The Malayan ghosts. Other ghost stories with an unusual twist come from Malaya. A ghost which flipped clods of earth at a man and his wife was trying to lead searchers to the body of
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Hitchin, Hertfordshire (1951)
Poltergeists? It’s all over now, but it was hair-raising at the time. Mischievous spirits at work at Hitchin Urban District Council’s rating office in Brand Street! Stones, pieces of coke, a key, belt buckle and
Continue ReadingKidderminster, Worcestershire (1959)
Ghost of recluse may haunt his former home. Eerie noises in bedroom. By our Kidderminster correspondent. “For sale” states a noticeboard in the front garden of this house in Birmingham Road, Kidderminster, which is believed
Continue ReadingGrimsby, Lincolnshire (1959)
There’s a ghost in house – family. Is there really a ghost at 1 Kirkstead-crescent, Nunsthorpe, Grimsby? “Yes,” said the tenant, 37-years-old lumper Mr Robert Eddington. He declared: “I have seen it several times. It
Continue ReadingLeeds, 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)
House of Ghosts. By James Wentworth Day. Is it the most haunted house in England? When I first came to it across the bleak, cold Fens in the teeth of a seawind off the Wash
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
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