The Knockmanowl Ghost. (From our Correspondent). A case which amused a crowded court very much came before, the Enniskillen Bench on Monday, the magistrates being Earl Belmore, Major Wyse R.M.; Robert Archdall (chairman), and James
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Sherwood, Nottinghamshire (1873)
Notes. A Ghost at Sherwood. It is not often that we hear of a ghost nowadays. They are curiosities that have ceased to haunt those living in busy localities, but the inviting quiet of one
Continue ReadingKingston, Ontario, Canada (1878)
The “Spirit Rapping” at Parsons-town Cemetery. Many of our readers will probably remember the quasi-sensational stories that were bruited about some couple of years since, when the smashing of a dozen panes of glass in
Continue ReadingAmherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (1879)
An American Ghost Story. The Cock-lane ghost has made its appearance at Amherst, Nova Scotia, to the excessive wonderment of the inhabitants, who could scarcely be expected to recognise their visitor offhand, and detect the
Continue ReadingHurdtown, New Jersey, USA (1877)
A Ghost As A Bedfellow. The good people among the hills of Morris County, N.J., have found excitement in the case of a young girl said to be “grievously vexed of the devil,” and whose
Continue ReadingEllerton-on-Swale, North Yorkshire (1871)
A Ghost Story. A strange story comes from Ellerton-on-Swale, near Richmond, which, however marvellous, has the evidence of so many persons to it that it cannot be rejected. It is to be hoped that some
Continue ReadingChorley, Lancashire (1876)
A Ghost-haunted Railway Station. A Chorley correspondent writes:- For the past week or ten days considerable alarm has been created among the railway employes of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, at Chorley, in consequence of
Continue ReadingKensington, London (1877)
Cock-Lane at Kensington. To the Editor of the Morning Post. Sir, – The undermentioned phenomena are so extraordinary that I feel justified in soliciting a portion of your space wherein to recount them. We live
Continue ReadingBirr (Parsonstown), County Offaly, Ireland (1876)
(Between 1660 and 1899, Birr was called Parsonstown). Singular Occurrence in Parsonstown. On Sunday evening news reached the constabulary of Parsonstown that the windows of the keeper’s lodge at Parsonstown new cemetery were broken
Continue ReadingPollokshaws, Glasgow (1878)
A Noisy Ghost at Pollokshaws. For two nights past the minds of people resident in Main Street, Pollokshaws, have been much exorcised concerning a loud knocking heard in the property there at Mr G. Dalrymple’s
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