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
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Hurdtown, 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
Continue ReadingBottesford, Lincolnshire (1879)
Witchcraft in North Lincolnshire. An amusing case of suspected witchcraft has come to light in the village of Bottesford, a few miles from Scunthorpe, in North Lincolnshire. A few minutes’ walk from the old Manor
Continue ReadingByron, Shiawasse County, Michigan, USA (1875)
A Considerate Ghost. There having been stories circulated relating to the “haunted Turner farm,” four miles south of the village of Byron, in Shiawasse County, Mich., a lady from Byron recently visited the locality, and
Continue ReadingNercwys, Mold, Flintshire (1875)
The Nerquis Ghost. The good people of Nerquis are much exercised just now by the presence amongst them of one of the inhabitants of the spiritual world. It is currently reported that he is a
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