Singular ‘Ghost’ Story From Peterborough. A Frightful Scare. The people of Peterborough are greatly disturbed concerning the extraordinary proceedings of a ghost. Some months ago a small house in Mayor’s-walk was to let, and it
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Ham, Wiltshire (1895)
A Wiltshire Ghost.“A face resembling a cart-wheel and a frightful tail.” The little Wiltshire village of Ham has a ghost – an up-to-date nineteenth century ghost – which discards tradition, and instead of appearing as
Continue ReadingBallechin, Perthshire (1897)
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0001988/18990714/035/0003?browse=False ballechin https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/18990705/410/0008 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000269/18970701/059/0006 On the Trail of a Ghost. Mr Andrew Lang writes to yesterday’s “Times”: – Apart from personal questions, it would be very interesting if the mysterious noises so
Continue ReadingMontrouge, Paris, France (1892)
The House in the Rue de Couedic. Paris is in the possession of a popular feature in the shape of a haunted house, which crowds are flocking to see. It is situated in the Rue
Continue ReadingHalton Holegate, Spilsby, Lincolnshire (1897)
Halton Holegate – An Unravelled Mystery. The usually quiet and even-balanced minds of the inhabitants of this neighbourhood have recently undergone a severe shock, through the spreading about of an insidious rumour to the effect
Continue ReadingGravesend, Kent (1897)
Something like a ghost.People pelted with coal. Excitement was occasioned in Gravesend on Saturday by the report of an occurrence at 26, Wrotham-road, a street adjoining the Kent County Cricket Ground. The house is occupied
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