Wharfedale vicar and spiritual phenomena. Remarkable statements. The Rev. Charles L. Tweedale, vicar of Weston, near Otley, has written a long “reply to his detractors.” He states that the falling off in the number of
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Ipstones, Staffordshire (1913)
Haunted by phantom hound. Huge ghostly dog through which kicks pass unobstructed. Screams and rustling. (From our own correspondent). Matlock, Nov. 13. – Just over the border of Derbyshire, in Staffordshire, at Ipstones, stands a
Continue ReadingBlackpool, Lancashire (1910)
“Spook” or “Spoof” Could not resist the holidays. Weird doings are reported from a boarding house in Blackpool, and although spiritualists in the town insist that they are genuine manifestations of the unseen world, practical
Continue ReadingPudsey, West Yorkshire (1914)
Pictures stated to move in charwoman’s presence. Some amazing statements regarding Sarah Jane Ward, a Pudsey charwoman, were made at Leeds Assizes yesterday. Ward, who is only twenty-seven years of age, pleaded guilty to setting
Continue ReadingHalifax, West Yorkshire (1912)
Coal from the sky. Weird happenings in the Hope Hall district. Black diamonds roll mysteriously downstairs. Is it a spook? Spiritualists on the scene. Weird and strange happenings, causing considerable consternation amongst not a few
Continue ReadingGenoa, Liguria, Italy (1912)
Ghosts Aboard a Ship. Police watchers “struck with an invisible shovel.” A startling ghost story comes from Genoa, says a Milan message. A brigantine called the Speme, lying in the harbour there, reported that the
Continue ReadingMarcinelle, Belgium (1913)
Mysterious Hail of Stones A most extraordinary occurrence has thrown Marcinelle, a large town near Charleroi, into a state of utter confusion (says the Brussels correspondent of the “Telegraph”). Since Wednesday last a persistent rain
Continue ReadingPerak, Malaysia (1910s)
Hunting a Hantu. Ghostly manifestations tend to follow the same types everywhere. In particular there is a world-wide resemblance among those unruly and exuberant spirits which are best called by their German name – Poltergeist.
Continue ReadingAttercliffe, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (1910)
Some strange pranks in an Attercliffe home. A week of folly. Love laughs at locksmiths, but some Cupids of Attercliffe have found ghosts no laughing matter. These Cupids lived at No. 37, Candow street, one
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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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