Ghostly links with past. Grim discovery in old house. While restoring an old house, Treasure Holt, on the outskirts of Clacton-on-Sea, Mr and Mrs P. S. Hayward, the owners, found under the floor of a
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North Ormesby, North Yorkshire (1924)
North Ormesby “Ghost” Excitement caused by youth’s story. Residents of North Ormesby, Middlesborough, have been excited this week over a ghost story which received wide credence and attracted hundreds of people nightly to its haunt.
Continue ReadingColusa, California, USA (1922)
Is it a ghost knocking on Inman’s house and picking on bedsprings? Has a ghost made its appearance in Colusa? A.R. Inman, a mechanic employed at the Universal garage, doesn’t believe in ghosts, BUT –
Continue ReadingOrtona, Chieti, Italy (1925)
Power of Fairies. (By arrangement with London “Express.”) Rome, Saturday. – An attack of influenza left a girl of sixteen, named Emma Sharaglia, of Ortona, the possessor of psychic powers. She often falls into trances,
Continue ReadingHopfgarten, Weimar, Germany (1921)
The Hopfgarten Poltergeist Case. (Der Spuk in Hopfgarten. We have used the word Poltergeist in the title given because the case is of the type we usually classify under that name). The report which we
Continue ReadingCounty Cork (1928)
A recent Irish poltergeist. In connexion with the article in our last number on “A City of London Poltergeist”, we venture to submit, for what it is worth, the evidence of another case. It is
Continue ReadingStapleford, Nottinghamshire (1923)
Notes of the District. For several weeks past mysterious “rappings” have been heard at nights in houses near Stapleford railway station. Various explanations of the knockings have been forthcoming, and neighbours have inclined to the
Continue ReadingEpping, Essex (1924)
Police stoned for 5 hours. Mystery of night bombardment. From our own correspondent, Epping, Monday. Epping police were very much hurt, not to say annoyed, at a stone-throwing “incident” shortly before midnight yesterday. The son
Continue ReadingStanley, Durham (1929)
‘Ghostly’ visits at West Stanley. Strange story of a “Woman in Black.” Wall-rappings. Tenants frightened by midnight noises. Strange stories of uncanny rappings, midnight footsteps on the stairs, and the ghostly visitation of a woman
Continue ReadingPallagorio, Calabria, Italy (1927)
An Italian Poltergeist. It is not surprising to hear of a “poltergeist” in South Italy, where everybody believes in the occult. A shopkeeper at Palagoria named Ansorio has been troubled for a long time past
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