Great excitement prevails in the village of Cheadle on account of an old house in the vicinity which is said to be haunted. Loud knockings on the wall, moaning, rustling of dresses, and trampling of
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Cideville, Normandy, France (1850)
… At page 105 of Mr Owen’s volume, we have a most interesting account of disturbances occurring at the parsonage of Cideville, in the department of Sein Inferieure, France, in the winter of 1850-51. The
Continue ReadingBarby, Northamptonshire (1851)
The Barby Ghost. The quiet and sequestered village of Barby is all in an uproar, in consequence of its being believed, even by the least credulous, that the spirit of Sarah Webb either descends or
Continue ReadingBarton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire (1856)
A strange “Story!” There is a haunted house at Barton, an eccentric ghost having taken up its residence therein and made “night hideous” by executing its pranks at once fantastic and incomprehensible. Under its influence,
Continue ReadingBingham, Nottinghamshire (1857)
A Haunted House. In one of the principal thoroughfares of Bingham, Nottinghamshire, stands a dwelling with shop appurtenances, having a ghostly reputation, and though admirably adapted, in point of situation for a commercial vocation, the
Continue ReadingVallecita, California, USA (1859)
A Californian Ghost. There has been much excitement at Valetto about a noisy ghost which haunts a house there. A number of armed men have watched night after night for the supposed humbugger, but have
Continue ReadingHebden Bridge, West Yorkshire (1859)
Excitement of a most remarkable character prevailed at Hebden Bridge fifty years ago in connection with certain mysterious knockings which were said to have been heard at a well-known residence, both by day and night.
Continue ReadingWalney, Cumbria (1852)
Walney Ghost. For several months past, the inhabitants of the southern part of this isalnd have been sadly and seriously alarmed by the apparition of a ghost in the shape of a little fat man
Continue ReadingBolton, Lancashire (1855)
Extraordinary Affair. Practical joking. The borough of Bolton has been started from its propriety, in consequence of the general spread of a story, that some unearthly visitant had taken up its abode in a lawyer’s
Continue ReadingLeeds, West Yorkshire (1858)
“Laying” of a ghost at Leeds. A respectable family residing in Nippet Lane, Stony Rock, Leeds, have been for the past six or eight weeks seriously disturbed in mind by the extraordinary noises heard from
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