things lying around in a basement flat in Adamson-road, Hampstead, London. Residents say it is haunted – by a hunchback ghost they
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