A Substantial Ghost Story. A story, which three weeks ago would have delighted the editor of the Spiritualist, and given his followers unbounded faith in spiritualistic phenomena, reaches us from Sale, but owing to the
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Shoolay, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (1877)
An Annoyance. To the Editor of the Bangalore Spectator. Sir, – Will you kindly give insertion to the following in your journal trusting the same will receive the favourable consideration of the authorities to whom
Continue ReadingWaterford, County Waterford (1879)
A Haunted House in Waterford. For some weeks past a certain house in one of the most respectable parts of the city was believed to be haunted, and haunted it verily was. It appears, however,
Continue ReadingCork, County Cork (1871)
A Ghost In Cork. For the past three or four nights the residents in the vicinity of North Gate Bridge have been kept in a state of excitement from an idea that a ghost had
Continue ReadingBuchanan, Virginia, USA (1871)
A Virginia Ghost. A letter has been received at Richmond, which gives an account of the most extraordinary operations of a supposed “ghost” at Buchanan, in Botetourt County, which has caused considerable excitement and alarm
Continue ReadingKilmallock, County Limerick (1878)
Mysterious Affair in Kilmallock. A correspondent of the Cork Examiner tells the following singular story: – About a fortnight since the Rev. Mr. Dea, Protestant curate in Kilmallock, who resides a short distance from the
Continue ReadingChili, Rochester, New York, USA (1873)
A Yankee Ghost. The Spiritualists of America have become challenged, says the Standard, to investigate some ghostly manifestations in the townland of Chili, near Rochester, U.S. Some six months ago the owner of a house,
Continue ReadingSt Croix County, Wisconsin, USA (1873)
Ghost of a pair of scissors. There is always a haunted house somewhere. Few believe in the recital of wonders that happen in it, yet everybody reads the story. The most prominent of the haunted
Continue ReadingColeshill, Warwickshire (1878)
A “Ghost” In A School. Considerable gossip and many strange rumours have lately been afloat in a small town not a hundred miles from Coleshill, owing to a highly-respectable and flourishing ladies school in its
Continue ReadingRutland, Vermont, USA (1840s)
A Ghostly Carnival. The millions of Spiritualists in the United States, says the Chicago Tribune, find their Mecca just now in a little farmhouse which lies seven miles north of Rutland, Vt. It is the
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