Rat-traps Set For ‘Ghost’. From our own correspondent, Paris, Thursday. Rat-traps have now been set by the police to catch the guitar-playing ghost of a guillotined man, believed by terrified peasants to have returned to
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Hull, East Yorkshire (1939)
“Haunted House” Mystery Terrifies Hull Children. Hull has a “haunted” house. In it, during the past month, there have been, night after night, mysterious knockings, tappings, scratchings – and even mattress bouncing – until the
Continue ReadingGalle, Sri Lanka (1932)
Shower of Stones. Eerie Midnight Experience for Indian Hotel Guests. A mysterious rain of stones falls on the roof of a little hotel in Galle, Ceylon, for an hour each night. Exactly at midnight the
Continue ReadingFleetwood, Lancashire (1933)
The Mystery of No. 13. Uncanny House at Fleetwood. Woman’s Appeal to Council. This is the mystery of No. 13, which is believed to be an unlucky number, according to a Fleetwood family. Uncanny noises
Continue ReadingBirkenhead, Merseyside (1931)
Household Haunted By Demons. Terrified Occupants. Phantom Whisperings. Birkenhead is bewildered by amazing happenings in a house said to be haunted by demons. According to stories told by members of the family in this house
Continue ReadingGolders Green, Barnet, London (1938)
London Ghost Plays Piano (Organ Effects). A ghost which has already driven out the lodgers is now driving a widow and her 23-year-old daughter from their home in Golders Green, N.W. For three months they
Continue ReadingPort Elizabeth (Gqeberha), South Africa (1938)
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
Continue ReadingTintwistle, 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
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