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
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Shepherd’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
Continue ReadingNorway (1903)
Extraordinary Phenomenon. A Copenhagen telegram says – A mysterious occurence in a lonely little spot called Syversrud, in the province of Tolemarken, is attracting the attention of the whole of Noway. On the rocky coast
Continue ReadingLufton, Yeovil, Somerset (1904)
The Ghost at Lufton. A visit to the haunted house. “An old lady in black.” Also “A sort of dog”. One of our Reporters has been to “see the ghost;” and he describes his experience
Continue ReadingNorwich, Norfolk (1908)
Another Norwich Ghost Story. A woman in black. With the advent of dark nights and the near approach of Christmas, it is only fitting that ghost stories should once again come to the fore, and
Continue ReadingPerth (1908)
A Perth “Ghost.” Extraordinary Affair. A remarkable story, savouring strongly of the supernatural, has gained currency in Perth during the week-end. It contains all the elements of a good-going ghost yarn – an apparition, a
Continue ReadingPorthmadog, Gwynedd (1905)
One of the ghosts that have begun to infect this district has been got rid of at Portmadoc. It turned out to be a servant girl who had been rattling the milkcans. People are ready
Continue ReadingIstanbul, Turkey (1908)
Spirits at the Porte. French ambassador to Turkey may retire because of uncanny happenings. From our own correspondent. Paris, Sunday. It is stated here that M. Constans, the French Ambassador at Constantinople, is seriously thinking
Continue ReadingCruckton, Shropshire (1909)
Haunted Wardrobe. Destructive “Ghost” Near Shrewsbury. Trusers cut to ribbons [sic] Tar in the cream. A series of extraordinary tricks has been perpetrated on a small-holding at Cruckton, near Shrewsbury, which those most closely concerned
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