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
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Bristol (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…
Continue ReadingDudley, West Midlands (1954)
Strange events at former inn. Dudley family believes home ‘haunted’. Events during the past five days at a former Dudley public-house, more than 100 years old, have led Mr Arthur Westwood, aged 70, and his
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Haunted House Claim in Court. Chesterfield Magistrates were told yesterday by a probation officer that a 60-year-old woman who admitted being found drunk complained of noises in her house. The woman was Mrs Gladys Wilkinson
Continue ReadingNottingham (1958)
Where things go bump in the night. Nottm. “Haunted House.” Scare: couple’s ordeal. Midnight is the hour feared by Mr and Mrs Frank Clarke, as with their eight-month-old baby Wendy and black puppy Lady, they
Continue ReadingRest Haven, Illinois, USA (1957)
Flying pots terrify holiday hamlet. From John Sampson. New York, Sunday. Flying saucers – not to mention flying cups, glasses, pots and pans – were terrifying 300 residents of a summer resort called “Resthaven” today.
Continue ReadingBallyward, County Down (1953)
Co. Down family not annoyed by its ghost. Footfalls were so loud, they wakened baby. By Frontier Sentinel special representative. Ballyward, midway between Banbridge and Castlewellan may not be a hamlet of any great fame
Continue ReadingBen Alder, Highlands (1951)
There is the story of the haunted cottage of Benalder. The stalker who lived there hanged himself on his front door, and there were accounts of ghostly trampings and apparently supernatural noises which had disturbed
Continue ReadingHartshill, Warwickshire (1954)
Christmas Ghost Story from Hartshill. Footsteps up and down stairs, but no one there! If there is one thing people like at Christmas, it is a good ghost story. Most districts have their own stories
Continue ReadingEly, Cambridgeshire (1950)
Night nurse mystery. In 1950, I was stationed at an RAF Hospital, in Ely. As duty officer, I was completing a routine night patrol of the building when, to my surprise, I met a nurse.
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