“Ghost” at Enniscorthy. Furniture tossed about. From our Correspondent, Enniscorthy, Friday. For some time past strange stories have been afloat as to certain occurrences which took place in a private house in John street in
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Hempstead, Essex (1915)
A Village Mystery. Reported occult happenings at Hempstead. Candlesticks that jumped. The blood of some of the inhabitants of the villages of Hempstead and Helions Bumpstead, two usually quiet parishes in rural North Essex,
Continue ReadingHolbeck, Leeds, West Yorkshire (1917)
The Mysterious Noises at a House in Holbeck. A Six-months problem which baffles solution. The Holbeck “ghost” is not “laid” after all – or, [at any rate] is alive and kicking, or rather rapping, [?]
Continue ReadingJohannesburg, South Africa (1910)
Bitten by a Ghost. A message from Johannesburg says that manifestations alleged to be of a ghostly character have been causing considerable excitement at Turffontein. Various members of a local family declare that they have
Continue ReadingLoxley, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire (1910)
Strange Incidents in Farmhouse. For some nights Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, the occupants of Losley Hall Farm, near Uttoxeter, have been the victims of extraordinary outrages, the perpetrator of which remained undiscovered until Tuesday. While
Continue ReadingHaydon Bridge, Northumberland (1913)
Obnoxious “Ghost”. Singular happenings near Haydon Bridge. A farm maid injured. Even in these days, when news travels swiftly, it is possible for strange and perplexing happenings to go on at our own doors, so
Continue ReadingNawton, North Yorkshire (1910)
[…] Lifted and Shelves Broken. […] Unnerving Experience. […] are not unknown even in Ryedale. […] be filled if one had to record all […] be said and written on this subject. […] have been
Continue ReadingHull, East Yorkshire (1912)
Daily Letter from East Hull. Note: “Observer” will be pleased to receive invitations to services, concerts, meetings, etc.; also items of interest from his readers. The days of ghost stories, I thought, were over, but
Continue ReadingSwanton Novers, Norfolk (1919)
Oil Spurts in a Rectory.Curious happenings at a Norfolk House. A Norwich correspondent sends to the “Times” the story of remarkable happenings at the residence of the Rev. Hugh Guy, rector of Swanton Novers, near
Continue ReadingSwanton Novers extra snippets, Norfolk (1919)
Norfolk Mystery House.“A genuine oil well.”Government experts are confident, says a news agency, that there is a genuine oil well at Swanton Novers Rectory, and they state that the house must be pulled down because
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