A Hackney Road Mystery. Henry Chick, 41, newsagent, Bethnal Green road, and Edward Thomas Hunt, 24, clerk, Old Church road, Stepney, surrendered to their bail, at Worship-street Police court on Monday, to answer a charge
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Rome, Italy (1881)
Rome. From our own correspondent. Rome, March 28th. Our latest novelty is a “haunted-house,” a house possessed with a legion of spirits, that knock about in all directions, and make the walls and ceilings shake,
Continue ReadingHeckmondwike, West Yorkshire (1881)
A Haunted House. Silly Rumour. Duringn the present week, Heckmondwike has been turned upside down by the unexpected visit of an apparition, said to be the spirit of a drayman, named Lamb, who, when alive,
Continue ReadingGrange Moor, West Yorkshire (1888)
Grange Moor. A Phantom Woman’s Antics. Village gossippers have been diligently circulating a story about a ghost, which is said to have made its appearance at the house of a young married couple at Grange
Continue ReadingÎle Bizard, Quebec, Canada (1886)
The Ile Bizard Ghost. Among the French Canadians there are many traditions of superhuman manifestations, such as that of the Loup-garou or the wehr wolf, the revenant or ghost, the feu follet, Will o’the Wisp,
Continue ReadingStockport, Cheshire (1889)
A ghost in Stockport. Astle-street, off Heaton-lane, is gaining distinction as the home of a ghost. Not the ghost which gradually grows out of nothing, fixes its goggle eyes on a pint mug, points a
Continue ReadingBrynmawr, Blaenau Gwent (1883)
The “Ghost” at Brynmawr. Sir, – Of all superstitions the most insane and nonsensical is that of ghosts. The “ghost” at Brynmawr has been all the talk there, and at Blaina as well, during last
Continue ReadingMidlands (unclear) (1887)
The worthy inhabitants of a little Midland village have really abundant reason for complaining. A ghost haunts their garden. The irrepressible apparition as soon as the midnight chime is heard, commences to heave unconsidered trifles
Continue ReadingChesapeake Bay, Virginia, USA (1882)
A Chesapeake Bay Ghost. A.F. Hudgins, assistant keeper at Wolf-Trap Light, Chesapeake bay, has resigned. Mr Hudgins wrote to Captain Evans, light house inspector, several weeks ago that his family, living on shore opposite the
Continue ReadingSkelmersdale, Lancashire (1882)
A remarkable ghost story. During the past few weeks there has been commotion in Skelmersdale, occasioned not by the demands of the colliers for increased wages, but by a strange apparition and other remarkable phenomena,
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