A knocking ghost! To the Editor. Sir, – That the peasantry of Suffolk were famed of old in the use of superstitious observances, and a belief in supernatural appearances, is not so much to be
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Glenflesk, County Kerry (1842)
Ghostly Stratagem. Sacerdotal mummery of laying his ghostship. Discovery of the imposture. We have been for some time cognisant of the following facts which have taken place in the lands of Islandmore, near Killarney, but
Continue ReadingSaint-Gatien-des-Bois, Normandy, France (1844)
A Ghost. After noticing that for some time the Chalet or Swiss cottage of M. Guttinguor, at St. Gatien, on the skirts of the Forest of Pennedepie, had been disturbed by strange and unaccountable noises,
Continue ReadingStamford, Lincolnshire (1844)
A Ghost Story. A report is becoming very prevalent in Stamford, that since the death of an old lady who resided with some relatives in Broad-street, a variety of noises are nightly heard, such as
Continue ReadingHydesville, New York, USA (1848)
Raps of Spirits. We give the following account of doings in the United States, in a slight degree resembling those of our Cock-lane ghost, from F. Douglass’s North Star: – Some time since, I do
Continue ReadingWillington Quay, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear (1840s)
Traditions and mysteries of the north. V. The haunted house at Willington. In these papers we have dealt hitherto with matters which belonged to the natural, and which could be accounted for by perfectly natural
Continue ReadingAuburn, Massachusetts, USA (1849)
A Mystery! Some time back (says the Weekly News) we quoted from an American paper a statement regarding mysterious noises, sometimes like those of the Cock-lane ghost, heard by many persons, and produced without any
Continue ReadingAirlie, Angus (1845)
The Truth About Ghosts. To the editor of “The Daily Telegraph.” Sir, – I can confirm the story of “the Drummer boy.” The following facts were related to me, not long after their occurrence, by
Continue ReadingPreston Bissett, Buckinghamshire (1840)
A farmer of Preston Bissett, named Heley, has for some time been much annoyed and terrified by his house being haunted. After retiring to rest (his daughter sleeping in the same room), they were, at
Continue ReadingLyme Regis, Dorset (c1840)
In the Spiritual Magazine for September is the following by Mr Newton Crosland, of Blackheath:- “Apropos to this subject – Rest in the Grave – I wish to lay before your readers a few facts
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