The strange goings on at number 7. By Des Ekin. They called it “the most haunted house in Dublin.” And until it was demolished back in 1963, the strange old quayside house at No. 7
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Montfort-sur-Meu, Brittany (1938)
Haunted house mystery. An expert in radiology has been asked by the French police to help them try to clear up a baffling “haunted house” mystery in the town of Montfort-sur-Meu, near Rennes. A short
Continue ReadingGyula, Hungary (1930)
Bombarded in haunted house. The Hungarian township of Bekesgyula has a haunted house (its street number is 13) where for some days past there have been mysterious goings on. The house is under police guard,
Continue ReadingCoverack, Cornwall (1939)
200-year-old house haunted. The 200-year-old coastguard station at Coverack (Cornwall), now converted into a house, is haunted. Mrs G. Maule, who lives there, thinks so, anyhow, and blames it on the Cornish pixies. Doors make
Continue ReadingSheffield, South Yorkshire (1930)
Dreams and weird rappings. Wife’s presentiment. Curious incidents precede Sheffield tragedy. A series of mysterious “warnings,” the terrible dreams of a husband, and his wife’s presentiment – on the morning of the fatal day –
Continue ReadingGulval, Cornwall (1935)
Mysterious tappings at Gulval. The vicar’s experiences. As a general rule stories of rappings on the wall and similar mysterious happenings are taken with a grain of salt, so often have they proved to be
Continue ReadingHull, East Riding of Yorkshire (1938)
Tells court of the ghost with a laugh. The ghost with a nasty laugh… with Christmas at hand this sounds like just another ghost story, but it was, in fact, told by a man in
Continue ReadingMayfair, London (1939)
‘Ghost’ Plays Jokes. Six years ago Brandon Davies, the picture-dealer with a gallery in Grosvenor-street, Mayfair, crashed mysteriously to his death from a window of his home. After his death his gallery, once filled with
Continue ReadingSeyssuel, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (1930)
Have you read the news about the latest French ghost? He is a mysterious thing operating on a farm in the [?]. The farm is situated at Roche[piquet?] in the Commune of Seyssuel. If the
Continue ReadingApt, Avignon and Provence, France (1935)
She wanted a new house So she pretended it was haunted. The “ghost” of a haunted house at Apt, near Avignon, has been “laid,” but not before it had created a considerable sensation in the
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