Penang’s Ghost. Penang boasts a real, live ghost which walks in the dead of night, removes the glass fronts of pictures hanging on the walls, carefully places the glass on the floor and then silently
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Guar Perahu, Malaysia (1939)
‘Ghost’ Startles Malay Villagers. Stones and firewood thrown about house. Young bride spat at. The whole village of Guar Prahu, near Kubang Semang, Province Wellesley, is startled by reports of a house haunted by a
Continue ReadingFleet Street, London (1932)
Ghost of Black Abbot Haunts City Office. Weird Bell Ringing. Chairs thrown across room at night. The Black Abbot of Fleet-street is frightening typists. He has driven them howling from the office. He has rung
Continue ReadingSingapore (1928)
Singapore’s Haunted House. “Poltergeist phenomena” Police officer’s story of weird happenings. House pulled down. A haunted house in Singapore which was visited by a European police officer and a party of constables is described in
Continue ReadingTaiping, Malaysia (1930)
Ghosts in Taiping. Pawang to counter priest’s curse. From our own correspondent. Taiping, April 1st. Taiping people have been exercised of late over a succession of strange happenings in an Indian household attributed to Poltergeist
Continue ReadingPort Louis, Mauritius (1937)
At 7 am on Monday, 21 September 1937, a stone fell on the roof of a bungalow in the rue Touraine, a street in Port Louis, a capital of the crowded little sub-tropical island of
Continue ReadingKolkata, India (1936)
Calcutta’s ‘Haunted’ House. Poltergeist theory. Strange happenings in the compound of a residence in Calcutta have puzzled the residents, neighbours and investigating police. The house is “Bamboo Villa,” 169, Lower Circular Road, the residence of
Continue ReadingWindermere, Cape Town, South Africa (1932)
Fire Mystery. Theory of Malay Magic. Baffling series of outbreaks. A series of mysterious fires, which the superstitious believe have been caused by a sorcerer’s curse raising ‘fire phantoms’ has “haunted” the house of Robt.
Continue ReadingCaepantywyll, Merthyr Tydfil (1938)
Visitations from a ghost. Merthyr family’s claim. “Lady in white” takes money. Twenty-four-year-old David Jones and his wife, Mrs Dilys Jones, with their 18-months-old child, have left their home at 8, King Street, Caepantywyll, Merthyr,
Continue ReadingWhaplode, Lincolnshire (1937)
Ghost in Whaplode Cottage. Beautiful girl walks from cupboard. Legend of a murdered gipsy. A strange experience. Our picture shows the three brothers, Messrs. Ebenezer, Herbert and George Hy. Watkins, who reside in
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