Driven from house by “ghosts”. Exorcism that failed. Story of terrifying noises at Matlock. “Ghosts” have driven out the occupants of a house in North Parade, Matlock Bath. Living there have been Messrs. Byrne and
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Harley, South Yorkshire (1936)
… The fog was probably responsible for a remarkable story told at Harley. Two farmers were travelling by car near Low Harley, where a stream runs alongside the road, about midnight on Monday, when, one
Continue ReadingLeeds, West Yorkshire (1938)
Leeds warehouse fire. Leeds Fire Brigade was occupied for more than an hour last night at a fire which destroyed a large quantity of electrical goods in the basement of a warehouse occupied by
Continue ReadingLiverpool (1932)
Psychic – and Poltergeist. Sidelights on ‘ghost’ and other stories; incidents without explanation. By an Echo ghost seeker. Merseyside is, just now, undergoing one of those periodical waves of ‘psychic’ experiences which, once every decade
Continue ReadingBangor, County Down (1936)
The “Haunted” Mangle. Some perturbation has lately been caused a Castle Street family by the extra-ordinary nocturnal performance of a washing mangle. Every night, at the same time – shortly after two o’clock – the
Continue ReadingGaldares, Pyrenees-Orientales, France (1936)
Series of amazing happenings on a village farm. A terrorised populace. Rabbits and chicken disappear. House left in disorder. Boy’s good work with pitchfork. A series of amazing happenings on a farm in the village
Continue ReadingPagham, West Sussex (1932)
Beach bungalows bombarded. Night search with torches. Bullet on bed. Mysterious incidents at Pagham Beach are being investigated by the Bognor Regis police. During the weekend residents of Pagham Beach, about two miles from Bognor,
Continue ReadingBoscomoor, Penkridge, Staffordshire (1934)
Phantom figures in the night. Weird happenings in a derelict farmhouse. “Sunday Mercury” special. Finding myself within a few miles of the little hamlet of Boscamoor, near Penkridge, (writes a correspondent) – I decided to
Continue ReadingNailcote House, Coventry, West Midlands (1938)
Probing the secrets of Old Nailcote House. Where queer things happen There was once a murder here! Is this Elizabethan house haunted? Standing alone, ivy-clad and mysterious, behind a barrier of trees which almost obscure
Continue ReadingKettering, Northamptonshire (1930)
A Kettering Ghost Story. Spook in a modern council house? It has been a long time since Kettering furnished a ghost story, but something with spook-like tendencies has appeared lately. The eerie visitor has not
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