The inhabitants of a village not half a dozen miles from Maidenhead are in a state of alarm at the mysterious doings of what is declared by them to be a ghostly visitor to a
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Mauritius (before 1904)
“The Work of a Sorcerer” “Alacisterm” writes to the Bombay Gazette:- “In reference to the correspondent of the Madras Mail regarding the mysterious shower of stones at Arcot and elsewhere, I beg to be allowed
Continue ReadingBrunswick, Melbourne, Australia (1908)
Haunted house. Mysterious noises. Policemen puzzled. Melbourne, This Day. Extraordinary rappings, concussions and explosions have been occurring ina house at Brunswick for the past three weeks, and have been puzzling all the neighbourhood. The police
Continue ReadingColombo, Sri Lanka (1908)
Comedy of a ghost. Family terrorised by bottle-throwing spook. Baby lost and recovered. Eye-witnesses story of events in a haunted house. The story of what may be fittingly styled a ghost comedy comes from sunny
Continue ReadingAubigny la Ronce, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France (1904)
Troublesome ghosts. There is now reported to be a haunted house at Aubigny la Ronce, near Dijon. It is occupied by the Gerard family, who are kept awake regularly every night by most obstreperous ghosts,
Continue ReadingPontypool, Monmouthshire (1905)
There is no mistake about the latest spook. It is the genuine article, if ever there was one, and the setting, moreover, could not be more appropriate. An old-fashioned, creeper-covered inn, of great antiquity,
Continue ReadingSandhurst, Berkshire (1902)
The Sandhurst Fires. Reported drastic measures. It was reported at Camberley last evening that the War Office have taken a drastic step in reference to the alleged recent incendiary fires at the Royal Military College,
Continue ReadingCastle Acre, Norfolk (1901)
A Castleacre Ghost. In the current number of “The Eastern Counties Magazine” there is an interesting article on “Castleacre, Westacre, and Southacre,” in which the writer – under the somewhat quaint heading of “The Three
Continue ReadingHitchin, Hertfordshire (1907)
Ghosts in a workhouse. The nurses at Hitchin Workhouse are rebelling against night duty, not because of the extra labour or the additional monotony it brings, but on account of the “agitation, mingled with a
Continue ReadingMaidstone, Kent (1909)
Members’ uncanny experience. The “South Eastern Gazette” is responsible for the following strange story: On Saturday night an incident of a remarkable kind occurred at one of the clubs of Maidstone. Sounds were heard of
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