Queer Story at Cardiff. Ghostly doings in a house. Mats ‘walkabout’. Principal Griffiths’s investigation. Some mystifying occurrences, which for the present have been put down to occult agencies, have taken place at Seymour-street, in the
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Leintwardine, Herefordshire (1904)
A Leominster “Haunted House.” The “Hereford Journal’s” Leominster correspondent writes: A cottage situate in a remote part of the northern portion of the county, lying between Wigmore and Leintwardine, has recently been the venue of
Continue ReadingBrixton, London (1900)
Another Ghost Sensation.Brixton’s Startling Phenomena. The London News Agency reports another London ghost sensation, Brixton being the neighbourhood of the supernatural visitation on this occasion. One of the hotels in the district is the scene
Continue ReadingYateley, Hampshire (1906)
Mysterious Noises. Haunted Cottage Story. The pretty little Hampshire village of Yateley, situated some three miles over the Surrey border from the scene of the Camberley murder, has a mystery. Mr Gough, a middle-aged, weather-beaten
Continue ReadingHull, East Yorkshire (1908)
Eerie Happenings in Central Hull. Occupants Flee the House. Constables’ Experience. Some Startling Details. (Special for the “Daily Mail.”) The alleged supernatural has been frightening some Hull people almost out of their wits, and the
Continue ReadingRawdon, Leeds, West Yorkshire (1909)
College “Mystery”. Practical jokers terrify servants. Rawdon “Ghost” Story Explained. (Special to the “Mercury.”) It is a pity to spoil a rather promising “ghost” story, but (writes one of our representatives) there is no alternative
Continue ReadingCopmere End, Eccleshall, Staffordshire (1909)
More Weird Stories Of the Eccleshall Ghost. Extraordinary stories continue to be told concerning the mysterious and ghostly happenings at a house at Eccleshall, an old-world country town in Staffordshire. For weeks past the occupants
Continue ReadingBriston, Norfolk (1901)
If one went to an ironmonger’s and asked for a pound of “goblin tin tacks,” the shopman would doubtless think there was insanity in the line of the purchaser. However, at Breston, near Melton Constable,
Continue ReadingWyke, Bradford, West Yorkshire (1909)
Animated Yorkshire Furniture. Woman’s uncanny experiences. Lively cane chair – extraordinary story. Occurrences which, to say the least, are extremely uncanny, are taking place at the house of Mrs Priestly, 6 Church Street, Wykes, Bradford.
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