Spirit Triumphant. An old mansion at Port Elizabeth now stands empty, the aroma of burned joss sticks mingling with mysterious tappings on the walls and the occasional splintering of window panes. Until recently it was
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Tintwistle, Derbyshire (1938)
Mystery of “Knocking” Boy. Schoolmates run after 11 years old Ernest Hinchliffe in the tiny village of Tintwistle, in Hyde, Cheshire, calling him “Knock-Knock” Ernest because of mysterious noises his mother says are heard when
Continue ReadingAncoats, Manchester (1930)
An Ancoats “Ghost” Laid. Stolid neighbours who wanted their rest. Three young men of Italian extraction are having an unhappy time in a house in Blossom Street, Ancoats. During the past week or so their
Continue ReadingBrentford, London (1930)
Stone-throwing Mystery. Brentford Police Baffled. Is it a ghost or an unbalanced human being? the police of Brentford are asking themselves, following a mysterious epidemic of stone-throwing which has already accounted for many panes of
Continue ReadingLeeds, West Yorkshire (1936)
Mysterious Raps in a Leeds House Words “Spelled” Incidents set family wondering Strange sounds have been heard at a house in Walmsley Road, Leeds. It is a terrace house. At night when Mr and Mrs
Continue ReadingHuddersfield, West Yorkshire (1938)
“Knock! Knock!” at Huddersfield. Strange rappings in house. An “Evening Post” Reporter Investigates. From our own Reporter, Huddersfield, Friday. Mysterious knockings heard on the walls and doors of a Huddersfield terrace house in the early
Continue ReadingRathangan, County Wexford (1937)
Weird Happenings Reported Devoid of Foundation Rumours of strange happenings in a district a few miles from Rathangan have received a good deal of currency within the area and far beyond its borders. In the
Continue ReadingWallsend, Tyne and Wear (1938)
‘Ghost’ Drives Wallsend Family To Despair – and out of home. “The ghost” of Gordon Square, Wallsend, returned last night to the home of a troubled family, and after experiencing what they described to an
Continue ReadingBrackey, Drumnakilly, County Tyrone, NI (1939)
A Tyrone “Ghost.” Mysterious noises in Tyrone house. Family forced to remove. As the result of mysterious nocturnal happenings in the district of Brackey, a townland between Drumnakilly and Sixmilecross, Co. Tyrone, a family named
Continue ReadingSingapore (1934)
Ghosts Defied. British Police Officer’s Experience in Haunted House. Singapore. A British police officer posted his men all round a house said to be haunted. Then he entered, and this is what happened. A huge
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