Stone-throwing Spirits In Natal. (Slightly abridged from “The Transvaal of To-day,” by A. Aylward, p.204. In 1869, a rumour spread over the county Weener that the house of a certain farmer on the banks of
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Duggleby, East Yorkshire (1864)
Ghosts on the Wolds. For several days past the inhabitants of the wold village of Daggleby have been occupied by reports of mysterious noises having been heard in one of the farmhouses. That strange noises
Continue ReadingWestmorland, Cumbria (1860s or 70s)
The ghostly stone-throwing at the haunted house of Upholland, which has been going on with such unabated spiritual vigour, reminds a correspondent of an even more mysterious case of a quarter of a century ago.
Continue ReadingTullymoan, Strabane, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland (1868)
Tullymoan is near Clady not Claudy. Haunting in Ireland. We should be glad to have a verification of the curious facts stated in the following extract from the Derry Standard:- In this age of common
Continue ReadingBarton, Cambridge (1864)
The Knocking Ghost at Barton. Upholland is more famous now in consequence of its “haunted” house, than ever it was, perhaps, in history. It has been made the peg upon which to hang many a
Continue ReadingNorth Wootton, Somerset (1869)
North Wootton. The repose of this quiet little village has recently been sadly disturbed by a ghost, which appears to have taken up its winter quarters in the vicinity of a carpenter’s shop. A few
Continue ReadingGifford, East Lothian (1866)
Modern Ghost Story – A Parish Panic. We are apt to imagine that in these advanced times all belief in invisible agencies – such as frightened our forefathers into the burning of weak old women
Continue ReadingPort Glasgow, Renfrewshire (1864)
A Ghost at Port-Glasgow. A gentleman was kind enough to leave a communication at our office on Monday, acquainting us that during the past few weeks a family residing in an appartment in a house
Continue ReadingRomney Marsh, Kent (1863)
District Intelligence. Bilsington and Bonnington. These usually quiet little villages have recently been thrown into the utmost consternation owing to a report being circulated that at a certain house about two mile down in Romney
Continue ReadingStratford, London (1866)
Capture of an “Evil Spirit.” For some weeks past Mr. Strange, whitesmith, of Stratford, as been subjected to a series of annoyances and damages, the origin of which has, in spite of all that he
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