A Haunted House. The following startling story, contained in a letter to Athy Urban Council recently we cull from the “Leinster Leader.” – “I have the spirit of the Devil in my new cottage, and
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Washington DC, USA (1949)
Minister Tells Parapsychologists Noisy ‘Ghost’ Plagued Family. For about five months, Washington had a poltergeist right in its own backyard. It was on January 18, 1949, that “Mr and Mrs John Doe,” their 13-year-old son
Continue ReadingCaterham, Surrey (1948)
Guardman’s Ghost at Caterham. London, July 7. There is a ghost among guardsmen at the Caterham Depot, Surrey – the training centre for Britain’s crack Brigade of Guards. Nobody has seen it, but the soldiers
Continue ReadingKuala Lumpur, Malaysia (1947)
Ghost Baffles Police In K.L. House. From our staff correspondent, Kuala Lumpur, May 10. Five Englishwomen, working in Government offices in Kuala Lumpur, and living together in an old Chinese house in the suburbs, have
Continue ReadingTrumann, Arkansas, USA (1941)
This is written rather like a story? Joking Ghost is Making Boy’s Life a Misery. From a New York Correspondent. A mysterious, unseen knocker has disrupted the home and school life of 11-year-old Loros Elledge.
Continue ReadingMalacca, Malaysia (1947)
Malacca Police Chief’s Vigil: Poltergeist Scare. From our own reporter. Malacca, Sept. 15. – What appeared to be midnight invaders at 155, Heeren Street in Malacca, finally turned out to be a poltergeist playing his
Continue ReadingKampung Kepayang, Ipoh, Malaysia (1947)
Ghost throws stones in hut. Sunday Times correspondent, Ipoh, Saturday. For the past three days a poltergeist has been throwing stones and pebbles from the attap roof of a hut in Kampong Kepayang, near Ipoh,
Continue ReadingPilling, Lancashire (1948)
Pilling poltergeist plucks the guitar. Johnny, the cook at Pilling hostel for agricultural workers, is troubled by a poltergeist which disturbs his sleep and frightens room mates. Ex-Navy man, Johnny, runs a fine galley for
Continue ReadingDinteloord, Netherlands (1947)
Mystery Fires at Farm. A series of sudden inexplicable fires in the house of a farmer at Dinteloord, Holland, has given rise to a suggestion that the house is haunted by “incendiary ghosts”. One day
Continue ReadingLangley Marish, Berkshire (1946)
“Misty” figures inquiry. Strange noises at almshouses. The Society of Psychical Research is to investigate incidents at a 300-year-old house at Seymour Almshouses, Langley, Bucks. It is occupied by Mrs Florence Buckland, her daughter, June
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