The bath that leaked petrol! By Paul Tyrrell. Pensioners Bill and Edie Ithell thought they had struck it lucky when they found their bath was leaking… petrol! But the couple’s hopes of having their own
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Seaton Sluice, Northumberland (1980)
Vicar’s ghost story. A vicar has backed up claims of ghostly goings-on in an old house. Grocer Harry Laidler called in the Rev. Robert Watkins after a “supernatural prank” at his old family home near
Continue ReadingThatcham, Berkshire (1984)
John, 18, gets a spirited welcome. Police have been called in to investigate a series of strange goings on at a Berkshire home. There have been bumps in the night, doors open when they should
Continue ReadingReading, Berkshire (1982)
Electric sparks fly for poor Sonia. by Ray Bryant Everything that Midas touched turned to gold… but Sonia Maslen is not so lucky. Everything that she touches goes bang, and to prove it she can
Continue ReadingElba, Tuscany, Italy (1982)
City nanny held on cot death bid. By Bob Dow. A young Aberdeen nanny is being held in an Italian jail accused of attempting to murder a three-year-old girl. And the mother of 20-year-old Carol
Continue ReadingCotmanhay, Ilkeston, Derbyshire (1986)
Family flees a musical ghost. A family has fled their home in terror – because they say a ghost keeps playing “No Place Like home,” on their door chimes. Last night a vicar was giving
Continue ReadingSpeke, Liverpool (1986)
Ghost a priest couldn’t conquer trucks family across city. Flight from the house of evil. By Larry Neild and Bob Burns. A Liverpool mum and her daughter fled their haunted home in terror after a
Continue ReadingNottingham (1987)
Ghost of a chance for new home. Couple driven out by a spook win court ruling. A couple who fled from their council home because of bizarre ghostly happenings were today given leave to seek
Continue ReadingDordon, Warwickshire (1980)
Couple say: ‘We’ve been driven from home’. Ghost – or just a grudge? A young Dordon couple claim they have been driven out of their home by an unfriendly ghost. Mr Tony Sweet and his
Continue ReadingDidcot, Oxfordshire (1984)
Haunted events at the pet shop. Anxious pet shop owner Ira Wright has got something fishy going on in her store. The ghoulish goings-on led Mrs Wright to call in her local vicar in a
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