Strange “Witchcraft” at Grimsby An extraordinary story of supposed “witchcraft” comes from Grimsby. It concerns a deal-carrier, named Andrew Norton, and his wife and family, who had been living at 49, Freshney-street. In that house
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Liverpool, Merseyside (1901)
Mysterious Occurrence in Smithdown-lane. The Police Baffled. A mysterious occurrence has occupied the attention of the police for over a week in Myers-street, off Smithdown-lane, and up to the present the mystery is still unsolved.
Continue ReadingRome, Italy (1902)
A Haunted House in Rome. The Chronicle correspondent, telegraphing from Rome on Sunday, says: – Much excitement has been aroused in Rome during the last few days over an alleged haunted house in the Viale
Continue ReadingBishop Burton, Beverley, East Yorkshire (1903)
The farm is also marked as ‘Burton Rakes’ on the current map. Ghostly Visitors at Bishop Burton? Mysterious Occurrence. Continual vigilance fails to detect the origin. The residents of the vicinity of Bishop Burton have
Continue ReadingLerwick, Shetland (1909)
A number of Banffshire girls who are presently at Lerwick at the fishing are having a unique experience. They are, to use their own words, lodging in “an aul’ steen hoosie,” and occupy rooms on
Continue ReadingTamil Nadu, India, and Mauritius (c.1904)
Mysterious Showers of Stones At Arcot and Elsewhere. In referring to the report that a mysterious shower of stones had fallen recently at Arcot, a correspondent writes:- The falling of stones, heated and heavy, at
Continue ReadingPontypool, Monmouthshire, South Wales (1905)
Mysterious Footsteps. Family alarmed by strange sounds at midnight. A remarkable ghost story comes from Pontypool, near Newport, Mon. No apparition has disturbed the night watches, but disquieting noises have thrown a respectable household into
Continue ReadingPurassawalkam, Chennai, India (1901)
A Haunted House. A correspondent writes:- “Mr. Fernandez, Assistant Steward in the Lunatic Asylum, who is living in a house in a cul de sac, called Abraham’s lane, in Pursewalkum, reported to the Commissioner of
Continue ReadingDum-Dum, Kolkata, India (1901)
A Haunted House at Dum-Dum. The Patrika publishes the following extraordinary story which, if nothing else will be acceptable at Christmas: – Babu Srihari Kundu is the name of a Railway Police Head Constable, who
Continue ReadingAberarth, Ceredigion (1909)
Rapped in Mystery. Weird events in a Welsh village. The inhabitants of the little village of Aberarth, which lies on the shores of Cardigan Bay, are much perturbed at the extraordinary happenings in two houses.
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