Town Council Meets in “Haunted House.” Members flee from a ghost. Prague, Friday. When the Commissioner of Police in the town of Dvur Kralove was awakened one night recently by ghostly knocking on his beddroom
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Townshend, Cornwall (1934)
Rappings on the wall. Cornish village’s ghostly story. “Spirit of Mrs Peggy Taylor”. Sounds heard by reporter. Is there a ghost in the little village of Townshend near Penzance? Happenings there have been so strange
Continue ReadingBirmingham, West Midlands (1939)
Medium Investigates Birmingham Cellar Raps. Rappings on the floor of a house in Highfield-road, Washwood Heath, Birmingham, have led to excavations in the cellar, to see if there is evidence of a tragedy it is
Continue ReadingDenton, East Sussex (1933)
Eerie vigil at manor house. Family forced to leave haunted home. Noises off. From our special correspondent, Brighton, Friday. Ghost-hunting parties motored to-night to the Downland village of Denton, near Newhaven Harbour, to join villagers
Continue ReadingLeeds, West Yorkshire (1930)
Mystery at Hospital. Tappings in the night. Women patients at Seacroft Isolation Hospital have been alarmed recently by mysterious tappings in one of the wards, the origin of which could not be readily discovered. So
Continue ReadingSydenham, London (1939)
“Ghost” visits Norman Long. Norman Long is embarrassed. He is being “haunted.” And the ghost appears to be fond of shaving brushes, for they are whisked away during the night. When he is at home
Continue ReadingHiran Minar, Sheikhupura, Pakistan (1934)
Mysterious Showers of Stones. A story from Sheikhupura. Sheikhupura, July 5. A mysterious phenomenon of showers of stones from invisible sources is reported by a party of hikers and sight-seers who were bivouacking in the
Continue ReadingLincoln (1932)
Ghost with a bugle! Alarm at Lincoln. A ghost with a bugle is stated to be haunting a Lincoln house, and so persistent have the visitations become that the occupants are terrified and dare not
Continue ReadingArcos de la Frontera, Andalusia, Spain (1936)
The Haunted Spanish Mill. Ghosts are in possession of an oil mill at Arcos de la Frontera, near Dierra de Ronda [Serrania de Ronda?], in Andalusia, famed in the old days for “bandoleros,” who, even
Continue ReadingMarlborough, Devon (1934)
“Uncanny.” Remarkable Antics of an Old Tin. “Escapes” from Cupboard and Outhouse. Strange Story from Marlborough. The uncanny movements of an old tobacco tin are forming an amazing story in South Devon. The tin is
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