Weird Experiences. Mysterious happenings. “Light,” the official organ of Psychical Occult and Psychical Research, published in London, publishes the following in its August issues: More Spontaneous Phenomena. The Sunday Supplement of “The Daily Victoria Colonist”
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Magherintendry, Bushmills, County Antrim (1919)
“The talk of the town and district” – to use a familiar phrase – is about certain strange happenings of late at the residence and premises of Mr Thomas Elliott, joiner, Magherintendry. Within the past
Continue ReadingDiss, Norfolk (1910)
A Haunted House at Diss. Explanation wanted for strange disturbances. Amateur spiritualists in Diss during a rather dull and unexciting week have been fascinated by an ordinary looking cottage – to those not in the
Continue ReadingEskragh, County Tyrone (1919)
How I fooled the world. Irish lad’s ghostly pranks. Special to “People’s Journal.” The inhabitants of the quiet little village of Eskra, which is situated between Clogher and Omagh, are laughing heartily over what has
Continue ReadingVernouillet, Ile-de-France, France (1919)
Creepy Tale of Landru. Wailings and knockings at his villa! Paris, Thursday. Now that investigations at Gambais and Vernouillet have been concluded a search will be carried out in the village in the department of
Continue ReadingKolkata, India (1914)
Haunted Police Station. The Englishman publishes reports of manifestations noticed in the alleged haunted police station at Fenwick bazar, Calcutta. It is stated that an officer in the station was pitched out of his bed
Continue ReadingHornsey, London (1916)
Strange ghostly doings. From Hornsey Rise – one of London’s northern suburbs – comes the ghost story of the season. The haunted house is a detached one of ten rooms. Six people live there –
Continue ReadingNew Castle, Pennsylvania, USA (1913)
Strange rappings cause of trouble. Policeman startled by strange sounds finds hall empty. New Castle, Pa., Feb. 1. Rappings and gentle tappings that flit from the window panes to the doors and then come from
Continue ReadingHenan (Honam) island, Guangzhou (Canton), China (1910)
Canton notes. Canton, January 10. A haunted house. Some amount of consternation is being felt in the neighbourhood known as Hok-ming in Honam by the report that a certain house is haunted. According to the
Continue ReadingPort Melbourne, Australia (1915)
Mystery Unsolved. Ghostly sounds again heard. Crowd waits for hours. No solution of the mystery of the uncanny noises heard at the cottage occupied by Mr William Eastwood, his wife and family, in Port Melbourne,
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