Weird Happenings in a “Haunted House.”Water pours out from broken gaspipes.From our own Correspondent. Leicester, Saturday.The house of Mr George Heafield, Leicester-road, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, has been the scene of weird happenings, and visitors are at a
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Dietersheim, Bavaria, Germany (1921)
Riddle for the scientists.Weird happenings in humble home.Girl makes furniture and food fly. Thousands of people have visited the humble home of a servant at Dietersheim, in Bavaria, because of the reports of weird happenings
Continue ReadingNear Lords, London (1921)
Ghost laid with whitewash. Until about three weeks ago, three artists living in studios within a couple of hundred yards of Lord’s, were the exclusive proprietors of one of the rowdiest ghosts in London. It
Continue ReadingAtherton, Manchester (1921)
Bedpost Ghost. Atherton “Spirit” that Knocks and Taps. Atherton has been in a state of excitement during the week as the result of a weird story of strange happenings in a house in Crabtree Lane
Continue ReadingArdtrea / Ardtree, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland (1924)
Spooks at the Rectory. Missiles flung from roof by unseen hands. Spooks or mischievous boys – local opinion is divided – are causing discomfort at Ardrea Rectory (near Cookstown, co. Tyrone), once the home of
Continue ReadingBallygowan, County Antrim (1866)
“Bogles” in Ballygowan. For some weeks past, the parishes of Kilwaughter and Ballynure have been bewildered by wonderful and mysterious transactions which are said to have occurred in Upper Ballygowan, in which two families have
Continue ReadingAberdeen (1920)
Haunted house. Sergeant and 7 policemen search for spooks. In the heart of Aberdeen there is a haunted house that is attracting widespread interest. The tenants are Mr and Mrs Urquhart and a family of
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