Genoa’s Affluent Ghost. Mysterious shedding of copper and silver. From our own correspondent. Genoa, Wednesday. – Genoa has its ghost, with this peculiarity – that people run after it instead of fleeing for their lives.
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Whitechapel, London (1904)
A Whitechapel Ghost. A coke throwing spirit in the ghetto. There is an epidemic of ghosts in England and Wales just now. The ghastly spectre of the Llynfi Valley, in Wales, is still at large,
Continue ReadingBallygarvan, Gusserane, County Wexford (1909)
The Ballygarvan Ghost Story. Not for a long time has anything occurred so favourable for writing about at length as the doings of a supposed ghost at Ballygarvan, but, unfortunately, it comes at a time
Continue ReadingEverton, Merseyside (1904)
An Everton Ghost Story. Considerable commotion was caused yesterday in William Henry-street, Everton, on a rumour that a sort of “spring-heel Jack” was pursuing his antics in that neighbourhood. The story, as it was passed
Continue ReadingMullaghmenagh, 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 ReadingMortlake, London (1906)
Mortlake Mystery. Workmen using a large stone shed on the bank of the Thames near Mortlake have been startled by strange noises, sharp as a rifle shot, as of something striking the corrugated iron roof.
Continue ReadingSt Helens, Merseyside (1905)
Spooks who throw bricks. The advent of “spooks” in St. Helens has made things lively there. The ghostly ones made their presence felt by mysterious stone-throwing. Folks near Kirkland-street have seen half-bricks, potatoes, cinders, and
Continue ReadingWangoola, Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia (1903)
A Haunted House. The township of Wangoola, near Carcoar, New South Wales, has been thrown into a state of excitement over mysterious noises at the house of a family named Humphries. The family has been
Continue ReadingEccleshill, Bradford, West Yorkshire (1909)
Mysterious fire at Greengates. The Bradford Fire Brigade turned out this afternoon to an outbreak at Walmer House, Greengates, the residence of Mr Beevers. Flames were discovered in different parts of the house, and these
Continue ReadingCumbria? (1909)
More Ghost Stories. Fish basket that walked about. Baby’s boot that passed through closed door. (Special to the “Mercury”) The account given in yesterday’s “Mercury” of the remarkable happenings at Wyke has caused a large
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