A haunted chateau. Malicious injuries by the ghost. Paris, Wednesday. For the last fortnight there have been mysterious happenings at the Chateau de Taden, near Dinan, in Brittany. A large party had been invited there
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Alloa, Clackmannanshire (1909)
The Ghost Scare at Alloa. The excitement at Alloa regarding the ghost scare continues, and throughout yesterday the Old Cemetery was visited by groups of men and women, who surveyed with curious interest the haunted
Continue ReadingWeedon, Northamptonshire (1903)
What is described as a “ghost” is said to have made its appearance at a lonely house at Weedon, Northamptonshire. Villagers declare that its knocks are quite audible at night. Coventry Evening Telegraph, 3rd July
Continue ReadingGlenearn, Perth (1901)
A Ghost Story. Mysterious doings at Glenearn. During the past few nights the people residing on the estate of Glenearn have been thrown into a state of great consternation on account of the mysterious doings
Continue ReadingMount Holly, New Jersey (1900)
The Vagaries of a Ghost. Harry Smith and his wife have moved from the Foy homestead, in Church Street, Mount Holly, New Jersey. They say they were forced to move because a ghost objected to
Continue ReadingSt Ouen, Jersey, Channel Islands (1907)
Vinchelez Manor said to be haunted. Bells ringing and uncanny rapping. (Special to “Jersey Times.”) That an old manor-house should be haunted is, in our matter-of-fact days, considered as only historical romance. Though superstition dies
Continue ReadingMorton and Hanthorpe, Lincolnshire (1907)
Invisible Rappers. A house at Morton, near Bourne, Lincolnshire, has lately been known locally as “the haunted house.” For some time, it is alleged, the occupiers have been disturbed at nights by unaccountable rappings at
Continue ReadingDerry / Londonderry (1908)
Derry’s Haunted House. Mysterious nocturnal noises and ghostly visitants. Inmates make a hurried flit. Popular excitement: police on watch. An extensive section of a thickly-populated district in Derry City has been thrown into a state
Continue ReadingShepherd’s Bush, London (1909)
Mystery of Bells. Uncanny ringing puzzles a London household. Police search futile. From the tenants of a house in Shepherd’s Bush (West London), The Weekly Dispatch received a narration of [illegible] ringing of bells, which
Continue ReadingLiverpool (1904)
A Playful Spook. Not being able to support its terrestrial fame, a modest ghost whose weird pranks have created a big sensation in the neighbourhood of Islington, Liverpool, mysteriously vanished. Probably its conscience prompted its
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