The New York World Finds a Real Ghost Story. Queer happenings in small town in West Virginia. Priests are often asked if they believe in ghosts. The New York World has printed one which it
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Sidcot, Somerset (1790s?)
About a hundred years ago, there lived in a cottage, still standing, nearly opposite the old Friends’ meeting-house at Sidcot, a real Conjurer of the old school. His name was Beecham, and he had a
Continue ReadingStronsay, Orkney (1791)
Mysterious noises. The common people of this district remain to this day so credulous, as to think that fairies do exist; that an inferior species of witchcraft is still practised, and that houses have been
Continue ReadingLondon (1796)
An absurd story of a Ghost (similar to that in Cock-lane) has been raised with some artful design, at a house in Newcastle-court, near Temple-bar; and for some days a set of idle fellows, some
Continue ReadingSaffron Hill, London (1792)
Haunted house. We give place to the following to amuse our readers, not to impose on their credulity: They will consider it as a story similar to the Cock-lane ghost, or the dancing plates and
Continue ReadingFanad (Fanaid), County Donegal (1798)
Story of the Fanad ghost. There is a farm in North-West Ulster where you will invariably find a white cock strutting about the yard in undisputed mastery, preening his wings and lifting his bill to
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