Ghost that no one has ever seen. Pulls of people’s bedclothes. From our own correspondent, Ebbw Vale (Monmouth), Saturday. For two days I have been trying to track down the Waunllwyd Ghost, the most peculiar
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Bagha Purana, Punjab, India (1936)
Ferozepore Village Poltergeist. Inquiries from the public. From our own correspondent, Moga, Oct.24. Several Europeans have written to the Sub-Inspector in charge of the Baghapurana police station inquiring about the report that bricks have been
Continue ReadingTharston, Norfolk (1937)
This Ghost is Knock-Knocking. Villagers of Tharston, near Norwich, have a ghost in their midst. It taps eerily and has so upset the tranquility of the district that parties of “hunters” are lying in wait
Continue ReadingCoupar Angus, Perth and Kinross (1937)
Council house “haunted.” Strange sounds and lights at Coupar Angus. A “ghost” in Coupar Angus has adopted the modern outlook. While other spooks haunt the baronial castle, the Coupar Angus spectre has taken over a
Continue ReadingSheffield, South Yorkshire (1938)
Phantom appears in city house. Uncanny happenings in a house in the Greystones road district of Ecclesall, Sheffield, have caused the occupants to wonder if it is haunted. The mysterious, unexplained incidents include the appearance
Continue ReadingDundee (1936)
“Haunted House” Tenants’ Stories. Heavy footsteps: figure of man on stairs. Mysterious knocks and door that swings open. Remarkable stories of ghostly figures and mysterious footsteps sounding in empty passages were told to the “Evening
Continue ReadingDvůr Králové nad Labem, Czech Republic (1933)
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
Continue ReadingTownshend, 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
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