The Haunted Farm and the Bewitched Bull. A story from Wales. Extraordinary sights and sounds have been manifested nightly (says a correspondent of the Liverpool Post) at Bodurdda Farm, not far from Aberdarron and Bardsey
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Higher Holnest, Devon (1886)
Holnest. A Ghost Story. A correspondent writes that there is a mystery as yet unexplained with regard to peculiar noises in an old cottage with four or five rooms on the ground floor, and an
Continue ReadingLoppington, Wem, Shropshire (1883)
Remarkable Occurrences Near Ellesmere. A Farm House Partially Wrecked. A series of remarkable occurrences, which have caused great excitement in the whole neighbourhood between Ellesmere, Wem, and Shrewsbury, are said to have taken place at
Continue ReadingHomington, Wiltshire (1889)
(worst attack of being paid by the inch that I’ve come across) Supposed Witchcraft at Homington. A little girl said to have been bewitched. The 19th century is one in which an allegation that witchcraft
Continue ReadingHigh Littleton, Somerset (1889)
A Ghost At High Littleton. The inhabitants of this sober and well conducted village have been thrown into a state of great perturbation of late in consequence of an alleged being from another world. The
Continue ReadingWorksop, Nottinghamshire (1883)
Ghost Trickery at Worksop. Amusing manifestations. The freakish spirit laid. A very extraordinary affair has taken place at Worksop, and the people generally were in consequence in a state of great excitement on Saturday morning
Continue ReadingBramford, Suffolk (1887)
A Bramford Ghost Story. During the past six weeks the village of Bramford, near Ispwich, has been under the spell of a supernatural manifestation. Women and children have been afraid to venture into the dimly-lighted
Continue ReadingCaernarfon, Gwynedd (1880)
Anglesey and Carnarvonshire notes. By Argus. Nineteenth century superstition. Llanthony Abbey, it seems, is not to have a monopoly of apparitions. Superstition is infectious. Hence it is not surprising to find certain classes in Carnarvon
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