Haunted house fears. A family of six have fled their council home because they are convinced it is haunted. But an expert on the paranormal who held a seance with Mr Ray Oliver and his
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Clubmoor, Liverpool (1984)
Family flee nightmare of their haunted house. Too scared to go home. By Val Woan. A young Liverpool family say they have been frightened from their home by a ghostly tormentor. Arthur and Kathryn Rea,
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Haunted house gives up its ghost. The restless spirit of a tragic woman has finally been exorcised from a quiet council semi in Reading. After two visits by priests strange happenings at the house in
Continue ReadingCrowland, Lincolnshire (1980)
Mother in haunted house explains… Why I won’t give up the ghost. A young Crowland mother is determined not to be driven out of her 18th century home by “spirits” which she believes haunt it.
Continue ReadingMoulton, Lincolnshire (1985)
Baker’s ghost still walks… Reporter: Sarah Crew. Garage boss Barry Willson didn’t believe in ghosts before he moved into his Moulton workshop. But now he is convinced the ghost of a baker who hanged himself
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Ghost stops the workers. Builders quit work on an empty, 100-year-old house after mysterious happenings. They complained of a ghostly sheepdog, a floating hand and other flying objects. Apprentice Robert Watson, who was taken to
Continue ReadingLeek, Staffordshire (1986)
Council re-houses ‘haunted’ family. Mystery power shatters glass. By Andrew Hewitt. A bad-tempered poltergeist has driven a family of five out of their Leek council house. Twenty-nine-year-old Mrs Julie Patalong got up last Saturday morning
Continue ReadingBarrow Hill, Acton, Suffolk (1982)
‘Get us out of our home’. ‘Haunted’ wife’s desperate plea to local council. A young housewife terrified of being alone in her home because she fears it is haunted has appealed to the council to
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Ghost stories to take into retirement. Mysterious circles etched on the floor of a Sherborne cottage are just one of the memories builder Harold Wisdom will take into his second retirement. Mr Wisdom was gutting
Continue ReadingStoke on Trent, Staffordshire (1987)
Spooky happenings torment family. Council officials are investigating claims of an Amityville-style haunting at a semi-detached house. Father-of-two Michael Banks and his wife Mandy, say they have been tormented by ghostly goings-on at their council
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