A Perplexing Plot.For several nights past, Mr Hincks, of Wellington-street, maltster, has been sorely annoyed by some anonymous brewer of mystery and mischief. Night after night, in the dusky hours, some unseen hand has thrown
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Rochester, Kent (1835)
A Ghost. The inhabitants of Freeschool-lane, Rochester, have been put into a state of great excitement, by some pranks bearing a strong resemblance to those played off by the Cock-lane ghost. The scene of action
Continue ReadingSyderstone, Fakenham, Norfolk (1833)
A Haunted House. Nothing is more characteristic of the present age than the advancement of true philosophy and sound reason over that terrifying superstition and foolish belief in supernatural agencies which so universally prevailed during
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