There is a ghost, and, what is more remakable, a noisy ghost, playing high jinks in a house in the Avenue de Saxe, at Lyons. It is not often that a rowdy specimen of the
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Dargelin, Mecklenburg, Germany (1895)
A German Spook. The mind and the nerves of the village of Dorgelin, in Mecklenburg, are much exercised by a spook which is spooking there at a great rate just now. The manifestations take place
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Mystery of a Haunted House. Curious story from Belgium. (From our own correspondent.) Brussels, Sunday. – Certain events similar to those noticed not long since at Valence-en-Brie in France, to which those who are the
Continue ReadingYzeures-sur-Creuse, and Poitiers, and Paris, France (1897)
France. M. Raymond Duplantier, a barrister of Poitiers, has made a study of a haunted house at Yzeures, in Touraine. Properly speaking, it is not the house which is haunted, but the family which inhabits
Continue ReadingValence-en-Brie, Iles-de-France, France (1896 and 1933)
Another French Ghost Story. Just as many Parisians are packing their boxes for a stay on the skirts of the health-giving forest of Fontainebleur the news came that Beelzebub, or a ghost of diabolical tendencies,
Continue ReadingChesterfield, Derbyshire (1891)
Extraordinary Occurrences at Chesterfield. Is it spiritualism? The above question, strange though it may appear these days, has been often asked during the past few days in connection with a series of extraordinary occurrences, which,
Continue ReadingPemberton, Wigan, Lancashire (1892)
Mysterious Affair at Wigan. A Supposed Ghost. The inhabitants of that portion of Pemberton known as Robin Lane Ends have had their feelings shockingly upset during the last two days by the supposed visit of
Continue ReadingPwll Du, Govilon, Monmouthshire (1899)
An Extraordinary Ghost Story. The haunted house at Pwlldu. Startling revelations. Authentic story from the rector of Govilon. There has been a time in the history of Wales when the Welsh nation was a class
Continue ReadingBurry Port, Carmarthenshire (1899)
A Musical Ghost. Lively Doings At Burry Port. Seen Enveloped in Foam! Somebody at Burry Port has been emulating the Witch of Endor, and has called “spirits from the vasty deep” to trouble the soul
Continue ReadingTick Fen, Warboys, Cambridgeshire (1897)
Tale of a Fen Ghost. Mysterious Rappings. Some strange phenomena have been startling the huge district of the Great Fen Level of Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire. It appears that in Tick Fen a Ramsay magistrate has
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