Sevenhampton. Rural superstition: A haunted house. If credence may be given to the reports which have recently emanated from Sevenhampton, public schools, penny libraries, and the like have not yet destroyed the belief in supernatural
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Ynyshir, Rhondda Cynon Taf (1893)
A ghostly visitant at Ynyshir. Extraordinary story. An Ynyshir correspondent writes: – The inhabitants of Ynyshir in general, and of 12, Whitting street, in particular, have been very much perturbed of late by the ghostly
Continue ReadingBirkhill, Angus (1899)
Alarmed by a ghost. An extraordinary story was current in Bo’ness on Saturday. A signalman at Birkhill, three and a half miles from the main line of the North British system to Edinburgh, on the
Continue ReadingMunich, Germany (1897)
Strange case at Munich. The following case, which seems scarcely possible at the end of the nineteenth century, occurred on Tuesday at Munich. In a house in the Parkstrasse the parish priest of St Benno
Continue ReadingChalk Farm, London (1893)
Leybourne Road was longer than where Leybourne Street is now The Chalk Farm “Ghost”. An interview with the tenants of No. 4 Leybourne Road. For the past three months there has been a rumour afloat
Continue ReadingGoldington, Bedfordshire (1896)
Despite this reading like a fictional story, it seems ‘Silverton Abbey’ was actually Goldington Grange, now demolished (see https://bedsarchives.bedford.gov.uk/CommunityHistories/Goldington/Goldington-Grange.aspx ) A “Haunted” House. Strange Modern Ghost Story. A correspondent signing himself “Bruggeling” writes to
Continue ReadingCoalville, Leicestershire (1899)
A Coalville ghost story. The voice of the dead. Searching for a buried treasure. By one of our staff. It seems that the superstitious, like the poor, we have always with us, and some of
Continue ReadingMaclean, NSW, Australia (1893)
Some five or six months ago a man named George Hart, residing at Maclean, in New South Wales, was accidentally drowned at Harwood, and up to a few days ago his widow, who had no
Continue ReadingPolgear, Wendron, Cornwall (1896)
The Galloping Horse. The usually quiet and peaceful district of Polgear, Wendron, has been disturbed by the apparently aimless eccentricities of what is termed by superstitious people, a ghost. This fortunately rare commodity has favoured
Continue ReadingRosendael, Dunkirk, Nord, France (1890s)
[…] Another “scare” occurred not long ago at Rosendael, a village situated at the gates of Dunkirk, where a certain house was without warning invaded by the very mischievous “sprites” who pelt passers-by with stones
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