A Shower of Nails. Mr Schrieber, the lighthouse-keeper at Point Isabel, Texas, recently deceased. At his former residence, now occupied by his widow, demonstrations occurred on the evening of Oct.12th, of a nature very mysterious
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Coker Hill, Yeovil, Somerset (1880)
A report is current that a house at Coker-hill, Yeovil, is “haunted.” It is sated that at certain periods of the day strange noises are heard in the house, that during the “manifestations” the woman
Continue ReadingScarborough, North Yorkshire (1883)
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
Continue ReadingGreenwich, 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
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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)
Truro. Alleged spirit-rapping at Truro. At the bottom of Fairmantle-street there resides a married couple named Prinn; the man works as a labourer at the smelting house, and was formerly a soldier. His wife has
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
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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
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