House of Mystery. Strange steps, whistling, knocks. By a “Daily Post” reporter. Yesterday morning thirty-four-year-old Mrs Helen Painter, of 3 Cybi Street, Holyhead, lost her ninth lodger since September. And Mrs Painter confirms what the
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Kinvarra, County Galway (1954)
Hundreds Flocking to ‘Ghost Town.’ The whole country is talking about Kinvara and already hundreds of people have visited what has become known throughout the length and breadth of the country as “Ghost Town.” What
Continue ReadingSt Dominick, Devon (1951)
Pools of water set puzzle. Strange happenings at St Dominic cottage. Pools of water appearing in the ground-floor rooms of an old semi-detached cottage at St Dominic are puzzling inhabitants of this Tamar Valley village.
Continue ReadingHarbour area, Singapore (1950)
Nelson Rd. Ghost Scares 8 Families. Ghost No. 2 takes over from Ghost No. 1. ‘Flying knives, jumping jars.’ Eight families, numbering about 50 people, have been so scared by Singapore’s newest ghost, that some
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Malay Fights Ghost in Geylang. Medicine man loses 1st round. Free Press Malay Correspondent. Inche Omar bin Haji Ismail, an elderly Malay clerk with 12 dependants, is at present engaged in a small war of
Continue ReadingPulau Tekong Island, Singapore (1951)
‘Fire from heaven’ guts ghost house. A large attap and plank house in Kampong Ladang, Pulau Tekong Besar, haunted for months by a poltergeist, was burnt down last Thursday by “fire from heaven.” The head
Continue ReadingGlen Iris, Victoria, Australia (1955)
The ‘ghost’ of Glen Iris. Raps fill a home with fear. “A ‘friendly ghost’ is haunting our home,” Mr R. Grahame, of Burke rd., Glen Iris, said last night. “It has been heard by seven
Continue ReadingMalacca, Malaysia (1951)
Mr Wisdom meets a poltergeist. Sunday Times Correspondent, Malacca, Sat. A stone hurled supposedly by a poltergeist fell with tremendous force inches away from the Resident Commissioner, Malacca, Mr G.E.C. Wisdom, when he visited a
Continue ReadingMianwali, Pakistan (1957)
Heavenly Pranksters. From our own correspondent. Mianwali, May 31. A supernatural phenomenon here is taxing the brains of the wise and holy men of Mianwali. Three houses in the main bazar are being bombarded day
Continue ReadingKuala Lumpur, Malaysia (1952)
Ghost runs amok when told to get out. Kuala Lumpur, Thurs. A ghost ran amok in Kuala Lumpur last night when the occupants of a house tried to drive him out. In a mad rush
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