A City of London Poltergeist. The following curious narrative giving an account of disturbances occurring in 1901 upon certain business premises in the heart of the city of London seems worthy of permanent record. The
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Nottinghamshire (1942)
Queer Happenings at a Country House. Of seasonable interest is the story, related at a festive gathering this week, and vouched for by the teller, of recent weird happenings at a country house near Nottingham.
Continue ReadingCape Town, South Africa (1947)
The Hayes and the Hobgoblin. Cape Town Experience of Ex-Fulham Family. A thirty-year-old newspaperman, Mr Robert Hayes and his wife, who until last October were living at Bishop’s Mansions, Bishop’s Park Road, are central figures
Continue ReadingScotstoun, Glasgow (1942)
Eerie Knocks In Tenement. Strange knockings, an apparition which moves through the house, lost keys, clocks that stop mysteriously, a wireless set which suddenly refused to function. These are some of the mysterious happenings at
Continue ReadingBracknell, Berkshire (1949)
“Ghost” dislikes radio. An “unruly spirit” is said to haunt the house of Mr and Mrs William Still, in New Road, Bracknell, Berks. Mr Still said to-day: “It keeps on throwing our radio set on
Continue ReadingSandbank, Argyll (1945)
Dishes Defy Law of Gravity ‘Ghosts’ Scare Girls in Sandbank Hut By “Daily Record” Reporter. Naval officers at Sandbank, in the Holy Loch, are having more trouble with ghosts than they ever had with Hitler.
Continue ReadingCrawley, West Sussex (1945)
Mr Harry Price at the Grammar School. Interesting Lecture on Psychical Research. Mr Harry Price, the world-famous psychic investigator and author of many works of research, was among the guests at the “at home” held
Continue ReadingDevonport, Devon (1940)
Iron Takes Wings Oil Lamp Flies Up Staircase Plymouth story Pail puzzles city police constable Flying flat-irons, oil lamps, and hair brushes have pestered residents of 69, Charlotte-street, Devonport, in the past few days. A
Continue ReadingFleetwood, Lancashire (1943)
Spiritualists hold seance in mystery house. Strange noises end after investigation. First a plumber, then the police, and finally Spiritualists were called into a house in Poulton-road, Fleetwood, to investigate mysterious knocking sounds that seemed
Continue ReadingLeeds, West Yorkshire (1945)
Horsforth ‘poltergeist’ busy. Police puzzled but medium stops raps. In the old-world, rosebush flanked district of Woodside, Horsforth, 75-year-old Mrs. Annie Eanor lives in fear with her daughter, Mrs. Lily Wrighton, and her granddaughter, Gladys,
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