Haunted Village. The devil at work in a crockery shop. During the past week the Durham mining village of Howden-le-Wear, near Bishop Auckland, has been reduced to a state of positive fear by a series
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Guernsey, Channel Islands (1903)
Strange experience in a Guernsey house. A curious story of ghostly doings comes from Guernsey, where the premises of a local photographer are believed to be the haunt of spirits. The occurrences are reported to
Continue ReadingJohnstown, Navan, County Meath, Ireland (1909)
Priest’s House ‘Haunted’. An extraordinary story. Many strange rumours were afloat in Navan and district during the past fortnight as regards some extraordinary midnight happenings which were alleged to have taken place in the Parochial
Continue ReadingFritton, Norfolk (1901)
New Century Ghost Story. An old hall, situated not far from that picturesque place, Fritton Lake, has for some time past been believed by its residents to be haunted. This same hall was the scene
Continue ReadingCherbourg-Octeville, Normandy, France (1907)
Spiritual Guerillas. A most lamentable comedy of spiritual guerilla war is waging its mysterious course at Cherbourg, where, says the “Newcastle Chronicle” correspondent, the ghosts are wreaking upon the procurator of the Republic the wrongs
Continue ReadingLamberhurst, Kent (1906)
The “Daily Mail” Investigates The Lamberhurst “Ghost.” We quote the following from Monday’s “Daily Mail”:- Strange, unaccountable things are befalling in the neighbourhood of Lamberhurst, Kent. The villagers, who in the midst of their laughter
Continue ReadingBroadstairs, Kent (1908)
Broadstairs Ghost Story. A circumstantial story of mysterious midnight sounds and happenings in a house in the centre of Broadstairs has aroused intense curiosity among residents there, according to the special correspondent of the “Daily
Continue ReadingPeterborough, Cambridgeshire (1906)
“Rapped” in Mystery. Door-knocking antics of spook. The old Cathedral city of Peterborough is being “worked” just now by the most irresponsible of spooks. It is the playful habit of this weird humorist to spend
Continue ReadingChicago, Illinois, USA (1907)
Vicious Ghosts in a Chicago Hotel. Ghosts, invisible but persistent and vicious, have invaded a cheap Chicago hotel, and have spread such terror through the building that the police have been asked to protect the
Continue ReadingVladikavkaz, Russia (1904)
An Attractive Girl. A Phenomenon who can make stones jump. A strange phenomenon has been observed in a girl of twelve residing at Vladikavkas in the Caucasus. The girl is the daughter of a workman
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