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 –
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Gulval, 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
Continue ReadingFaisalabad (Lyallpur), Pakistan (1934)
Rain of brickbats. Spirit influence said to be responsible. Delhi, Wednesday. Poltergeist influences are believed to be the explanation of a strange phenomenon of a rain of brickbats on a house of a landowner in
Continue ReadingLeeds, West Yorkshire (1932)
Ghostly visitor in Leeds house. Heard – and Seen. Strange tale of a tall man in black. Manifestations by a ghost in Leeds occurred last night, not, apparently, for the first time. The alleged ghost
Continue ReadingKrugersdorp, South Africa (1933)
Ghost plays tricks. Disturbs beds and throws stones. Strange tales have been told about ghosts, and in particular about the variety known as “goelery.” Mr Fraus du Toit, of the Krugersdorp district, tells of one
Continue ReadingBow, London (1931)
Half a house haunted. Ghostly rappings. Half a house at Bow – the lower half – is reputed to be haunted in consequence of a nightly performance of ghostly rappings. In the top half of
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