Will ghost die when house is demolished? Mystery of the doors that unlock themselves… Now that Brookhurst, former headquarters of Leamington Golf Club, is to be demolished, people are wondering whether the ghost which is
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Balsall 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,
Continue ReadingBucknall, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (1967)
“Snarling” council house ghost terrifies city mother. A terrified mother claimed today that her corporation home was haunted by a snarling ghost. And as she sat with her arms around one of her five children,
Continue ReadingSandiacre, Derbyshire (1964)
Poltergeist puts kettle on. Bumps in night baffle couple at Sandiacre. A playful poltergeist is something of a problem to a young Sandiacre couple and their eight-month-old baby. Its most recent trick was to put
Continue ReadingBotcherby, Carlisle, Cumbria (1964)
Council on a ghost hunt. They move woman and her son from home where things go bump in the night. Things that go bump in the night have terrified a widow, Mrs Annie King, and
Continue ReadingMiami, Florida, USA (1967)
That’s odd! An insurance company has refused to pay for damage alleged to have been caused by a poltergeist at a warehouse in Miami, Florida. The firm says it does not insure against ghosts. The
Continue ReadingReading, Berkshire (1968)
Poltergeist fear at Reading firm. Minister called in for prayers. Strange things have been happening at a Reading firm’s premises. And now a minister has been called in to say prayers in a bid to
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