Family live in fear of a ghost. Burly ex-pitman Henry Walker doesn’t believe in ghosts. But after the nightly goings-on at his 24-year-old council semi even Mr Walker has to admit he might have been
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Heacham, Norfolk (1971)
Diary of terror is kept by haunted housewife. Housewife Mrs Emily Whilkes keeps a diary of terror – records of mysterious goings-on which have got villagers at Heacham talking about ghosts and troubled spirits. Now
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Workmen fear haunted house. Seven workmen converting four 17th century farm cottages at Fakenham Magna are refusing to work there alone – they say it is haunted. Since they started work on the property three
Continue ReadingLiverpool (1972)
Has malicious poltergeist followed them? Ghost terrorises elderly couple. An elderly couple who moved to Runcorn recently told this week of the nights of terror that led them to flee their former home in Norris
Continue ReadingCoventry, West Midlands (1973)
Ghost of Hill Side council house. A young Coventry couple have left their home and abandoned all the furniture inside because they claim it is haunted. After a week of what they describe as “terror
Continue ReadingLeamington Spa, Warwickshire (1972)
Leamington family flee from ‘presence’. A mother and daughter fled terrified from their Leamington terraced home at midnight after strange footsteps, bangs and crashes echoed round the house. The woman believes there is an “evil
Continue ReadingSandfields, Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot (1977)
‘Come and stay a night’ challenge by Sandfields family. By Maggie Errington. In the fertile soil of our imaginations, ghost stories and legends find plenty of nourishment. Whether we believe in them or not, the
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Mystery of haunted council house. Mr and Mrs Jimmy Dyson lived at 21 Solent Way, Milford, with their two children, their Siamese cat and their puppy, until last week. It was the eerie seventh resident
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Haunted flat puts family in terror. By Steve Peacock. A terrified family have called in a priest because they fear their Aldershot council home is haunted. The mother, 22-year-old Dorothy Addison, is so afraid for
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Couple say ghost is firebug. Ronald Atkins and his wife Ethel are certain they know the identity of the firebug who is making their life a nightmare. He’s a ghost, they say. The ghost of
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