Mysterious knockings cause alarm. Uncanny noises at night. Crewe puzzle. Strange “smashing” sound. Police-officers and plumbers have failed to solve a mystery which is puzzling and distressing residents in Lawton-street, Crewe. Mysterious nocturnal knockings in
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St Neots, Cambridgeshire (1929)
Biggleswade Chronicle, 1st March 1929 (pages 1 and 6 of 6). “Haunted House” at St. Neots. Weird Events in Ex-policeman’s Home. Many visitors completely mystified. Poltergeist: or practical joking? Weird and almost incredible
Continue ReadingLlanhilleth, South Wales (1928)
Woman assaults man. Mary Magg (49), married, Llanhilleth, was summoned for assaulting George Herbert Dyer, collier, Llanhilleth, on March 7th. Prosecutor said that defendant struck him in the face and also spat in his face,
Continue ReadingBurnley, Lancashire (1926)
A Burnley Mystery. Nocturnal Knocking on House Wall. Believed Due to Practical Joker. A mystery that has as yet baffled solution, and which is arousing considerable curiosity, is reported from Raglan-road. This mystery – it
Continue ReadingMonkton Heathfield, Taunton, Somerset (1923)
Xmas Ghost with a Good Aim. Well-thrown Orange Finds Its Mark. Weird Happenings. The Christmas festivities of Monkton Heathfield, a village near Taunton, are being enlivened by the doings of a ghost, who, forsaking ivy-clad
Continue ReadingMason’s Bridge, Redhill, Surrey (1928)
Weird Doings on a Farm. Jumping Crockery: Moving Chairs. Uncanny happenings in an old farmhouse at Mason’s Bridge, two miles south of Redhill, Surrey, are being eagerly discussed by the villagers. The house, known as
Continue ReadingBethersden, Kent (1928)
A Haunted Kentish Farm Youth’s Experience.Appeal to psychic experts.Father’s remarkable narrative. There have been incredible stories of occurrences in this corner of Kent, and the inhabitants are mystified by an alleged outbreak of ghostly phenomena
Continue ReadingLifton, Devon (1928)
Mystery of Lifton.Queer happenings in a cottage.Beans that fall “from nowhere”. The inhabitants of the little town of Lifton are completely bewildered by the strange happenings in an old-world cottage in their midst. One of
Continue ReadingStanley, Durham (1922)
A Durham Scare. Mysterious rappings in colliery house Trying to catch the ghost. The residents of Old Moore’s Terrace in the colliery district of Stanley (near Crook) are agog with excitement and alarm over mysterious
Continue ReadingCheltenham, Gloucestershire (1929)
Mr “Whatever-it-is.”Ghostly visitant at Maud’s Elm.Seances from 11pm to 3am.Replies reserved for the ladies.Swindon-roaders stay up to listen. Something spooky has been happening in Swindon-road, Cheltenham. There, on Wednesday night, several hundreds of the inhabitants
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