I did not believe in ghosts until – Herald Reporter, Woodmansterne, Surrey, Tuesday. Yesterday I did not believe in ghosts, but I heard these things during last night in the stables of Fairlawns, an old
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Ham, London (1948)
Vicar fed up with ghosts. News Chronicle Reporter. The vicar of Ham, the Thames-side village near Richmond, Rev. Ernest Beard, B.A. is fed up with poltergeists, he told me yesterday. He was uncertain which was
Continue ReadingLeicester (1946)
Weird happenings at Leicester vicarage. Nocturnal incidents in St Margaret’s Vicarage, Church-gate, Leicester, lead the Vicar and his wife to suggest that their home is haunted. They certainly accept the theory that “a mischief-making poltergeist”
Continue ReadingNew Delhi, India (1949)
Cloth-burning Ghost. Experts fail stop mysterious phenomenon. New Delhi (by airmail), (Reuter). A small house on the outskirts of New Delhi appears to be haunted by a “cloth burning ghost”. Any piece of cloth inside
Continue ReadingBela-Bela, Lesotho (1948)
Priest said she was a witch, £20 damages. From our own correspondent. Bloemfontein, Thursday. Mysterious stone-throwing and the disappearance of clothes from locked rooms were mentioned in court today when a native woman sued a
Continue ReadingSouth Shields, Tyne and Wear (1945)
Three girls go on the trail of ghosts. A young South Shields housewife has been surprised to hear that her house was “haunted” 20 years ago. Three grammar school girls are going to call on
Continue ReadingDouglas, Isle of Man (1942)
“The Woman in Black” Family flee “Haunted House.” A Douglas hawker and his family have been driven out of a 15-roomed house in Douglas by what they describe as: Uncanny noises; Loud thumpings in the
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House became haunted after woman’s suicide. With reference to The Haunting (Lynn News front page, last Friday), I experienced a haunting 50 years ago when I lived in London. At the time I and my
Continue ReadingFleetwood, Lancashire (1946)
Queer noises in house. Spiritualists’ help sought by two ex-service sisters. On Wednesday night, in a house in Fleetwood, I heard sounds – rappings – said to be a poltergeist at work. By which I
Continue ReadingBrasparts, Britanny, France (1949)
Villagers hunt for ‘ghost’. Solve farm mystery. Brasparts (Brittany), Tuesday. Two hundred villagers with shotguns and pitchforks helped the police last night to lay “ghosts” haunting farmer Henri Jeffre’s farmhouse. The “ghosts” turned out to
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