‘Ghost’ walks when girls make wreaths. Blyth flower shop is ‘haunted’. The first job every morning for two Blyth shop girls who work in a main street florist’s is the making-up of wreaths. And as
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Norfolk, Virginia, USA (1968)
Spirited spook was no spoof. A poltergeist with a taste for whisky so unnerved two United States Navy families at Norfolk, Virginia, that the sailors asked for transfers to other bases. They could not convince
Continue ReadingBewdley, Worcestershire (1960)
Manure thrown into gardens. Poltergeist blamed. Incidents in the gardens of two Bewdley bungalows, which caused trouble between their occupiers, might have been due to a poltergeist, Mr M.F. James said at Bewdley Magistrates’ Court
Continue ReadingKidderminster, Worcestershire (1966)
Move us from ‘jinx’ house, a family begs. ‘Doomed if we stay at No. 113’ A mother of ten children has asked Kidderminster Corporation to find the family another home because she believes their present
Continue ReadingBridlington, East Yorkshire (1967)
‘Flying apples’ at Bridlington. [This family] believe they have a poltergeist with a line in flying apples. Mr Brian Jones, his wife Kathleen and their children, Helen (16) and Trevor (seven) of Fortyfoot, claim that
Continue ReadingLeamington Spa, Warwickshire (1960)
Now a snooker-playing spirit is getting tough. ‘Poltergeist’ pranks. “George,” the snooker-playing Leamington poltergeist with a liking for club life, is reacting violently now that his favourite haunt is being knocked down. For 30 years
Continue ReadingBalsall Heath, Birmingham (1969)
‘Voodoo’ blaze mystery. Family hit by 27 fires in 3 months. A family who have been driven out of two homes by fires are blaming the blazes on voodoo. In three months Mr Eustace Waite
Continue ReadingBristol (1968)
‘Ghosts’ drive newly weds from Victorian flat. Newly-weds Graham and Jenny Wale travel 120 miles a day – because they are too frightened to sleep in their Bristol flat. The flat is in a Victorian
Continue ReadingNewton-le-Willows, Merseyside (1968)
Night visitor was a ghost. Priest is asked to bless a council house. Western Daily Press Reporter. A council house tenant in Newton-le-Willows, Lancs, fell and injured her jaw – after meeting a ghost outside
Continue ReadingGillingham, Kent (1969)
Lullaby in the night at home of “haunted” little girl. By Ronald Ricketts. A mother claimed last night that her three-year-old daughter Carol is being haunted by a ghost. It makes Carol talk and talk,
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