A Stony Stratford Debate. Indigestion or –? “Is there such a thing as a ghost?! This was the subject of a serious debate at a largely-attended meeting of members of the Stony Stratford Literary Society.
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Abingdon, Oxfordshire (1879 and 1891)
A Ghost Story. The attention of the superstitious has been attracted to the phenomena which are declared ever and anon to manifest themselves in one of the Abingdon Alms houses, not indeed in “questionable shape,”
Continue ReadingNorwich, Norfolk (1894)
To Psychical Researchers. To the Editor. Dear Sir, – In the midst of the heated discussion on the subjects of granite cubes, wood blocks, sewage treatement, and rescued nuns, it is refreshing to be able
Continue ReadingLlwynypia, Rhondda Cynon Taf (1893)
Strange Story from the Rhondda. A Haunted Cottage. Landlady carried off by a ghost. Interview with the abducted woman. A spectre in moleskin trousers. Great excitement at Llwynypia. Brave footballers frightened. Extraordinary scenes. Great excitement
Continue ReadingSan Francisco, California, USA (1897)
The American ghost is a new and quite up-to-date kind of a spook, very unlike the superior old crusted goblins on this side of the water. Instead of taking up its abode in a haunted
Continue ReadingPortadown, County Armagh (1896)
Haunted House in Portadown. Incredible Superstition. The belief in ghosts dies hard. Even toward the close of the nineteenth century a portion of our local community seems to be under the influence of these silly
Continue ReadingSaint-Martin-de-I’lf (?), Rouen, Normandy, France (1897)
“An alleged haunted house.” What the Paris correspondent of the “Morning Post” cautiously describes as “an alleged haunted house” is to be found just now in a village near Rouen, named St Martin-en-Campagne. The house
Continue ReadingBordeaux, France (1895)
In these days of modern incredulity accounts of haunted houses are usuallly treated with laughter and contempt, but the inhabitants living in the district round the Castle of Coudraie in France are still inclined to
Continue ReadingSouth Carolina, USA (1890)
A Girl of Strange Powers. Her mere presence causes a regular rumpus among furniture. There have been several remarkable stories of girls in America being the mysterious means of commotion around them, and now we
Continue ReadingWarsaw, Poland (1896)
A Tall Story From Russia. If we may trust in the matter the Warsaw Courier, an extraordinary incident has occurred in that city. A lady engaged, through the medium of a domestic servants’ agency, a
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