Comedy of a ghost. Family terrorised by bottle-throwing spook. Baby lost and recovered. Eye-witnesses story of events in a haunted house. The story of what may be fittingly styled a ghost comedy comes from sunny
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London (1645)
About the year 1645, Richard Baxter, author of “Baxter’s Saint’s Rest,” a book valued by many Christians second only to the Bible, delivered an “Historical Discourse on Apparitions,” in which he said: “There is now
Continue ReadingOppenheim, Germany (1620)
Chapter XLII. On the apparitions of spirits who imprint their hands on clothes or on wood. Within a short time, a work composed by a Father Premontre, of the Abbey of Toussaints, in the Black
Continue ReadingLittle Sutton, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire (1886)
Little Sutton The Ghost. The village of Little Sutton has managed to produce or attract a ghost, and judging from present appearances, “He,” “She,” or “It” is no wayfaring apparition turned aside to tarry only
Continue ReadingBealey, Springfield, South Island, New Zealand (1880)
[Part of an article called ‘In the Southern Alps’ – by our special reporter] … Their news is the news of the whole line of road, and their newsmen are Tommy Pwer and his companions
Continue ReadingLochrutton, Dumfries and Galloway (1851)
A Tale of Wonder. Considerable excitement has prevailed in a parish not far from Lochrutton, for the last week, from a report that something no very canny had been playing some mysterious cantrips about a
Continue ReadingBury St Edmunds, Suffolk (1838)
Ghost Story. The following story appears in the Suffolk Chronicle, and upon inquiry of the last occupier of the house, the statements are confirmed, with the exception of those which we have printed in italics-
Continue ReadingCardiff (1995)
Ghost forces sisters out. By Alison Stokes. Spooked sisters Kathryn James and Lisa Fitzgerald are afraid to sleep alone because they claim their house is haunted. Electric sockets have blown, lights have mysteriously switched themselves
Continue ReadingChelmsley Wood, West Midlands (1992)
Scared mum calls in vicar. Spooked. Family quits haunted home. Strange goings-on at a Birmingham flat where a man was murdered five years ago have caused a young mother to abandon her home in terror
Continue ReadingTye Green, Essex (1993)
Spirit of the season? Ghostly goings on at an ancient farmhouse ensured white-faced Kevin Wadsworth a few spirits with his Christmas and New Year celebrations. The Met Office scientific officer, who works at Stansted Airport,
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