Phantom Woman and Ringing Bells in “Haunted” Flat. Occupants of a flat in the vicinity of Warrior-square, St. Leonards, are mystified by a series of extraordinary happenings that have taken place there recently, and which
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Gjøvik, Norway (1934)
Hospital Mystery. Antics of a jumping table. The authorities of the East Titen Hospital at Gjoervik, are at present mystified by the behaviour of a table which, as soon as it is dark, begins to
Continue ReadingPuttalam, Sri Lanka (1933)
Family “Haunted” From Home. Shower of stones fall on the roof. Colombo. A poor family have been compelled to leave their house in a small village near Puttalam, because they said, supernatural manifestations worried them
Continue ReadingGlasgow (1930)
Mysterious night noises in Glasgow tenement. Secret cause discovered by simple experiment. By a special correspondent. The secret behind the mysterious midnight noises that have disturbed the people residing in a large tenement at 1909
Continue ReadingCastleford, West Yorkshire (1936)
Knock, knock, and bits of coal. Castleford mystery. Strange thuds in house puzzle experts. From our own correspondent, Castleford, Thursday. Castleford’s chief topic of discussion at the moment is a “mystery house,” where strange noises
Continue ReadingLeamore, Walsall, West Midlands (1933)
Exorcist told to evict ghosts with high spirits. Families in a Midland council tower block have taken desperate steps to evict unwanted tenants by calling in a Ghostbuster. Almost everyone living in Victoria House, at
Continue ReadingTir-Phil, Caerphilly, South Wales (1936)
Left House Because of “Ghost.” Weird noises that were unexplained. People in the township of Tirphil in the Rhymney Valley have been startled by a ghost story. A house on the hillside is believed to
Continue ReadingWorcester, Western Cape, South Africa (1933)
South African Stone-Throwing Mystery. Inquirers Baffled. Not pane left in two houses. Police and unofficial investigators have so far been completely baffled in their attempts to solve the mystery of the showers of stones which
Continue ReadingToulon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France (1938)
Family to quit “haunted” house. Prefer camping to “unseen hands.” A farmer’s family who have been living in a “haunted house” near Toulon since last March have now decided to abandon the premises and to
Continue ReadingColombo, Sri Lanka (1937)
Ghost Story – that arrived on the heels of the Saxon sergeant -major (this page yesterday) came from Colombo, Ceylon. Inmates of a house in Nugegoday, Colombo suburb, have fled, shut the place up, because,
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