Grandma plagued by merry spook. Teluk Anson, Mon. A poltergeist that has plagued Grandmother Mor binte Ma’on of Kampong Tebok Mufarat in north-west Selangor for almost two months, is on the war path again, after
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Singapore (1951)
$100 to drive off a ghost. Fed up with the pranks of a poltergeist, a Chinese family living off Kim Keat Road in Singapore have spent more than $100 for the services of an exorcist
Continue ReadingButterworth, Malaysia (1950)
‘Ghost’ haunts Malay girl. A “ghost” in Province Wellesley is at present defying Malay, Siamese, Hindu and Chinese medicine men who for the last four days have been making frantic efforts to drive it away
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Holyhead, Anglesey (1957)
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
Continue ReadingKinvarra, 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
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