‘Ghosts made us quit’. An ordinary English family have fled in terror from their ordinary English house – no ancient castle – because of “unseen clutching hands, footsteps in the night, icy draughts… Ghosts!” The
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New Addington, Croydon, London (1955)
Story of ‘flashing lights and heavy footsteps’. Woman ‘forced to flee’ from strange noises in council house at New Addington. Although they are very sceptical about stories circulating in New Addington concerning “supernatural”
Continue ReadingLlanelli, Carmarthenshire (1955)
Welsh family’s story of a ghost. By our own reporter. A young Llanelly couple said yesterday that they have had to leave their home because of a ghost. They are Mr and Mrs Jackie Rees,
Continue ReadingPiccadilly, London (1954)
Poltergeist pranks in Piccadilly? London (A.A.P.) Tenants in London’s fashionable Burlington Arcade in Piccadilly are wondering if the arcade has become the home of poltergeists, the “Daily Telegraph” said yesterday. Scotland Yard detectives, after an
Continue ReadingPumphrey’s Bridge, Western Australia (1957)
Mystery fall of small stones scares natives. Perth, Monday Stones flung into a 30-square-yard area of a native camp at Pumphrey, 92 miles from Perth, and the mystic dream of an old aborigine, have posed
Continue ReadingBoyup Brook, Mayanup, Western Australia (1955)
Is it a “ghost” at Mayanup From time to time it is read in various magazines where “ghosts” have been reported in odd corners of the world. These reports have been treated with scorn and
Continue ReadingGravesend, Kent (1955)
Ghost visits golf club every night. By Charles Lott. Tappings on his bedroom window, shuffling footsteps and doors opening of their own accord are causing such inconvenience to a groundsman at a golf club near
Continue ReadingPembroke (1955)
“It preyed on my mind,” he says. Injured man blames a ghost. Evening News reporter. “I’ve got a fractured skull because of a ghost,” says 42-year-old George Hesketh, of Hassop-street, Beswick, Manchester. George fell down
Continue ReadingLincoln (1950)
The Ghost of Mint Lane. Silent since bones were disturbed. Bangings and clatterings cease. […] have a familiar name for the Thing that has [made its] presence heard and felt in the buildings which […]
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Noisy ghost harassing young girl. Singapore, Sept 1. A Poltergeist (noisy ghost) has been harassing a 14-year-old Malay girl for the past week and two Englishmen are making plans to investigate, it was reported yesterday.
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