The latest instance of the popular panic occasioned by a house supposed to be haunted, occurred in Scotland, in the winter of the year 1838. On the 5th of December, the inmates of the farm-house
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Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland (1839)
A Yorkshire Poltergeist. As a pendant to my notes of Saturday on the Keighley Spiritualists, a correspondent sends the following account of a Yorkshire “poltergeist,” whose doings surpassed even those of the famous Cock Lane
Continue ReadingBoythorpe, Chesterfield, Derbyshire (1830)
Mischievous Ghost. The inhabitants of Baythorpe-lane, near Chesterfield, and its vicinity, have during the last week, been almost frightened “out of their seven senses,” by what they declared to be supernatural doings. Horrible were the
Continue ReadingBristol (1838)
Earl’s Mead seems to have been just north of the River Frome as it comes into Bristol city centre somewhere north of Old Market, according to Rocque’s 1750 map. The Earl’s Mead Ghost! Startling as
Continue ReadingLythmore, Caithness (1839)
We have been informed that certain diableries in the ghost way have lately been carried on at Lythmore, in the parish of Thurso. The old trick of throwing peats and turf into one of the
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The Haunted House in Braemore. A correspondent has favoured us with some particulars relative to the mysterious appearances and extraordinary sounds, to which a house in Braemore, has been for some time subjected. The circumstance
Continue ReadingBrentford, London (1835)
Extraordinary occurrence at Brentford; or, a tale of the marvellous. On Monday, the townships of Old and New Brentford were thrown into the greatest excitement, by an occurrence, the most marvellous heard of for many
Continue ReadingChagford, Devon (1836)
Chagford – This much retired parish has been much excited for the last three weeks, in consequence of a supernatural visitation. On Saturday, the 14th ult., the parishioners assembled in the church for the purpose
Continue ReadingSumedang, Java, Indonesia (1831)
Numerous cases of stone throwing and the projection of missiles by invisible hands have been sent to the author. The most remarkable however, because the one best sustained by unquestionable evidence, is that of the
Continue ReadingPrunay-en-Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France (1835)
Spiritualism in France. The two extraordinary narratives we are now about to present to our readers are furnished by A.J. Riko, Esq., of the Hague, and although their substance is to be found in several
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