Ghost on stairs convinces inspector. N.S.P.C.C. Inspector Bill Beckett went to “talk sense” to a family frightened by a ghost and ended up, he says, by seeing “things” himself. He was called to the house
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Leeds, West Yorkshire (1953)
Armed housewives wait for Gentle George the ghost. Evening Post Reporter. Hollow-eyed through lack of sleep, two Leeds housewives told me today how they had spent last night sat up armed with pokers, waiting for
Continue ReadingTydd, Cambridgeshire (1950s)
The ghost that’s kicked the bucket. Malcolm Scott explains the strange tales of Hannath Hall. Embellished by the years, the legends that surround Hannath Hall, Tydd, are enough to make your hair stand on end.
Continue ReadingSittingbourne, Kent (1959)
Girl says she saw ghost of woman in white in shop cellar. Strange events during recent weeks have convinced Miss Berenice Seager, proprietor of a ladies’ hairdressing salon in London Road, Sittingbourne, that the premises
Continue ReadingBlackpool, Lancashire (1951)
Police watch a house of baffling mysteries. Crockery flies, books float on air – but who does it? Blackpool police are keeping watch on a century-old four-roomed house in the outskirts of the town where
Continue ReadingFulham, London (1952)
Noises in the night. Ghost story in Ongar Road. There are noises at night in a room at West London. Noises made by ghosts called George and Hines, says the tenant. Noises made by the
Continue ReadingRochdale, Greater Manchester (1958)
Hallowe’en ghost turns family out. Finally the ghost of Cumberland Avenue has driven a family out of its home. For last night – Hallowe’en – was the worst in its three-week campaign of terror. And
Continue ReadingYork, North Yorkshire (1954)
Keeper of museum resigns at York after “hauntings”. From our own correspondent, York, Monday. A special meeting of the council of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society at York today decided to accept the resignation of the
Continue ReadingBristol (1950)
The ghost they call Mrs It may be moving today. Today’s number one task for Mrs Lucy Baber, Bristol housewife, is to get rid of the four old trunks in her boxroom. The ghost that
Continue ReadingMoseley, Birmingham (1952)
Police watch on mystery house. Noises, telephone calls – now a fire. A 35-year old Birmingham woman, the mother of four-year-old twins, yesterday asked for police protection for herself and her family, because of mysterious
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