Colchester. A mystery solved. A mystery, which for some time threw the parish of St Leonard’s into a state of great excitement and alarm, has been satisfactorily solved, and the superstitious, by whom the phenomenon
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Plattsburg, Wallsend, New South Wales (1877)
A Real Ghost Story. A deal of excitement has been caused in Plattsburg by the rumour that a certain house in Devon street was haunted. On Monday night a large number of people assembled in
Continue ReadingOakland, California (1874)
The Californian Ghost. Not to be outdone by the old country San Francisco has had a reproduction of the Cock-lane Ghost mystery. A committee of investigation is sitting with closed doors endeavouring to sift the
Continue ReadingAdelaide, South Australia (1870s)
I have neglected my usual custom of marking the date of the occurrence on this extract, but the even t occurred only a few years back. The story is evidently a description of a spiritual
Continue ReadingHanley, Staffordshire (1870)
Stone-throwing extraordinary. On Wednesday and Thursday evenings the inhabitants of Bedford-street suffered considerable loss and annoyance through the breakage of their windows by some, at present undiscovered miscreants. The plan of these diabolical operations seems
Continue ReadingPorthmadog, Gwynedd (1875)
Portmadoc Jottings. Not far from my place of observation, there is a farmhouse, where lately the inhabitants have been troubled by strange moanings and other noises, leading them to think that there is in their
Continue ReadingSan Francisco, California, USA (1877)
The New York Sun of October 14th quotes the following from the San Francisco Chronicle – Mysterious manifestations of recent occurrence at the dwelling, 933 Howard-street, have created something of a sensation, and form the
Continue ReadingMilwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (1874)
A haunted servant girl! Milwaukee was thrown into a high state of excitement a few days since by the discovery of a haunted house – or, to speak more correctly, a haunted woman, as it
Continue ReadingDungannon, County Tyrone (1875)
North of Ireland. A Ghost in Dungannon. Dungannon, Thursday. Some time ago we had a wonderful sensation about the Cookstown Ghost. Here we have had a visit of a somewhat similar nature. In Union-place, Dungannon,
Continue ReadingKingston upon Thames, London (1875)
Stone-throwing spirits at Kingston. From our special reporter. Kingston-on-Thames, Tuesday night. A paragraph in yesterday’s Daily Telegraph set forth that for a week past numbers of shop windows had been smashed at Hampton Wick by
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