Durweston. The “Haunted” House. For some weeks of late there has been no small stir among the inhabitants of this parish concerning reports of what is said to have been heard and seen at Norton,
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Coray, Brittany, France (1890)
Stone Throwing Ghosts. People living at Coray, near Quimper, in Brittany, are in a state of great perturbation at present, caused (says a Paris correspondent) by the extraordinary proceedings of invisible beings in a farmhouse
Continue ReadingCarriglea and Ballybricken, Waterford, Ireland (1892)
Also reported as ‘Ballytricking’. Curious Occurrence in Waterford. A house alleged to be haunted. (From our correspondent). Waterford, Monday night. An occurrence of a curious nature, and one which is the all-absorbing topic of
Continue ReadingBlairgowrie, Perthshire (1894)
The Ghostly Drummers of Blairgowrie. A mysterious concert. The inhabitants of a section of a certain street in Blairgowrie have been greatly disturbed of late over mysterious sounds heard at nights. The sounds begin every
Continue ReadingThorney, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire (1896)
Extraordinary Ghost Story. Are there such creatures as ghosts? Can the spirits of the departed hold converse with earthly beings? Are there such things as omens, tokens, presentiments, heralds of alarming events, and the like?
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Notes on News. Paris is at present excited over a haunted house, which, contrary to all precedent, is situated in one of the busiest and most frequented streets of the city. The time honoured “mysterious
Continue ReadingEdithweston, Rutland (1896)
Edithweston – Extraordinary Occurrences. The whole district has been recently aroused by a remarkable and at present unexplained phenomenon. At one of the houses in the village loud noises have been repeatedly heard, at all
Continue ReadingPeterborough, Cambridgeshire (1892)
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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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
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