They’ve got a ghost in their bedroom. Mr Hopley pulls away the panelling to show the spot, where a door has been bricked up, that the tapping sounds appear to be coming from. Inset: The
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Heol Fanog, Brecon (1994)
Family blames high electricity bill on a ghost. By Ian Taylor. A family haunted by bumper electricity bills are refusing to pay up – claiming the huge charges are down to ghostly goings-on. Artist Bill
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The New York Sun of October 14th quotes the following from the San Francisco Chronicle – Mysterious manifestations of recent occurrence at the dwelling, 933 Howard-street, have created something of a sensation, and form the
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Ghost! A mystery stranger than fiction surrounds the Top Shop building on Church Lane. Unexplained voices, moving objects, the hanging trees of St Patrick’s, the ghost of Katie Long. Times Reporter Roger Anderson investigates. Ghosts
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By John Cassidy. A randy ghost who goes bump in the night is haunting the Rathcoole housing estate. The spooky figure frightened the wits out of Harold Anderson and his wife so much they were
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Ancient cottage has a mystery. Mrs June de Pulford and her son, Philip, who is three, look out of the window of the bedroom in which strange noises are heard. The ancient cottage stands isolated
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Ghostly lodger of Riverside Drive. By David Smith. Mr William Russell, superintendent of the Church of Scotland Hostel on Riverside Drive, with the haunted house in the background. Glass shattering, doors banging, cushions scattering and
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999! A ghost is chasing me… and even the law is spooked. Police couldn’t believe it when a terrified 999 caller pleaded: Help! I’m being attacked by a ghost! PC Bob Corrick dashed to the
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Eerie happenings in a Kilmore cottage. By Maria Pepper. Eerie happenings prompted a Kilmore Quay man and his elderly mother to move out of a traditional thatched cottage which is now up for sale. The
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Haunted! Ghost keeps getting into bed with Christine. A Murston couple at the end of their tether from being haunted by an “over-friendly” ghost have called in a man of the cloth to carry out
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