Strange Story of a Haunted House: A peculiar ghost; blows from invisible hands. Some time ago Nice was in a ferment. A house in Le Port, at the foot of the quarries, in a terrace
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Turin, Piedmont, Italy (1899)
Noisy Ghosts at Turin. An empty house of three storeys in the Via Monserrato, Turin, has been the scene of the latest spirit manifestations to attract general notice. These have taken the guise of extraordinary
Continue ReadingRothesay Bay, Bute, Scotland (1899)
A Haunted Yacht. Weird sounds and sights. Dead sailor on board again. The Glasgow Weekly Mail has a novel ghost story. It is said that a month ago a steam yacht was anchored in Rothesay
Continue ReadingArcueil Cachan, Paris, France (1893)
A Haunted House. Since the curious affair of the Boulevard Voltaire we have heard little of haunted houses in Paris, but now comes a story from Arcueil, situated in the neighbourhood of the French capital,
Continue ReadingBirtley, Tyne and Wear (1892)
Ghost Hunting in Durham. The villagers of Birtley, near Newcastle, have been much excited of late by strange sounds heard in the house of a miner named Wild. The walls and roof have been pierced
Continue ReadingHull, East Yorkshire (1898)
“Rappings in a house off Spring-bank. Sir- I have read with great interest about the rapping in the house off Holderness-road. I thought you would perhaps like to hear my experience in a house off
Continue ReadingGlyncorrwg, Neath Port Talbot, South Wales (1897)
A Ghost At Glyncorrwg Midnight raps The police consulted Considerable excitement has been caused in Glyncorrwg during the last week by what is supposed to be a spiritual presence in a house situated at the
Continue ReadingLeeds, West Yorkshire (1893)
A “Ghost” Mystery Solved. A family in the Meanwood Road district of Leeds have been considerably alarmed of late by the ringing of bells and the knocking of doors in their house. Believing the house
Continue ReadingHull, East Yorkshire (1897)
Strange Affair in Hull. Wholesale Window-Smashing. The Hull police are at present engaged in investigating a curious circumstance in Linnaeus-street. Commencing on Monday, the windows at the back of a house in that street have
Continue ReadingMonikie, Angus (1893)
Mysterious Affair at Monikie. Stone Throwing by Invisible Hands. There is great excitement at and in the neighbourhood of the farm of Downiebank, Monikie, occupied by Mr Laird. For about a week past Mr Laird’s
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