Extraordinary Superstition. A Haunted House. A remarkable case was heard on Saturday in Dublin. Mr Waldron, a solicitor’s clerk, sued his next door neighbour, who is a mate in the merchant service, named Kiernan, to
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Blackburn, Lancashire (1887)
Singular Occurrence. A few nights ago, a man, his wife, and son, living in the neighbourhood of Lammack, Blackburn, were awakened from their slumbers about midnight by a tremendous noise downstairs, as if the table
Continue ReadingTrillick, County Tyrone (1880)
The Trillick Ghost. On Sunday evening, as Mr Richie Wilson’s house-keeper was proceeding to the byre to milk, a stone was hurled at her heels. Being alarmed, she returned to the house, and, after relating
Continue ReadingSouthend, Essex (1888)
A Thrilling Ghost Story. A Mrs Dolland is the tenant of Seymour House, Alexandra-road, Southend, and, as lodgers, there reside with her Major and Mrs Buller and family. On Monday afternoon, the 22nd ult, the
Continue ReadingShimla, Himachal Pradesh, India (1886)
A mysterious haunted house is agitating superstitious souls near Simla. Down in a grove of deodar, sacred to the local deity, there stands a European house built many years ago. Some ten days since one
Continue ReadingVienna, Austria (1884)
Alleged Supernatural Occurrences in Vienna. Vienna, Friday night. Much sensation has been caused among the lower classes by some alleged supernatural occurrences here. In a house in a western suburb the furniture flies about, china
Continue ReadingShanklin, Isle of Wight (1889)
Ghost Scare At Shanklin. The population of Shanklin, says the Southern Echo, have been alarmed during the past week by a peculiar affair, which some of the more imaginative people of the town declare is
Continue ReadingHorwich, Bolton, Lancashire (1888)
Remarkable Credulity A Horwich joiner and builder, named Christopher Riley, died a fortnight ago from blood-poisoning caused by inhalation of foul sewer gases, and since the burial it is freely stated that his house is
Continue ReadingWorth, Chicago, Illinois (1888)
A Family Troubled By A Ghost The reporter of the Chicago Times commences by describing the scene of the late disturbances as being on the farm of a wealthy gentleman, one Mr Peter Cure. His
Continue ReadingGronant, Flintshire (1884)
Mysterious Occurrences. This secluded and usually quiet village, nestling as it does in a beautiful dale, formed in the upland district abutting on the marshy land between Rhyl and Mostyn, was thrown into great commotion
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