Things that go bump in the store. Supermarket girls are trying to solve the riddle of the flying Spam tin or the eerie rattling of butcher’s steak knives. The bearded ghost is frightening some of
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Bristol (1985)
A haunting at the Beeb. Post People with Rebecca Gooch. Alec Reid has been keeping a rather unusual diary of late. And its contents have led more than a few Beebsters to wonder whether the
Continue ReadingIrvine, North Ayrshire (1984)
Ghostly happenings at Irvine boutique. If you mention spirits to Frances Moss and Aileen Park it won’t be the kind you find in local lounge bars. For both these ladies have been plagued by a
Continue ReadingWolverhampton, West Midlands (1983)
‘Poltergeist’ puts young mum to flight. A young Black Country mother says she has been forced to flee her home because of a poltergeist. Now Mrs June Zachariasz aged 21, refuses to return to her
Continue ReadingHoughton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear (1989)
Something going bonk in the night! Artist Lynn Arkley gets that tingling feeling when she’s been made love to… and she doesn’t like it. For divorcee Lynn claims the lover is a ghost. Now she
Continue ReadingBeeston, Cheshire (1985)
A frightening and disturbing tale has come from Mrs Gillian Elson, of 14 Carter Avenue, Kelsall. It concerns her mother’s house in Beeston, where strange goings on have been happening for several years. The family
Continue ReadingBirchwood, Lincoln (1983)
Exorcist to visit ghost house. Council housing officers hope to be present when an exorcist arrives at a Birch-wood council house which tenants say is haunted by a ghost called George. Housing director Mr Arthur
Continue ReadingBallymun, Dublin (1989)
Family flee ‘Satan’ home! By Dave Mullins. A family have fled from their north Dublin home after weird paranormal events involving mystery fires and a child’s ‘vision of Satan’. A priest was called to the
Continue ReadingHarlow, Essex (1984)
Making some sense of the inexplicable by Nick Wood Hallowe’en has been ritualised into a time of pumpkins, lanterns and young scamps tricking and treating on our doorsteps. But the evening of October 31 also
Continue ReadingShard End, Birmingham (1982)
Mystery force drives family from their home. A terrified Birmingham family have fled their home and moved in with neighbours because, they claim, a poltergeist began wrecking their possessions. They say a strange force disrupted
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