There’s a Ghost at Work. By Jim Hazelwood. The strange outbreak of falling, flying, cascading objects continued to beset the embattled offices of George H Wheeler today. Items moved on an average of 5 to
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Metham, East Riding of Yorkshire (1964)
The Third Dog. Since moving into their home at Metham Hall, near Laxton, East Yorkshire, parts of which are 400 years old, both Mr and Mrs Bill Lewell claim to have heard a ghost on
Continue ReadingAshton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester (1964)
Who’s that tapping on the stairs? Loud tapping noises, low humming and heavy breathing is making life tedious for Mrs Marion Smout, of Hawthorn Road, Downall Green, near Wigan. For middle-aged Mrs Smout firmly believes
Continue ReadingNicklheim, Germany (1968)
The Nicklheim Case of 1968-69. Our most recent case occurred in Nicklheim, a small Bavarian village ten miles distant from Rosenheim. Over a period of four months a small family, comprised of a working-man, his
Continue ReadingOver Norton, Oxfordshire (1965)
All so mysterious for the Busbys. Birmingham Post Chipping Norton Correspondent. In the Cotswold village of Over Norton, Oxfordshire – population 450 – tongues have been wagging about the strange happenings in a council house
Continue ReadingCampbeltown, Argyll and Bute (1963)
A ghost on the prowl. I’ll quit town says mother. By Bill Bryant. A woman wants to flee a Scots town because she is convinced her dead mother is haunting her. Thuds in the night
Continue ReadingWorthing, West Sussex (1964)
Promenade. With John Deighton. The festive season is the time for ghost stories… and strange things have been happening at the home of Mrs Beryl France, who lives with her 18-year-old daughter Wendy and her
Continue ReadingBarnsley, South Yorkshire (1965)
Stick that waltzes baffles the local. Regulars stared, rubbed their eyes and stared and stared again. A walking stick was jumping around their pub. Not only that. Customers at the Cranberry Hotel in Barnsley, Yorkshire,
Continue ReadingCheltenham, Gloucestershire (1965)
The wall that ticks has them all baffled. A wall that ticks is baffling 21-year-old housewife Mrs Gloria Didcote, the police and local officials. The wall in the sitting room of Mrs Didcote’s home in
Continue ReadingLynwood, Los Angeles, USA (1960)
The Lynwood Poltergeist. By Raymond Bayless. One of the more fascinating and baffling types of physical [sic] activity is that general group of paranormal effects termed the “Poltergeist.” Actually, this name is very misleading inasmuch
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