“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)
Disturbances in the County of Down. (From the “Methodist’s Magazine” of 1787). Elizabeth and Margaret Mathers, with Isabella Mitchell, sister-in-law to Margaret Mathers, are three elderly women of unblemished character, and exemplary behaviour. They have
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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