A Ghost Story. At the latter end of last and the commencement of the present week, the most strange stories were told of a ghost that had fixed its nightly abode in the office of
Continue ReadingAuthor: Epona
Doora, County Clare (1885)
An Extraordinary Story. We thought there was scarcely a ghost left in Ireland nowadays, and we believed in our simplicity that these supernatural visitors had been laid for ever. We are aware, of course, that
Continue ReadingSt Helens, Merseyside (1905)
Spooks who throw bricks. The advent of “spooks” in St. Helens has made things lively there. The ghostly ones made their presence felt by mysterious stone-throwing. Folks near Kirkland-street have seen half-bricks, potatoes, cinders, and
Continue ReadingOkoroire, North Island, New Zealand (1898)
Startling scenes near Okoroire. Are there spirits about? There is much speculation in the country about Okoroire on account of certain strange manifestations that are alleged to have taken place there. The news has reached
Continue ReadingWangoola, Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia (1903)
A Haunted House. The township of Wangoola, near Carcoar, New South Wales, has been thrown into a state of excitement over mysterious noises at the house of a family named Humphries. The family has been
Continue ReadingThrussington, Leicestershire (1822)
A most extraordinary sensation was excited at the village of Thrussington, near Mountsorrel, on Saturday last, and the wisdom of the wisest amongst the wise has hitherto been incapable of developing the mystery. About a
Continue ReadingBotcherby, Carlisle, Cumbria (1964)
Council on a ghost hunt. They move woman and her son from home where things go bump in the night. Things that go bump in the night have terrified a widow, Mrs Annie King, and
Continue ReadingLeicester (1995)
More amazing tales from the vaults of the M files. Living with poltergeists. By Andrea Thompson. From the outside, it looks like any other terraced house in an inner city estate. But inside the house
Continue ReadingNew Delhi, India (1949)
Cloth-burning Ghost. Experts fail stop mysterious phenomenon. New Delhi (by airmail), (Reuter). A small house on the outskirts of New Delhi appears to be haunted by a “cloth burning ghost”. Any piece of cloth inside
Continue ReadingLimehouse, London (1827)
A Limehouse Ghost. The neighbourhood of Limehouse, like the Highlands, in the good old days of the bogles, has, it seems, been haunted for some months back by a most refractory and incorrigible phantom. The
Continue Reading