Torquay woman hopes she has laid a chair ghost – with her axe. Two Torquay houses are having “ghost trouble” and the occupiers are wondering if the chopping up of a “haunted” chair will bring
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Isleworth, London (1963)
They will face cold, but not the ghost. A young couple and the wife’s mother yesterday left the 10-roomed house to wander the streets in the cold and sleep in railway station waiting rooms because,
Continue ReadingNorth Shields, Tyne and Wear (1960)
The extra viewer is a ghost. A ghost is haunting the Leek family – a ghost with modern tastes. For the home it has chosen to haunt is a three-year-old council flat in Redburn-view, North
Continue ReadingAller, Devon (1963)
A ghost quits newly-weds A ghost who forced a young, newly-wed couple to move out of their flat has now been forced to move out himself. The Bishop of Exeter, Dr Robert Mortimer, held a
Continue ReadingSouth Shields, Tyne and Wear (1964)
Things that go bump. ‘Scared stiff’ family say house is haunted. Things that go bump in the night have upset a family so much that none of them will stay in the house alone. The
Continue ReadingNorthfleet, Kent (1966)
Ghost faces eviction – by the council. Fear of a ghost split up the Maxted family… Mum and Dad each went off with two of their four children to stay with different relatives. “We could
Continue ReadingWyck Rissington, Gloucestershire (1947)
Mystery of the footsteps in the night. What was described as a true ghost story – his strange experiences during the first three years he lived at Wick Rissington Rectory, was narrated by the Rev.
Continue ReadingStamford, Lincolnshire (1961)
Family quit the mystery house By Mirror reporter A town’s housingcommittee will decide on Wednesday what to do about the House of Mystery. The house – at New Cross road, Stamford, Lincs – has been
Continue ReadingStow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire (1964)
George the ghost exposed – he is David, 14. One of the world’s most publicised ghosts was unmasked last week. For 18 months George, as he was known to his fans, has haunted a stone
Continue ReadingPlymouth, Devon (1966)
A ghost is told to quit flat. By Douglas Slight. Three priests held a service yesterday in an attempt to stop the “haunting” of a council flat. Strange happenings have been plaguing the tenants for
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