Mysterious Stone Throwing at New Farnley. About the most mysterious affair that ever occurred at New Farnley took place in the Spring of 1900, when for about a week the Farnley Ironworks cricket pavilion was
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Burnham on Crouch, Essex (1900)
Burnham. Extraordinary outrage at Burnham. Mysterious breaking of Mr A Rome’s windows. Mr and Mrs A Rome, of Burnham-on-Crouch, have been victims of an extraordinary outrage. On Friday two or three panes of glass were
Continue ReadingBlackburn, Lancashire (1908)
Spooks at Blackburn. Story of a haunted family. A succession of mysterious events has occurred in a workman’s home in Blackburn. For several weeks, pots, ornaments, and vases have been flung about the rooms in
Continue ReadingShercock, County Cavan (1901)
Shercock, Co. Cavan, has a sensation of its own which is likely to make the name of the Northern village notorious through the land. It possesses a haunted house, and the “ghost” who have taken
Continue ReadingManchester (1902)
A Moss Side Ghost. It is widely reported in Moss Side that a house in Edward-street has of late been visited by ghosts and although incredulous at first, a large number of persons who live
Continue ReadingWhitmore Reans, Wolverhampton, West Midlands (1902)
Strange Story of a Haunted House. A strange story of a haunted house in the Whitmore Reans district of the town of Wolverhampton is going the round and vouched for as true fact. Some time
Continue ReadingTruro, Cornwall (1907)
A Cornish “Ghost” Story. A “true ghost story” has been forwarded to the “Daily Chronicle” by its Truro correspondent. An old woman (he says) residing in a village, near Truro, recently died. She had long
Continue ReadingSelby, North Yorkshire (1906)
“Phenomenon” at Selby. Peculiar Knockings. Selby, which is usually quiet and easy going, is just now passing through a time of feverish excitement owing to some mysterious and unaccountable demonstrations which have been experienced at
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Haunted House Story. Dancing chairs and flying pots. From our own correspondent. Foggia, Tuesday. At Castelnuovo d’Annia, near Foggia, have been happening strange events, which have arroused much curiosity, and which the inhabitants attribute to
Continue ReadingSenghenydd, Caerphilly (1908)
Heard strange knockings. Some admissions of an extraordinary nature were made at the Pontypridd Bankruptcy Court on Tuesday by Charles Hardy, assistant timberman, Tyny-graig-road, Llanbradach. His liabilities included £43 due to eight grocers, and
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