Knock, knock, and bits of coal. Castleford mystery. Strange thuds in house puzzle experts. From our own correspondent, Castleford, Thursday. Castleford’s chief topic of discussion at the moment is a “mystery house,” where strange noises
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Leamore, Walsall, West Midlands (1933)
Mystery Knocks Story of Police Visit to Walsall House. What is the mystery lying behind the weird midnight noises that have been alarming people in the Leamore district of Walsall? When an Evening Despatch reporter
Continue ReadingTir-Phil, Caerphilly, South Wales (1936)
Left House Because of “Ghost.” Weird noises that were unexplained. People in the township of Tirphil in the Rhymney Valley have been startled by a ghost story. A house on the hillside is believed to
Continue ReadingWorcester, Western Cape, South Africa (1933)
South African Stone-Throwing Mystery. Inquirers Baffled. Not pane left in two houses. Police and unofficial investigators have so far been completely baffled in their attempts to solve the mystery of the showers of stones which
Continue ReadingToulon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France (1938)
Family to quit “haunted” house. Prefer camping to “unseen hands.” A farmer’s family who have been living in a “haunted house” near Toulon since last March have now decided to abandon the premises and to
Continue ReadingColombo, Sri Lanka (1937)
Ghost Story – that arrived on the heels of the Saxon sergeant -major (this page yesterday) came from Colombo, Ceylon. Inmates of a house in Nugegoday, Colombo suburb, have fled, shut the place up, because,
Continue ReadingKarachi, Pakistan (1936)
A Karachi Poltergeist. Showers of stones at a funeral. From our correspondent, Karachi, July 6th. A midnight Hindu religious ceremonial feast in a Karachi building on Saturday, in mourning for a child drowned in a
Continue ReadingGenoa, Liguria, Italy (1930)
Girl Hoaxes a Town. Wall pulled down in ghost hunt. From our own correspondent, Rome, Monday. A 17-year-old girl servant started a ghost hunt in Genoa which lasted for five days and hoaxed: squads of
Continue ReadingTay Valley?, Ontario, Canada (1935)
Mounties can’t get their ghost. Flat irons that ‘walked’ down stairs. Windows smashed. Such curious things have been happening in the little farmhouse of Mr John Quinn, at Burgess Township (Ontario) that the Canadian Mounted
Continue ReadingPetersfield, Hampshire (1930)
A Petersfield Mystery. Much ghostly tapping. Vicar and police chief hear it. Hidden money theory. What is presumed to be a tapping spirit is haunting a house at 22, Chapel Street, Petersfield, occupied by Mr.
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