“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
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Chicago, 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
Continue ReadingClonmel, County Tipperary (1906)
Profane Spooks! Extraordinary Pranks. Mysterious manifestations. Particulars of a series of extraordinary and mysterious manifestations which have set the inhabitants of Clonmel all agog for some time past are sent us by our correspondent in
Continue ReadingBoroughbridge, West Yorkshire (1909)
A Girl Medium Mysterious Rappings and Noises A Boroughbridge Spiritualistic Sensation The residents in the old market town of Boroughbridge are at the present moment greatly perturbed by spiritualistic visitations, which have been in evidence
Continue ReadingLidget Hill, Oakworth, West Yorkshire (1906)
A Scar Top “Ghost”. Old man terrorised by mysterious noises. A ghost story emanates from the district of Scar Top, in the Oakworth Parish, a lonely country place some four miles beyond Keighley, on the
Continue ReadingShotton Colliery, County Durham (1902)
A real ghost story. Strange tale from a Durham pit village. A story of strange happenings, mysterious and inexplicable and fitting subject for the attention of the Psychical Research Society, comes from a Durham colliery
Continue ReadingBarrow-in Furness, Cumbria (1907)
Spooks at Barrow. Weird noises and vanishing bedclothes. Newly-married couple’s experiences. The supposed discovery of a haunted house has created considerable excitement at Barrow. The rumour has arisen in connection with a certain house in
Continue ReadingAskerswell, Dorset (1901)
Askerswell. A local ghost scare. Remarkable Occurrences. The little village of Askerswell is just now in a very perturbed state consequent upon some strange rumours of the doings of a supposed ghostly visitor at the
Continue ReadingKearsley, Farnworth, Lancashire (1906)
A Lancashire Ghost. An extraordinary story comes from Kearsley, near Farnworth, Lancs, the scene being laid in a house in Primrose-street, inhabited by a collier named William Jarvis, his wife, and family. One of the
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