Vicar is called to haunted caravan. By R.J. Simmons. A mother and her 13-year-old son have been driven from their caravan by noises and vibrations that no-one can explain. Now she has called in the
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Lincoln (1965)
Ghost got into bed with me, says Lincoln woman. Ghostly sounds of wood being chopped in the back garden late at night, coupled with the frequent phantom appearance of a young fair-haired woman in her
Continue ReadingNottingham (1968)
Raiders who weren’t afraid of ghosts. Thieves who raided a Nottingham council house were daring indeed even though nobody lives there. For the house is said to be haunted. It has been empty since the
Continue ReadingGrimsby, Lincolnshire (1967)
All mod con and no ghost A family “evicted” from their council house by a ghost have been given a new home. At first, Grimsby’s housing committee decided that Mr and Mrs Ted Barmingham and
Continue ReadingHounslow, London (1969)
The ghost did not want to be interviewd. Reporters’ 1a.m. ‘sit-in’. By Penny Hopkirk. There’s something peculiar going on in Hounslow. Once there were gibbets on Highwayman’s Heath where the hanged bodies were brought from
Continue ReadingBlyth, Northumberland (1962)
‘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
Continue ReadingNorfolk, 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
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