Strange Ghost Story from Gt. Baddow. Parson, Policeman, Parish Councillor. Great Baddow is agog with excitement over a spook story. This, however, is by no means a new experience for the villagers, for on more
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St. Petersburg, Russia? (1908)
“Haunted” by Electricity. A number of mysterious manifestations having appeared in a house situated near an electric-lighting generating station in St Petersburg, the police made an investigation. The neighbourhood, our correspondent states, had already got
Continue ReadingSunderland, Tyne and Wear (1901)
Ghosts or –? A creepy story from Sunderland. A correspondent writes: – During the last few weeks great alarm has been created in one of the streets in the west-end of Sunderland – off Chester
Continue ReadingSymonds Yat, Herefordshire (1909)
Sensation at Symonds Yat. Alleged Mysterious Occurrences at a Keeper’s Cottage. Articles said to be moved by unseen hands. Something in the way of a sensation has been caused din the neighbourhood of Symond’s Yat
Continue ReadingCoedkernew / Coedcernyw, Newport, South Wales (1904)
“Ghost at a Farmhouse” A Village Scare. Inhabitants of Coedkernew, a village pleasantly situated between Newport and Cardiff, are greatly agitated by the stories of a ghost which is said to have taken up its
Continue ReadingLoughmacrory, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland (1904)
Singular affair at Loughmacrory. An extraordinary condition of affairs is reported from Loughmacrory. The dwelling of a farmer in that locality is, as alleged, under the spell of some evil, or at all events mischievous,
Continue ReadingSenghenydd and Abertridwr, Caerphilly, Wales (1906)
A Haunted Man. Weird story of spirit rappings at Senghenydd. A weird, flesh-creeping story of spirit rapping comes from Senghenydd. James Craze, a collier, married, with two children, seems to be followed by the spirit!
Continue ReadingEpworth, Lincolnshire (1906)
Chair-throwing Ghost. Epworth, the birthplace of the founder of Methodism, has long been famed for its ghost of Old Jeffrey, and the mysterious “rappings,” which were heard at the old rectory in the time of
Continue ReadingEasby, Richmond, North Yorkshire (1905)
The “Dead Hand” at Richmond. The District Excited Over A Haunted House. Much excitement prevails in the village of Easby, near Richmond (Yorks.), owing to the report that a house there is haunted. Early in
Continue ReadingChesterfield, Derbyshire (1906)
(Another Newbold, Chesterfield case in 1936). A Haunted House near Chesterfield. Householders alarmed by mysterious noises. The people in the Newbold Moor district of Chesterfield are much concerned at present by reports of strange happenings
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