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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Mullaghmena, Omagh, County Tyrone (1906)
More Ulster Ghosts. Haunted Farm House. Mysterious Fusilades of Stones. The Police Baffled. (Special Telegram) Belfast, Friday. An extraordinary affair is reported from Mullaghmena, a country district, about two miles from Omagh, Co. Tyrone. It
Continue ReadingAberbargoed, Caerphilly, South Wales (1907)
Aberbargoed “Ghost”. At a house in Aberbargoed, in the Rhymney Valley, weird tappings and strange sounds, usually associated with perturbed spirits, are reported to have been heard since Saturday night, and have caused a young
Continue ReadingCymmer / Cymer, Neath Port Talbot, South Wales (1907)
Haunted Cymmer House. Furniture on the move: Crockery mysteries. Strange happenings are reported in a workman’s dwelling at Gelli Cottages, near Cymmer, Maesteg. The tenant, a respectable working man, and his wife, have repeatedly heard
Continue ReadingGrimsby, Lincolnshire (1901)
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
Continue ReadingLiverpool, 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
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