A Ghost Story! The usually quiet town of Melksham has lately been thrown into a state of some confusion by the repeated visits of a poor ghost to the Primitive Methodist Chapel, at Melksham Forest.
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Florence, Tuscany, Italy (1867)
During the last days of December, 1867, at No. 14 Ghibellina Street, in Florence, subterranean noises began to be heard, and sudden and startling blows in the table around which the family was seated. Dishes
Continue ReadingElgin, Moray (1867)
Latest Manifestation From The Spirit World. A correspondent says – We have often heard of the extraordinary performances of spirits when summoned back to the world by the potent spell of some “medium,” but as
Continue ReadingMerthyr Tidfil, South Wales (1869)
Singular outrages at Merthyr. A series of remarkable occurrences have taken place at the Crown Inn this week, which have naturally excited a great deal of curiosity and alarm. On Tuesday a bed was discovered
Continue ReadingGreenock, Inverclyde (1861)
Sheriff Small Debt Court – Wednesday. (Before Sheriff Tennent). Mysterious Water Supply. Among the cases before the Court today was one of rather a novel and puzzling kind, which elicited a great deal of interest.
Continue ReadingMoxley, West Midlands (1869)
Notes on District Matters In these latter and highly-favoured days we have “a short and easy method of dealing with ghosts and spirits. It is not as it was in the days of the Cock
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Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada (1861)
Missiles thrown by Unseen Hands. To the Editor of ‘Light’. Sir, – In connection with the numerous instances of stone-throwing, &c., chronicled in the pages of the Press in various parts of the globe, I
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Bedminster, Bristol (1865 and previously)
A short note of rapping in Bedminster.
Continue ReadingAughadown, County Cork (1864)
Strange Manifestations at Aughadown Glebe. – For some months past the most unaccountable noises have been heard in Aughadown Glebe, commencing each evening precisely at ten o’clock p.m., and only during the absence from home
Continue ReadingAlbemarle County, Virginia, USA (1867)
Quite squatchy? (From the Scottsville Register) The Mysterious Affair at the House of Mr J. S. Moon. The following authentic, detailed and thrillingly interesting account of the mysterious affair at the residence of Mr John
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