A Wrexham Ghost Story. On Tuesday the Wrexham Borough Magistrates were engaged in solving a ghost story which has for several days been a source of mystery to all and a terror to some of
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Fort Ann, New York, USA (1873)
An American Ghost Story. The Troy Press is responsible for the following ghost story: – There is a house standing on the old canal near Fort Ann, the family residing in which have frequently heard
Continue ReadingWortley, South Yorkshire (1872)
Extraordinary Scenes At Hezzlehough, Near Wortley. Alleged “spiritual manifestations.” During the past few days the township of Wortley and its immediate surroundings have been much “exercised” over a series of extraordinary and unaccountable manifestations, of
Continue ReadingEdinburgh (1873)
Spiritual Manifestations in Edinburgh. For the last two months a rumour has been afloat in the north-west portion of Edinburgh that two of the houses in quiet and retired Ann Street are visited by certain
Continue ReadingPlumstead, Greenwich, London (1872)
Plumstead. Mysterious Occurrence. During the present week almost the sole topic of conversation in Plumstead has been about some mysterious stone-throwing in the rear of Bloomfield road. It began at eight o’clock on Saturday
Continue ReadingHalgavor, Bodmin, Cornwall (1871)
Bodmin. Superstition. At Halgavon, one mile distant from the town, there lives an elderly man named Clymo. He is a mason by trade, and his house is said to have been haunted with the spirit
Continue ReadingEccleston, Lancashire (1873)
Chorley. Strange “spiritual phenomenon” at Eccelston. Our Chorley correspondent writes: – Bank House, Eccleston, in which two respectable ladies with their niece reside, has been the scene several times during the past fortnight of a
Continue ReadingMontgomery County, Ohio, USA (1871)
The Spirits Again. The celebrated story of the Cock-lane ghost has recently been eclipsed by mysterious doings at a farm-house in Montgomery County, Ohio. The owner, named Benjamin Stiver, has suffered so much, pecuniarily, from
Continue ReadingWestminster, Maryland, USA (1879)
Possessed by a ghost. Miss Toops, age fourteen, of Westminster, Md., sees at intervals a full-sized ghost – a man with a red face and sandy whiskers. Early in the summer there were rappings and
Continue ReadingSan Jose, California, USA (1876)
A Yankee Ghost. Mr Patrick W Reardon, of San Jose, in the United States, has every right to consider himself an ill-used man. For no fault of his own, he has been subjected to most
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