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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Tonbridge, Kent (1952)
Do ghosts haunt Tonbridge School? Sanatorium is sealed up by investigators. Is the sanatorium at Tonbridge School haunted? Rumours that it is have been circulating in the town this week – but the headmaster, the
Continue ReadingStrépy-Bracquegnies, Belgium (1950)
9,000 hunt honeymoon house ghost. A Belgian woman, on honeymoon at Bracquegnies, Belgium, said today that a ghost with a hair-do like Mistinquette had torn her night dress. “It had saucer-eyes, a hooked nose, and
Continue ReadingFinglas, Dublin (1958)
Why young couple left County Dublin House. Frightened by strange happenings. The fully story of the “haunted” house at Finglas, Co. Dublin, was told for the first time to an “Irish Weekly Independent” reporter by
Continue ReadingWigan, Greater Manchester (1953)
Ghosts. I don’t know what the average American’s reaction to the mention of Wigan is, but quite a few thousand readers of occult magazines in the USA will be seeing the name of the “loyal
Continue ReadingLadywood, Birmingham (1955)
Have YOU the guts to live in this house? By Derek Agnew. To let: Pleasant three-bedroom house. Older type but newly and tastefully decorated. All mod. con. Ample storage room incl. cellar. In quiet road
Continue ReadingChorley, Lancashire (1954)
Dog goes mad. Chorley couple “now believe in ghosts.” Since moving into a Standish street house 17 months ago, a Chorley couple, Mr Allan Mather and his 21-year-old wife, have been troubled by peculiar noises
Continue ReadingChirk, Wrexham (1955)
‘Morose Italian’ driving three families from their homes. Three families at the Welsh border village of Chirk are appealing to the council to rehouse them because they claim that a “morose Italian” haunts their wooden
Continue ReadingChiswick, London (1956)
The penny poltergeist – and the boy. By Sunday Dispatch Reporter. In an attempt to rid his 12-year-old son of the poltergeist he believes is following him, Joe Pearcey last night tried to sell four
Continue ReadingBristol (1951)
Terrified wife and baby quit ‘haunted’ pre-fab. Herald Reporter, Bristol, Wednesday. Ghostly happenings in a ‘haunted’ prefab have driven a young couple and their baby from their home. Doors opened and slammed by unseen hands…
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