Ghost in the Rhondda. Clock Thrown at a Policeman at Trealaw. The village of Trealaw, adjacent to Dinas Station, and less than half a mile away from the thickly-populated districts which abut on and surround
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Cambridge (1907)
Strange “Ghost” Story. Mysterious rappings cause alarm. Family desert their home. A whole neighbourhood in one of the poorer parts of Cambridge, comprised within the parish of St. Andrew-the-Less, is in a state of alarm
Continue ReadingBinbrook, Lincolnshire (1905)
Lincolnshire Farm “Bewitched.” Remarkable Stories Told. (From our own correspondent). The village of Binbrook, on the Lincolnshire Wolds, has been disturbed of late by the reported strange happenings at Walk Farm, in the tenancy of
Continue ReadingUp Holland, Lancashire (1904)
Strange Manifestations. Crowds waiting for the “ghost.” The usually quiet district of Upholland has been all agog with excitement for some days and nights past in consequence of some mysterious noises and unseen agencies which
Continue ReadingGreat Baddow, Chelmsford, Essex (1906)
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
Continue ReadingSt. 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 Coedkernew. Extraordinary happenings at Mardy Farm. Walking bacon and stalking beds. A wonderful clock. Coedkernew has got a “ghost”. It is no common or garden spook, and if only a half of 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,
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