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
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Eccleshill, 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
Continue ReadingLuffincott, Devon (1907)
The Luffincott Ghost. A Launceston Exploring Party. Mysterious tappings: Was it rats? By one of our reporters. On Monday two friends with myself decided to pay a visit to Luffincott, the same night with an
Continue ReadingClive, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand (1901)
A Haunted House. For the past week a house in Clive (Hawke’s Bay), has been “haunted” in a mysterious fashion. This house (says the Herald) is about half-a-mile from the police station, and loud knocks
Continue ReadingBowdoinham, Maine, USA (1909)
Maine town glories in its many spooks. Bangor ,Dec 22. Bowdoinham boasts of a ghost house where it is said the chairs refuse to stay quietly in their places, but in the middle of the
Continue ReadingGrenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (1907)
A Haunted House. A queer story of a haunted house comes from Grenoble. Every night, starting at ten o’clock, a loud knocking is heard in the flat occupied by Mme. Masson. At first the neighbours
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The curse of a family. Quite recently in France in one of the outskirts of Paris a rumour went quickly from mouth to mouth that a particular family was haunted, and it was said that
Continue ReadingKnaresborough, North Yorkshire (1905)
Ghost Story. An old house at Knaresborough. A puzzle of the so-called “ghostly” order awaits solution at Knaresborough. There (writes a correspondent), on the banks of the Nidd, is a charming old dwelling, parts of
Continue ReadingWandsworth, London (1900)
A haunted house so near to the great metropolis as Wandsworth is decidedly interesting. In the Surrey Magazine Mr W.H. Moyes says: Those who take an interest in places which have been haunted for many
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