Poltergeist out from teacher’s home. Sungei Patani, Tues. A poltergeist, which for several weeks disturbed the family of teacher, Inche Zainal Abidin bin Hamid, in Kampong Chemara, Sik, has been exorcised by a bomoh. The
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Longnor, Staffordshire (1960)
A ‘Haunted’ Cottage May Be Exorcised. From our Derby Correspondent. For more than a quarter of a century “ghosts” are said to have haunted a lonely cottage in the Derbyshire village of Longnor. But now
Continue ReadingMarir Hasan, Rawalpindi, Pakistan (1963)
The ghosts, jinn, fairies and imps are a strange lot and they have an unpleasant way of poking their nose into places where they have no earthly business to do so. The spooks or jinns
Continue ReadingLahore, Punjab, Pakistan (1960)
Mysterious fire in B.D. Member’s house. By our staff correspondent. A mysterious fire which suddenly envelops clothes and other goods in the house of Ghulam Muhammad Halwai in Lahore Cantonment, has caused a great sensation
Continue ReadingRamsgate, Kent (1969)
Ghost that stops the beer flowing in Thanet pub, terrorises family. Haunted pub landlord asks priest’s help. By Margaret Solley. It’s built like a church – the Thanet seaside pub where the beer suddenly stops
Continue ReadingKeogh Barracks, Aldershot, Hampshire (1966)
An Army ghost gets his marching orders. He’s promised to stop his scaring. A medium who was called in by the Army last night to drive out a barrack-room ghost reported that his mission had
Continue ReadingLong Wittenham, Oxfordshire (1962)
Shuffling phantom haunts a shop. Girl faints with fear. It was all quiet in the village shop as 15-year-old Adrienne Bramley went about her work yesterday. Then she heard an eerie sound. Adrienne fainted with
Continue ReadingFarmborough, Somerset (1963)
Ghost who is making a splash. Herald Reporter. Plumber John Kemp does not usually believe in ghosts. But the spooky goings-on in a council house are making him suspicious. Something is making the water overflow
Continue ReadingRosenheim, Germany (1967)
The Rosenheim Case 1967-68. At the end of November, 1967, inexplicable events were reported in the German press to be taking place in a lawyer’s office in the Bavarian town of Rosenheim. Electric bulbs exploded,
Continue ReadingBarnsley, South Yorkshire (1965)
Mystery sobbing sounds in a semi-detached Barnsley home. By Andrew MacKenzie. A week after he had moved into his house at Harbrough Hill Road, Barnsley, Yorkshire, in August 1965, Mr Michael White, aged 24, a
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