Selby “Ghost” Story. Weird Sounds in a Labourer’s Cottage. Strange death-chamber scene. Mysterious rappings in a labourer’s cottage at Selby have set the whole town agog with excitement, and the house in South Parade has
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Staveley, Derbyshire (1914)
Three Raps Mysterious Noises at a Staveley Inn. Certain noises which have been recently heard at a Staveley Inn have given rise to alarm on the part of the occupants of the house – a
Continue ReadingCoimbra, Centro, Portugal (1910)
Latest Ghost Story. Strange Doings In Portuguese Mansion. A Lisbon telegram to the Central News says:- The newspapers here devote considerable attention to what must surely be one of the most remarkable “ghost stories” of
Continue ReadingAnslow, Staffordshire (1912)
Spook on the prowl. Ghostly caller at a farm. Rappings by an unseen hand. A weird “spook” story comes from Anslow, three miles from Burton, and is receiving the close attention of the police, who,
Continue ReadingTullynafoyle, Newtownsaville, County Tyrone (1919)
A Co. Tyrone Ghost Story. A curious story from Newtownsaville (10 miles from Omagh) is to the effect that bricks mysteriously fell down a farmer’s chimney. Despite two re-buildings, the bricks continued to fall, although
Continue ReadingSouth Hanover, Massachusetts, USA (1912)
The Playful Ghost. A remarkable ghost story comes from the town of South Hanover, Massachusetts, where the Rev. Charles F Donohue and his household have fled from the parish house of the Church of the
Continue ReadingSzczecin, Poland (1910)
A Stettin Ghost Story. Uncanny Proceedings. Berlin, 19th August. A stranger passing through Stettin last night would have thought that a Socialist demonstration or something equally dreadful was taking place. The streets (says the “Daily
Continue ReadingKidwelly, Carmarthenshire (1917)
The “ghost” at Kidwelly has chosen the most unromantic of all places for his demonstrations. This is all the more surprising seeing that there is a fine old historic castle available close by. Llanelly Star,
Continue ReadingNorton on Derwent, North Yorkshire (1912)
Clothes Vanish. The town of Norton, Malton, was last night thrown into great excitement by the news that a house in Mill-street, Norton, occupied by Mrs Morley, was haunted, and had been the scene of
Continue ReadingCooneen, County Fermanagh, NI (1913)
(Fivemiletown is in County Tyrone) Mysterious Noises. Weird story from Fermanagh. A comfortable farmhouse in Cornaroosland, a mountainous district of Co. Fermanagh, has been during the past few weeks the scene of mysterious happenings which
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