Walsingham “Ghost”. Housekeeper tells of strange happenings. A strange tale was related to our Fakenham representative of a Walsingham “ghost,” whose “visitations” by night have so worried the housekeeper of the Priest’s House that she
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Zizkov, Czechia (1930)
Girl who paints in her sleep. Peasant’s strange gift. Physic problem [sic] By a Berlin Correspondent. Considerable interest has been attracted to the case of a German peasant girl, Hannah Zupp, on account of the
Continue ReadingDudley, West Midlands (1933)
Ghostly’ moving pictures And the clock runs on Spirit’s disapproval of girl’s late hours Restless nights Queer black country happenings Two families in the Black Country are becoming nerve-wracked by what they believe to be
Continue ReadingBorgonato, Lombardy, Italy (1938)
Five Haunted Children. A strange case of the supernatural in which four children who were separated were still pursued by “phantoms” is occupying the attention of spiritualist circles (says a Rome message). A man living
Continue ReadingNew Barnet, London (1930)
Disturbances of a poltergeist nature are reported at Conyers Park, New Barnet, where a ten-year old girl is said to have met a mysterious death some years ago. Mrs Ellis, one of the local residents,
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Penang still haunted. “Samseow” changes quarters. With the Noordin Street “spook” still within memory, there now comes from Penang yet another ghost story – this time having its origin in and around Patani Road, the
Continue ReadingMysuru, Karnataka, India (1936)
Ghostly Bombing. A nightly bombardment of stones on the roof of a house in Mysore (India) is terrifying numbers of the local residents, who attribute it to evil spirits. Every evening as soon as darkness
Continue ReadingChesterfield, Derbyshire (1936)
Police vigil in “haunted” house. Tappings and dislodged ornaments. Chesterfield police have been called to assist in solving the mystery of strange occurrences in certain cottages in Spencer-street, off Newbold-road Chesterfield. For some time past
Continue ReadingGuadalajara, Mexico (1930s?)
This could be a tale, but it has a location and relative detail. And it happens in January! Mexican Ghost Stories. By Douglas Grahame. […] Guadalajara is the location of a queer house. The dwelling
Continue ReadingMilan, Lombardy, Italy (1932)
Mysterious hail of missiles. Occurrences in Milan. A Milan family named Canziani has been thrown into great alarm by mysterious attacks, attributed, locally, to the spirit world, says the Milan correspondent of the Irish Independent.
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