The Police Station was formerly on Southfield Road. Police station ‘haunted’. By Stephen Lynas. Woman police officer Jane Goodington has no fears of patrolling the streets alone at night, but when it comes to sleeping
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Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire (1977)
Strange happenings in ‘haunted’ house. Scunthorpe housewife Mrs Evelyn Medex has asked the Borough Council to exchange her present home, because she claims it is haunted. Mother-of-three Mrs Medex (40) moved into the house in
Continue ReadingBury St Edmunds, Suffolk (1975)
Clock shock puzzle for family. How does a perfectly ordinary clock on a window sill come to be hanging upside down entangled in a lace curtain – when there is nobody in the house? That
Continue ReadingBurntwood, Staffordshire (1979)
Bakery Ghost has the night shift in a bit of a tizzy! A noisy ghost has closed a bakery night shift – because girl workers are afraid to work after dark. The trouble began when
Continue ReadingShoalwater, Perth, Australia (1973)
Hand that rocks the cradle… A young Australian couple have claimed they are being terrorised by a poltergeist, which has sent crockery and kitchen utensils crashing about their home and even tried to tip their
Continue ReadingLyme Regis, Dorset (1973)
A ghost writer of the past? Western Daily Press Reporter. Employees at a Lyme Regis printing company will not work alone at night. The premises are haunted, they say. The manager, Mr Michael Woodward, agrees
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Anyone want a spooky house? Postman Walter Johnson claims that the ghost of a “mad old woman” is making life unbearable for his family in their £4-a-week council flat. So he is asking Havering council
Continue ReadingWellington, Somerset (1977)
Salon where hair stands on end. Staff at a hairdressing salon fear the place may be haunted. Several weird happenings at the New Moon Salon in North Street, Wellington have been enough to make people’s
Continue ReadingWolverhampton, West Midlands (1978)
Night the rice flied. Customers fled from the antics of a poltergeist, in a Wolverhampton Chinese take-away. Owner of the Lotus House, Mr K. Lee said today that spoons, food and a torch flew
Continue ReadingWest Bromwich, West Midlands (1978)
Mystery of ‘happenings’ among the fashions. Shop girls plan sit-in to trap a ghost By Edward Stephens. Shop assistants at a West Bromwich store are planning an all-night ghost-hunting session – after spooky carryings on.
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