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
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Llwynypia, 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 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
Continue ReadingCastelnuovo Bocca d’Adda, Lombardy, Italy (1895)
Ghosts in a Castle. At a manorial castle near Castelnuovo, says a correspondent of the Daily News in Lodi, there has taken place since August a series of spiritualistic phenomena which has frightened the superstitious
Continue ReadingNew Cross, London (1894)
A New Cross “Ghost.” Strange Noises In A House. Some sensation has been caused at New-cross by the report that a certain house in the neighbourhood of Mornington-road, New-cross, is “haunted.” Strange noises have been
Continue ReadingLondon, Ontario, Canada (1895)
A mild sensation has been caused by some extraordinary manifestations at the residence of Mr John Arscott, 175 Ann street. The family say they were surprised on Sunday by loud scratching on the wall. Mr
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