“Spirit Rappings” an old humbug. Errors and delusions, as well as fashions, like comets, have an eccentric orbit; but their periodical return may be calculated with considerable certainty. Among the records of the past it
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Drayton, Norfolk (1786)
A phaenomena, like that of the Cock-lane ghost, has made its appearance at the village of Drayton, near this city. In the apartment of a young woman is heard loud and unaccounted-for noises, which in
Continue ReadingDumfries (1782)
About 1782, a house at Dumfries, on the Nith, was the scene of various extraordinary manifestations. The place was inhabited by a highly respectable gentleman, a magistrate of Dumfries, whose family were perpetually annoyed by
Continue ReadingLudborough, Lincolnshire (1785)
The inhabitants of Ludborough, near Grimsby, have of late been alarmed by a house being haunted, somewhat similar to the Cock-lane Ghost, which some years ago made a great noise in London. The only part
Continue ReadingRamelton / Rathmelton, County Donegal (1786)
[November] 15th. – A letter was this day written to Derry by a gentleman in the county of Donegal, of which the following is an extract:- “Every body in this part of the country, man,
Continue ReadingDrumaran, County Down (1780)
Early Gilford Methodism. Presbyterian minister shot in riot – tragedy of 1772 – the Drumarran Ghost. Mr F.J Cole, the Methodist historian, here tells the story of the uprising of Gilford tenants, the ultimate riot
Continue ReadingColchester, Essex (1784)
A very extraordinary circumstance has lately attracted the notice of the inhabitants of Colchester. A widow woman, (Mrs. B.) who kept a farm in the neighbourhood, frequently complained of her house being haunted. Strange noises
Continue ReadingKinclaven, Perthshire (c.1788)
Communications to the Editor. Sir – About thirty-five years ago, a most extraordinary phenomenon occurred in the parish of Kinclaven, a few miles to the northward of Perth. A young man was haunted and tormented
Continue ReadingSwaffham, Norfolk (1780)
Norfolk Farm-house “Ghost.” The following singular letter, dated Swaffham, March 1st, 1780, appeared in the “Norwich Mercury” in the year named:- “There is a circumstance that hath lately very much excited the curiosity of many
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