A “Mystery” At Scarbro. There has just been made public at Scarbro’ a curious and mysterious affair which is attracting considerable attention, and creating much excitement in one of the suburbs of the town. It
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Greenwich, London (1889)
A Greenwich Ghost. Strange statements about the noisy spirit of a murdered woman. A remarkable “ghost” story comes from Greenwich. It appears that Mr Peter Bothwick, in the employ of the South Metropolitan Gas Company,
Continue ReadingLurley, Tiverton, Devon (1886)
Strange Freaks of a Servant Girl. A servant girl employed by Mr James Wood, of Lurley Tiverton, builder, has been committing a series of foolish freaks at her master’s expense. Early one morning of last
Continue ReadingChicago, Illinois, USA (1880)
We commend the following story to the notice of the National Association of Spiritualists. It may serve to revive their drooping spirits after the late disastrous exposure of the “disembodied” “Marie.” On Thursday night, January
Continue ReadingTruro, Cornwall (1880)
The Ghost of Gas Hill. Truro has been excited beyond measure by the uncanny doings of a ghost, which has taken possession of a little cottage at the corner of Gas-hill and Fairmantle street, in
Continue ReadingTrefeca, Powys (1888)
Disorderly Ghosts. Spiritual manifestations extraordinary. Strange story from Brecknockshire. A valued correspondent writes: I have just been informed by the Rev. W.J. Davies, Calvinistic Methodist minister, of Lower House, near Trevecca, who was in a
Continue ReadingStaten Island, New York, USA (1881)
A Muscular Ghost. A painful feeling has been caused in Staten Island by a ghost which has been amusing itself every night by bombarding the houses of unoffending inhabitants with large stones. These mysterious attacks
Continue ReadingCooyal, New South Wales, Australia (1887)
Alleged Phenomenal Occurrences. From the Herald. Sydney, Wednesday. The Mudgee paper gives an account of a mysterious phenomenon in that locality. A farmer, named Large, residing in the vicinity of Cooyal, has reported to
Continue ReadingBethnal Green, London (1881)
Another “Cock-Lane Ghost.” At Worship-street police-court, London, Elizabeth Jeafferson, 16, a mulatto, described as a domestic servant in the employ of Mrs Susanah Jardine, has been charge with breaking a number of squares of glass,
Continue ReadingNew York, USA (1882)
A Circumstantial Ghost Story. A most circumstantial ghost story, which may interest the Psychical Society, is disturbing the mind of New York. The editor of the New York World vouches for the good faith of
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