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,
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New 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
Continue ReadingPlumstead, Greenwich, London (1880)
Mysterious Stone Throwing. A mysterious and diabolical case of stone-throwing occurred this week at the house of Mr Barber, 200, Maxey-road, Plumstead, where the whole of the windows in the rear of the house have
Continue ReadingArundel, West Sussex (1884)
Spiritualism at Arundel. Extraordinary proceedings are alleged to be happening in King-street, Arundel. In a cottage there resides a man named Clarke, a bricklayer in the service of the Duke of Norfolk, his wife and
Continue ReadingTiverton, Devon (1887)
A “ghost story” from Tiverton is to the effect that a family in the neighbourhood were alarmed by strange manifestations. Bells were unaccountably run in various parts of the house; the housemaid was summoned to
Continue ReadingSyracuse, New York, USA (1884)
A Strange Story. Sort of a meteoric display around the bed of a sick man. A Syracuse dispatch to the New York World says:- Richard Stevens, a well-to-do farmer, who resides with his wife and
Continue ReadingSt Helens, Lancashire (1885)
An Alleged Ghost at St. Helens. Mysterious stone throwing nightly, at Beecham’s Pill Factory, St Helens, said to be the work of a ghost, has caused great excitement in the town. Last night the
Continue ReadingGrimsby, Lincolnshire (1882)
A Prankish Ghost at Grimsby. The greatest curiosity is excited in Grimsby in consequence of the occurence of some marvellous performances which no one as yet can account for by a natural hypothesis. These extraordinary
Continue ReadingGrange Court, Gloucestershire (1886)
Mysterious Affair at Newnham. A singular affair is just now engaging the attention of the police in the Newnham-on-Severn district. Near the Grange Court Junction Station of the Great Western Railway there is a beerhouse
Continue ReadingLarne, County Antrim (1884)
A Haunted House. Mysterious occurrences were reported on Wednesday by a Larne correspondent. He says a house there, occupied by a railway guard, has become known as the “haunted house” owing to strange manifestations. The
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